TOM,YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN A TON OF PAIN.I HATE TO SAY BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AND HAD TO GET 3 EPIDORAL'S SHOTS IN MY BACK AND THEY SAY IT WILL HURT 1ST THEN YOU MIGHT BE A LOT BETTER WHICH I AM NOT.WITH YOU TOURING TRY AND NOT GET HOOKED ON PAINKILLERS BECAUSE THEY WILL START WITH IV MORPHINE AS SOON AS THEY ARE DONE WITH SURGERY TOMORROW.I WISH YOU THE BEST RECOVERY BUT AFTER YEARS OF HEAD BANGING LIKE YOU,LOL,I THINK THAT IS ONE HUGE FACTOR,BUT I AM NOT A DOCTOR.JUST GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING.WHILE YOU ARE RECOVERING MAYBE YOU CAN DO A SHIT LOAD OF STORE APEARENCES,YOU KNOW?WHATERead more