Thank you all for your responces, and they are all valid points I have considered. As stated before, I have not dived into this thing, and am still being very cautious. Jomar I dont believe it is for a cost saving factor, simply just to have it taken care of at once, done and over with.
Again, after one rib is done, he waits 3 days, if all is well, then he proceeds to the next, if things arent as expected, he would not move on to the next side.
I have seen people post on the board who have surgery and retun to work the next week, I am relaistic about this and expect a long recovery time for my body. I would have exellent care durring my recovery time at home so that would not be a problem. I may not be as young as I once was, but if i keep putting this on/off in my head I will only be older, and my chances of healing/recovery wont get any better. As I have said before, I do not support surgery, unless it is a last resort....im just starting to feel like there are no more options.
Again, doing it in this manor for this surgeon is not something new to him, just something I had not heard of before. He continues to see and monitor his patients recovery for 3yrs after surgery. I have been fortunate enough to talk to a couple of his patients personally as well, and that has somewhat re-assured me of his compitance. (they each only had one side done though)
Thank you again all.
Cheers,
Jay