structural repairs

In the morning I go in for long awaited back surgery. Been an issue
for about 20 years but I finally decided to have something done about
it. First saw the specialist/surgeon in early May and he offered me a
June slot - but I was scheduled for a month of Safari with my Daughter
in Zambia over June/July - August was no good since I was booked for
Alaska in September - so he booked me for October 23 - then I came
down with Covid on my return from Alaska so my Oct 14 pre-op got
cancelled and I was rebooked for Nov 28. Last week I got the word I
was rebooked for Oct 31 - so that's tomorrow. O'll be out of
commission for at least 6 weeks but hopefully when it's all over the
problems will be fixed. L5-S1 fusion.

Metalwork content? I'll likely come home with some fancy titanium
pieces!!