As a currently (?) extant member of the biomedical industrial complex (BMIC), allow me to CONGRATULATE you on your escape from the bone carpenters, etc...!!!
:-)
It is NO fun to have major surgery; after some 5 years since my quadruple bypass, I am just now feeling more or less active again....wowser!!!!
Continue to GET WELL....!!!!
yer pard and v.o.s.,
Ken