A less interesting post than the one below, but one with some information

It seems like there's been so much going on that I can't possibly write about it all. But if I focus on the high points, there's not so much. Perhaps I'll flesh this out later, but for now, here are the main bullet points:

• We met with Friedman at Duke on Tuesday, and he seems like a great guy (and, of course, a fantastic neurosurgeon).
• If you get a brain tumor, I strongly recommend that you have an uncle who's a neurosurgeon, because there's absolutely no way to take in all the information that your actual neurosurgeon gives you.  Plus, your actual neurosurgeon is likely to try to give you a balanced perspective, while--when you call your uncle the morning after your visit with your actual neurosurgeon--your uncle will tell you what he really thinks.  Very helpful.  Not to mention that your uncle is probably thinking of you a little bit in terms of, "What would I do if this were my daughter?"--and I think that leads to heartfelt guidance.
• I'm going to have brain surgery, but, much to my frustration, we haven't been able to schedule it yet.  It'll probably be sometime in early February.
• I keep telling people that we're going to need help after the surgery, and that's true.  The recovery period is going to be a lot of hard work.  Although Biffle still has money on me trying to check my email within a week.