Thanks for the tip about US selling upgrades; I'll definitely give that a shot.

As to everyone else, this surgeon has done many surgeries on people who flew from the states. He speciliazes in difficult cases. We have been in continuted contact, and as long as nothing goes wrong I will be flying out ten days after surgery, with my surgeon's full approval. He already has my medical x-rays and records and blood work-ups from my specialists in the states (a note for the one above who didn't understand how this is happening.) I'm young, thirty-four, which should also help with recovery.