I'm glad that story had a happy ending, surgery is never something that you like hearing about. At least you can drink coffee again though, I think I can empathize somewhat with your excitement at being able to drink it again, it'd be like drinking Mountain Dew again after a six-month hiatus. Congratulations.
I'm afraid I haven't been doing anything quite so interesting, although I just got back from a large Thanksgiving dinner, which was rather satisfying.