Surgery is on 6/6/2013. Haven't really thought about it at all. My bone scan just came back negative. I can't live with cancer. I can have a valve and aneurysm fixed though. I know I will wake up feeling like a semi ran over me. I delt with partial kidney removal for cancer and that was survivable, so I feel like I'm tougher than hell and I can deal with this. Two outcomes.......surgeon is successful and you wake up feeling like crap or you don't wake up and you get to see your parents and pets. Only thing that bothers me and I will be sure and tell the surgeon.....I'm claustrophobic and if I wake up with the intubation tube sticking in my throat, I'm liable to try pulling it out. He needs to realize how claustrophobic I really am and if he needs to sedate me heavily then that's what he needs to do.