# Prayers/good thoughts requested for my MIL **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954 "2005-11-01T19:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954/1 "2005-11-01T19:55:10Z")
My mother-in-law, who I love like a second mother, is having surgery on her back today. She has had severe pain in her back, to the point that she couldn’t sit down for more than a few minutes, since a trip to LA this past July. The surgery was this morning in North Carolina. Hopefully, this will help her and let her live a more normal life. Right now, I’m waiting to hear how everything went. Send your prayers, good thoughts, whatever her way, please. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954/2 "2005-11-01T19:57:04Z")
I have had surgery for back pain, and it changed my life. I hope that your MIL’s is equally successful. Tell her I send good wishes from one former back pain sufferer to (I hope!) another. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954/3 "2005-11-01T20:50:18Z")
Hope things go well for your MIL - I also was fortunate in having a wonderful MIL. I’ll send out good thoughts… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954/4 "2005-11-01T21:23:29Z")
Sending good thoughts your way. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954/5 "2005-11-02T17:04:18Z")
How did surgery go? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954/6 "2005-11-02T17:14:26Z")
Prayers and good thoughts head your MIL’s way **Anne Neville**. Please let us know how she’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954/7 "2005-11-02T17:32:12Z")
The doctor thinks the surgery went well. She’ll be in the hospital for 3-5 days. I talked to her last night. She was clearly pretty drugged, and having nausea from the anesthetic, but was doing well other than that. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayers-good-thoughts-requested-for-my-mil/328954/8 "2005-11-05T03:22:46Z")
She’s home from the hospital now. We talked to her this evening, and she is doing well. Thanks to everybody who gave her your good thoughts, prayers, or whatever.