My mother keeps telling me that, that it is like I'm starting over. I have to keep telling her that I'm not starting over, I already have something that I know works for me and now it's just about fixing it to make it so that I can use it. I do see where she's coming from, though, and it's easy to fall into that trap of thinking. This is why I've told almost no one about this surgery, because I don't want to disappoint them. But I am in a good place about it now and my doctor was confident it would help, so I'm holding onto that