Thank you for your response. It's very much appreciated. I was suppose to return back to work in 2 more days, but it's been extended an additional week. I think the difficult part of recovery is besides the incisions in my head and having no hair, I outwardly look fine! Inward, now that's a different story. Every pain I feel I panic that something is wrong. I don't know what my "new normal" should feel like. The stabbing pains in my abdomen are so alarming but from what I've read in the site, they appear to be typical. I honestly didn't know that I would feel this poor after surgery. My neurosurgeon said I would be in the hospital for 1 overnight, and back to work in 10 days. Neither of which happened.