Please fee free to spread the word to his friends that ask since a lot may not even be reading this at all. I was gonna post an update but I will just copy/paste the relevant parts of his e-mail to me instead

Got back last wed night but havent really gotten the chance to use the computer since I've been staying with the uncle/aunt and his two kids use the computer a lot for hw/projects and there's no wifi there. :( Surgery was successful as should have been expected. Just getting back to continue PT to work on the range of motion and get back most of it if I can from the 2nd surgery. Numbness in the fingers that I was telling you about has kind disappeared but still feel it like 3-5 times a day which a lot better than before where I was squeezing fingers every few minutes. Guess its onwards to a long recovery now that I don't have to worry about the pain anymore. Want to go on GS and tell ppl that I'm ok but don't use the computer here and I forgot my password as its saved on my laptop which is back at my apt. lol Anyways, hope thats good enough for an update and not sure when I will have enough free time to be back posting on a consistent basis. Hopefully soon.