I'll be in MN the 15th and 16th if anyone would like to meet, please freely email me and we can make it happen if you want. I am 9 months post op. It really was an easy surgery. I am doing incredibly well. I was only off work 4 weeks and that was mainly because of my 14 inch incision and hystorectomy I had at the same time. I was litterlly running all over Minneapolis in a week! LOL, anyway., feel free to contac me if you want too. Kathleen