You'll do it, Denny. Another hell for you to pass through and come out stronger on the other side. I know you will. (I've been there with that neck stuff, so I know hell is not an exaggeration.)
I just escorted my brother, 87 years old, on a return trip to the West Virginia town where he taught at a college for 49 years. (He lives in Cambodia full-time now.) More than a hundred people came to some events put together in his honor. Some drove from pretty far away, and a few flew in. Those same kinds of gatherings would greet you if CH people lived in the same place. Like him, you have meant so much to so many, across a whole lot of years, always giving, always supporting, making connections. Looking forward to cheering your recovery.