By the way...

I forgot to mention in the last post, I have talked to my doctor again and he advised me to go ahead and schedule the operation as soon as I feel like I am ready. Having double checked with my H.R. department at work, to ensure that our insurance was all set up and not going to suddenly change without notice again, I went ahead and called the doc's office to check on available surgery dates. As I expected they said that they will have to check and get back to me. That was on Tuesday, so my plan is to give them till Friday morning then I will call again and be more stern about it. I will post the date when I know more.
-peace