Everyone,
Thanks for the replies. I had a lot of the same thinking as all of you. "what NOT to do", black has definitely gotta be tough to keep up, sealant is what I thought would protect better, I just haven't done it yet and I have those "first time jitters" that a lot of people seem to have. 0stones0 good luck with your surgery also, gonna be tough to sleep for me the next few days. Thanks everyone for the kind wishes and I'll post a nice picture of a C5 next week and a picture of my neck scar that will look like someone tried to do me in.