I go for surgery tomorrow morning. While my pain level is down from what I was reporting when I first came to this forum, I do still have pain and especially the after burn of the spasms. Because of that, combined with the fact that I am still seeing blood when I poop, and this has been going on now since the latter part of November, I feel comfortable with my decision to go forward with my LIS. I have good faith in my CRS, as he also dealt with my colonoscopy, removing four benign polyps last year, and he did an admirable job on that.
I think that I'm going to ask my wife to pick up Moo Goo Gai Pan from the take out for dinner, as it is Chicken and cooked veggies in a delicate sauce (they don't use MSG). Asian foods are my favorite. I am torn between fried rice, which I love, and sticky rice, which may be better going into surgery (the main dish comes with one or the other included).