I finally decided to post after I've been looking around for a couple of weeks! This site is so awesome and I'm so happy to have stumbled upon it. I think it is going to be very helpful for me to have support from people who are going through the same things I am. I am scheduled for surgery on January 31st, 2012. I'm very excited that my journey which started in the late spring/early summer of 2011 is finally going to become a reality in a few short days. I'm excited and anxious, but also very nervous. If anyone has any words of wisdom...it would be greatly appreicated!!