Since we are talking surgery......I feel like I should tell you about my potential expiration date :)
You have furniture with screws at home I am sure. They tend to get loose with time, right? I have already seen people do re-surgery of knee screws. It is quite common. Unfortunately for me, that may not be an option :)
You don't tighten screws on your upper spine :)
Oh no!!!! I am so very, very sorry. That's horrible. Bad, bad luck. You have to just think that expiration date is so far in the future that it won't matter.
My husband is so much older than you. I guess you expect these things to happen with age, so we are being philosophical, but that's not working too well.
Wow, I could never tell from your activity and your writing that you are dealing with something like that....
10 years is what I have, if you consider the mean.
There is a narrow standard deviation with not a lot of data. You do know I am data guy.
One of those ten years is already gone :)
Also the funny thing about mean is, people don't typically think about, that there are in fact values below the mean :) LOL
I am 50. I am perfectly content and at peace with the universe. I have all my affairs in order already (I hope!) LOL
And values above the mean.
When my husband received his diagnosis on Feb 5, 2024, I looked at the statistics. Not good. Not for a man his age. We're still here, still hoping to go to my granddaughter's graduation from college this year. Damn the mean. Damn the statistics. We are all unique. I'm betting on your future. But, it's good that you are at peace. We are too.