Hey Rand, Thanks for the kind words. At least I could get a bit of caching out of the way before this "mandatory" break! For those of you who pray, please say a prayer Wed morning 0730 for safety and success on this surgery (and me not freaking out!) Thanks Trisha "Lightning" Prescott www.ycjp.org "RAND HARDIN" wrote: Trish,   Good luck on the surgery.  You may not be able to do any caching or speaking for a while, but we will look forward to you keeping us updated on the "listserv".   Take care,   RandMan   ----- Original Message ----- From: trisha@brasher.com Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 7:41 PM To: listserv@azgeocaching.com Subject: [Az-Geocaching] So close, and yet so far.....  Well, after our 5-day, 22 cache trip to Reno to visit Dan's brand newgranddaughter (yup, she's a doll!!!) and his folks, we areslowly....ever-so-slowly..... creeping up on our "sesquicentennial"total cache.....and "centennial" AZ cache.....(I have alot of out ofstate, mostly Nevada caches)....BUT....as I am having the surgery onWednesday (major throat rotor-rooter for obstructive sleep apnea) itlooks like I won't be hitting any milestones for awhile, DARN!Anybody have any experience with the UP3 surgery? It is extremelypainful for a full 2 weeks post-op, I am told and read.Trisha "Lightning"Prescott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~