January 5th 2008 -

I went in this morning for a minor surgery on my back. It was a Discectomy on my L5S1 Disc. Dr. Michael Rauzzino removed part of my disc to stop chronic pain i have been having since around thanksgiving. The surgery went well and I got out of the hospital on Sunday after noon.

I spent the week at home resting with my wife and not doing much of anything. I am feeling better but the doc says it's be a few months before I can get back on my bike. I'm dying to start training for BMX and the mountain bike scene but I have to take it easy and not reinjure anything.

January 14th, 2008 -

I went back to work today only to figure out that I am just not ready physically to hit it again. I tried as hard as I could and made it thru the whole day. I went to HR and requested medical leave for the week. So I am at home resting and tomorrow wednesday at 11:30am I get the staples out of my back. overall so far this hasnt been really that unpleaseant of an experience. I wouldnt want to go thru it again, but the outlook is good so far.  More after my dr. appointment tomorrow.