A few months back I was diagnosed with a medical condition that required urgent surgery. A date was set, then cancelled, then reset. It seemed like an eternity until the day finally arrived. The only benefit was that I was able to use to time to make all the arrangements so I could be off work for a few weeks although, in my mind, I was thinking that when I woke up from the surgery, the problem would be fixed, and after a short recovery I would be back to life as normal. It turns out, that’s not how most operations work.