I see pain man today for a regular appt and get to tell him that the surgeon's office ''can't'' tell me what time my surgery is on the 20th and preops haven't been ordered yet. He is going to have a fit that the revision hasn't been done yet. It was considered urgent six weeks ago.

No more surgery, regardless. Every surgeon who has worked on my back has turned into a horse's rear end after the initial slice and dice was over. I hope this next location works out well as I am sick of being stuck in bed. This idiot will discharge me on the same meds I came in with and won't give me a ''bump'' for a few days while the site settles down. I'll discuss this with pain man and see if he won't give me a ''bump'' now that I can stash away until the surgery. Once I have the revision, the surgeon will be in charge until he discharges me back to pain man. I will be so glad when this is over.

Spiney