Group - It seems to me much of this article is already out-of-date. As many of you know, I had the so-called "pig-cell" implant a year ago; in September of 1996. To the best of my knowledge I was one, of the first twelve in twelve in the world, to have the operation. And it was performed in the Boston area. Speaking of which, there will be another update on my progress sometime in September or October. Jim Finn