Since I believe in the lessons of my latest novel, PREDATOR, I deliberately withheld telling all of you that I was having surgery last week. I give some details of my life, but usually after the fact, so people can’t take advantage of the information.

Anyway, I had back surgery last week. I’m really hoping this is the beginning of the end of my problems. I’ll be recovering for a few weeks, though I feel great and am healing faster than I expected. I had Sacro Illiac Joint Dysfunction and some other things related to that, and four screws were inserted in those joints to make my sacrum and surrounding bones more stable. I also had a muscle cut to release pressure on a nerve. I’ve been dealing with this for ten years, but through searching the internet, I found a physical therapist and two doctors who deal with this all the time. I went to Gainesville, Georgia to have the surgery. I’m back at home now and taking it easy. Long term restrictions are very disappointing–I’ll be forbidden to do rock climbing, parachute jumping, or bungee jumping. But I can walk just fine, and other than the incision pain, I’m doing great.

I’d appreciate prayers that this solves my problem completely. I won’t know for a few weeks since I’m still dealing with the post-op pain. But if you’ve had chronic pain for any length of time, let me encourage you to find the leading specialist in that field and get help. It was difficult having surgery out of town (and getting back home), but I’m hopeful that it will be well worth it.

As for my writing, I finished revisions for VICIOUS CYCLE right before the surgery. This week I’ll start my next book which doesn’t have a title yet. I wrote an entire novel lying on my side after my last back surgery, so I’m sure I can manage that again if I have to. But some things are being pushed to the side right now, so I’m probably not going to be on top of email and Facebook, etc.

So that’s what’s going on with me. I’ll keep you informed as I recover. If you want to pray for me, pray that the surgery took care of my chronic problems, and please pray that I’ll be creative and productive in spite of my pain.

Thanks so much–

Terri