Mooman, I must say that thought did cross my mind, but on the other hand, most of these are short term "pain" for long term gain. Frankly, I am simply amazed by many of them. Think what has happened in our lifetimes alone in terms of testing. There was very little more exotic than x-ray when we were kids. Next week I'll be having a live camera inserted inside my aorta! Not to mention the virtual techology now being used in micro-surgeries, which is why I'm having the aortagram.....to see if a heart valve can be repaired without opening my chest. Good lord, its only been a few years that they have been able to do ANYTHING at all for the problem, let alone this less invasive procedure.

So I hope that anyone reading this thread takes into account what testing, no matter how its done or what they do beats the hell out of other alternatives, like death.

Spaw