Thank you for your reply! So sorry to hear of your sad experiences. Sincerely hope all will be well going forward. Yes you are right about there being others who need the surgery more urgently than us and I do thank God that our case is not so urgent. My huband is very cool about it, atleast outwardly. Que sera sera. I am the worrying proactive one trying to find answers. In the meantime keeping my fingers crossed.