I had mine out when I was 13 and it was the old fashioned way. I spent a week in the hospital, but since I didn't have a Nintendo game system at home, it was a blast cause I played video games all day. The bad part was, it happened the first week of summer vacation from school.

Good luck on the healing process, I just had a wake up call when I had hernia surgery at the beginning of July. It really slowed me down for a month or so.

You could always wheelchair around the Hotel in CA!!!! LOL

Later,
Terry