One step closer... Drove to South Carolina yesterday to meet Dr. Gross. Just couldn't wrap my head around having a surgery and not meeting the surgeon until the day before. I needed to meet him, feel comfortable with him before I scheduled the surgery.
What a nice guy. Down to earth. Even though he must have answered my questions about 3000 other times prior - he answered with such enthusiasm and passion that I could tell this man just loves doing this surgery. It seems to be his "mission" to make sure it's a success - Seems to me he is a bit of a perfectionist which is clearly a win for his patients.
So - I scheduled an appt for surgery June 19th. Of course I saw quite a few other surgeries on the books and i was just wondering if anyone else is scheduled during that time?
May up the surgery a bit because as I was driving home I realized my birthday was the 20th.

I have between now and then to stress - just my nature. I do better if I have no time to analyze things.
thank you everyone!