Ok so surgery was tuesday afternoon (1pm)... and I stayed in the Neuro ICU until yesterday (Friday)..and was sent straight home from there.. my surgeon had to make my incision a little longer than planned and remove a little more bone than expected because my brain was pretty crowded.. the first couple nights/days were pretty rough.. lots of vomiting, couldn't didn't eat solid food until yesterday... but now I'm home and feeling pretty good.. i think the biggest challenge from what i've read and my experience so far is getting on the right mixture of pain meds.. i'm on some heavy duty ones right now.. Thanks everyone for the tips, advice, prayers and well wishes.. I feel like my balance has already improved but it's hard to tell at this point. The tanks tops worked out great and i actually think a chiari pillow may have benefited me.. i had a LOT of trouble getting comfortable in bed.. Just in case any of you are having surgery soon, it might help you, and i know its easy to make your own.. And it is totally true that the way you want to lay comfortably changed about every five minutes.. Anyway.. just wanted to update and thank you all for the support. God bless and have a pain free day, week, month...etc :)

P.S. any body in or near jersey, UMDNJ (Dr Liu) could NOT have treated me better. :)