Puffy, that is wonderful news -- what a great new year's gift to all of us who care for you. I am glad you decided to opt in favour of less pain -- like when I had my child and then spent the first week of her life teaching her "epideral" -- like guy whatever do this thing without something -- really (except maybe you Trachs).
Cow, lets kill this thing once and for all -- its like one of those sic-fi flicks were whenever you try and say the dragon and fail it comes back stronger, so the only option is full frontal till its truly dead and dusted.
Thinking of you all from rainy Belgium -- if one was not already depressed, this Belgian weather would do it for you...