We don't know each other, and we haven't met, but we have shared many a Pinside thread in the past year. I'm truely happy to hear that you are feeling better. You are showing how to live life as a glass half full, instead of a glass half empty. You are overcoming your challenges and have not let them get the better of you. I wish you the very best with your continuing recovery.

That scar is a monster! I had my Appendix out about 10 years ago and it was key hole surgery so the scars were tiny and have almost completely gone.

Hang in there Mike and good luck finding a publisher. I would suggest that you find a local writers group and see if anyone is interested in proof reading your books and get some feedback. Like spfxted suggested, Amazon has some good services to self publish.

You don’t need to print your book these days. Amazon Kindle ebooks are huge business now. Have a Look into Amazon Self Publishing:

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/

I am an avid reader of Ryk Brown and his Frontiers Saga series of books. Check out his website here. They are ebook self published. He is an example of how digital self publishing can be very successful:

http://www.frontierssaga.com/

Good luck!