Going under...
It's 07:55
I am sitting on a plane that takes me to Tromsø university hospital to have a surgery. The procedure should be quite standard and I will be sent home in two days if everything goes well. They are going to remove the titanium fixation plate from my spine. This is a long anticipated moment for me and will improve my condition at least a little bit if not more. The plate has kept me from bending my spine in its entire length and also causes me pain as I go about my walking trainings.
So, send all the positive energy and happy thoughts in my direction the next 24 hours and have no doubt - I always know when someone does that. I will keep you posted with pics and stuff. Stay strong and take care of your bodies!
09:23 update
Took a taxi from the airport to the hospital. I am generally calm, but the thoughts of when I was here the last time start to rise like bubbles from the depths of an ocean. Its slowly ripping open something that I thought was starting to heal inside me as they are going to rip open my skin in a few hours. I am not afraid, I have waited for this since January, but it's unpleasant to say the least.
11:15 update

PS. The surgery will be in full anesthesia so I will not be able to comment or instruct them as I had planned... ☺
Have been reading a thriller about the G4S robbery in 2009 in Stockholm. Got checked in to a patient hotel and listened to a guy singing and playing a guitar in the waiting area. There is a beautiful view from the 13th floor of my room. Waiting for a call from a doctor and the anthesiologist to plan my sleep and dream preferences tomorrow.
Kl 18:47
Resting on the 13th floor in a cozy patient hotel called Pingvinen (yes it means exactly that: the penguin). Tomorrow morning I have to show up at the surgical department at 0645. Before that I was told to take a thural shower and wash myself twice with a special antibacterial liquid (photo below). I am nr.2 in tomorrow's operation list which I suppose means that the team is still sharp, so good for me I guess. Thank you for all the good thoughts on Facebook and otherwise. I really sensed them storming in like a fresh ocean breeze today and I felt much better and much more brave and enthusiastic. I will keep you updated in the morning.
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