Silver -- I have to tell you that I'm relieved !! The chance of recurrance is quite high, and I know you don't want to go thru that again!
Managing your pain isn't as bad as it sounds, as I've been doing it for quite a few years now -- we finally found a combo of meds that works quite well. So it's not all bad.
Keep us posted, will ya? And wouldn't it be nice if we could all meet? Ahhh well, we can dream, can't we?