hgt, good thing you went for the second opinion!!! Im surprised that you are going outside of the US. Do you live close to Canada?

When I had my big surgery, my doc let me the surgery date. He gave me a guideline and told me it must be done within 8 weeks. He told me to get my affairs in order so that I was prepared to be unable to take care of anything for a few weeks. My doc said it wouldnt make much of a difference waiting up to 8 weeks. After that it can make it alot harder to treat. Its always best to do begin treatment or have surgery as soon as you can.

My advice to you would be to prepare for the worst. Make sure you talk everything over with your wife in detail. She needs to know how to respond if the doc wants to remove something or do more than they told you about.

Best of luck with everything!