helen, in my opionion the earlier the better . i had the surgery 3 yrs ago and now regret i didn't have the info. sooner. now medicare is covering it so go for it. it litereally gave me my life back. jim [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn