Well, I'm done! Had the surgery day Thursday, and they released me from the hospital yesterday (Saturday) -- boy was I ready to get out of there! The surgery went well; they got it all out. Thank you, everyone who has written, for your support and well wishes -- it made a huge difference to me to be heading into surgery with a sense that there were others out there with similar situations. I feel like I gained an entire community in such a short amount of time - this forum is awesome.