You don`t know how releived, or how happy I am to have actually read your post today! You are a tough bird, that is for sure! You need to know that I have been lucky, and this is the truth. I personally, have never experienced any ``downsides`` with people I have known who have gone through similar procedures. I am blessed to have been good friends with much older people than myself all of my life, primarily through golf, so there have been a lot of them. The MAIN MESSAGE THAT I WISH TO CONVEY TO YOU, is that EVERY SINGLE PERSON I HAVE KNOWN TO GO THROUGH THIS HAS COME OUT BETTER, HEALTHIER, STRONGER, AND HAPPIER THAN THEY WERE IN THE MONTHS PRECEEDING THEIR PROCEDURES. That is a fact, Jack. Get yourself well and come back here soon!

God Bless,

T.K.