Over the past couple of years, my dad has had steadily increasing amounts of chronic back pain. It was suggested that he had some kind of arthitis in his spine :eek: but for as long as I have known him, my dad has been a living synonym for back pain 
He had to get an operation two days ago to help deal with the pain. I haven’t gotten the details on what exactly they did in there, but the whole family was anxious to know. I made a pit thread a week ago about how I was stressed out because my dad’s family wanted to drive up there to visit while he was recovering, and it put me in a difficult position (see my mom or see my recovering dad?).
The good news is that after the operation, my dad’s back pain was gone :eek: I mean, he feels better than he has felt for the past 20 years. They say that he will be well enough to come down and visit us, which means I will be able to see both parents this Christmas! 