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@chickytina It is great to hear your recovery is going very well and I hope the headaches go away soon! I too like to keep my mind challenged with word and number games - our minds need exercise too, especially when our bodies might be limited. I especially like how you say this forum isn't prejudiced against non-Mayo patients like us. Most of them know that there are geographical obstacles for a lot of us, sidled with Mayo's limits on how many patients they can see and may be able to help in ways our current medical teams aren't doing. This forum allows us to connect though with some of those Mayo patients too with very similar conditions or symptoms, so I feel like we're getting a little Mayo medical diagnostic confirmation through their experiences. I too find this forum's best value is meeting all the patients with actual experience in living through the similar medical situation and being able to share tips about product and lifestyle aids to help us get the best quality of life while dealing with the illness challenges. It was good reading about your positive experience - keep dancing!

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Thank you. In my case, my insurance would only cover one hospital for the surgery. So I didn't really have a choice where I would go. Although I was/am very happy with the hospital and the team. Although the weirdest thing to me was that they offered turn down service when I got to out of the SICU (surgical ICU). When I saw the card, I laughed and no I never took advantage of the service. I thought the nurses and other staff had enough to do.