Lilypaws - I remember you mentioning that surgery. Hope you are doing well, that’s a HUGE fusion. All I can say is I hope you are healing and though you have obvious surgical pain, I hope you have less of the actual preop pain! When I woke up from my jaw joints replacement, I could FEEL the difference right away! Such a delightful relief to know I was hurting from surgery but not from bad jaw joints! This must make sense to others, I hope!