"Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: good luck buddy! i'll be thinking about u. genia Thanks, Genia! Just got off the phone with the sawbone's office and here's the scoop: I'm not going under the knife until next Tuesday, week from tomorrow, August 5th. :-( I wanted it to be sooner than "yesterday", of course, but the surgeon's schedule is locked up unless there is a cancellation between now and then. So, I see the pain doc this Wednesday to cover anesthaesia and post-op pain-relief (I believe the technical term for me is S.O.L. ), I have a full-blown physical/stress test on Friday (happy, happy, joy, joy!) and get the knife on Tuesday. Here's one for ya: My health insurance carrier will pay for female reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy, but not males. Doc says that if I want the right side to look like the left, I'll have to pay for that out-of-pocket. I'm a lot more concerned that they get all of the malignant cells out than I am about cosmetics, but I just thought it was interesting that the carrier would discriminate in that fashion. Oh well, I'm used to driving with one headlight. LOL! Kyle --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software