You guys are all a great sounding board, and I really appreciate everyone's input and patience with all of my questions! I have had another curve ball thrown my way in that I had an abn. EKG at the primary care MDs office yesterday, so now have to see a cardiologist for a stress test before any surgery will be scheduled! I have an appt. with cardio for July 1 although a connection at the hospital is working on getting that moved up for me. In the meantime, without going into too much detail it has become abundantly clear that God does not intend for me to go through surgery with the current ENT. I have the stat referral into Shands, but I have no idea how long that will take to go through and have not been too encouraged in my phone conversations with them. However, several medical professionals I work with at Baptist have HIGHLY recommended another ENT who works at Baptist downtown (Baptist is made up of five hospitals and I work at the biggest whcih is the downtown affiliate). I got a referral for him this morning and have an appt. to see him Monday. He does do thyroidectomies. I have a great sense of peace about this situation now, which I did not have until today! I will keep you posted on what I find out Monday!

Thanks again!