[dshobbies]

Gil,

Unfortunately you mentioned the Stenum hospital as a possible surgerical sight. The final decision is of course, yours to make but, if you followed the stories of these forums, they have had several bad outcomes, some pretty horrific. They also tend to leave their worst outcomes out in the cold to fend for themselves. They claim the reason is they'll take all cases, including other doctor's rejections and I believe they've also been known to skew their own statistics by omitting some of those cases. I have no personal experience with this hospital, it's just what I've been told and read, but was warned off myself, ultimately choosing Dr. B... even though Stenum talked a pretty picture. I'd stick with Dr.s B&Z. They have more experience than all other doctors, including difficult cases.

I am very grateful to all who pointed me in the right direction.

Good luck, Dale