Hi Mudlark ... to answer your question directly: my appointment went fine. The Doctor was very good, he had on a new tie, it was his second week with this new nurse .......! To serious up now: the internet in no place to discuss serious medical issues. I'm a damned fine builder and carpenter, but not a good Doctor. I won't second guess them in their work, and they don't second guess me in my work. If, somewhere down the road, I decide to let them cut me up, I'll research the Doctors very carefully (I already know most of them already) and take my chances.

I don't mean to sound like I'm blowing you away, as I'm not. CHEERS, Bob