I have been researching this and even twice talked myself out of it. 1 - because I am self pay and this is a lot of money and 2- because of possible complications during surgery and in the future. I lurked a little to long on the problems post. Then I found my courage and decided to move forward. I go in two days to get all of my pre-op testing done. It includes the blood work which is only good for thirty days. SO I am 31 days and counting and I find that I am going back looking at all of the possible problems and complications. Do nerves take over the excitment? I remind myself that I had to have an appendectomy last year and I came out of that just fine. Still worried. ANy advice?

I just kept asking myself, what's the alternative?

I would say that that question to ask yourself would be "What resourses do I have in place in the event of complications? Could I afford to pay out of pocket for treatment if needed?"