You will do just fine, Russ, and now is the time to get Logan into high gear and do those long projects that you struggled with each and every month. He can do it, but you might have to kick him in the butt a few times to get the point across.

Chas, I had a bilateral inguinal hernia repair 20 years ago, had to get clearance from the cardiologist as well, stress test, but no cardiac catheter, just nuclear stress and echo cardiogram. The surgeon that did mine was considered the best in the mid Atlantic region and did it with an incision about the size of the end of your little finger at my naval. He was done in just 15 minutes, showed me some photos of the hernias that he took through the fiber-optic scope he used for the procedure and I went home the same day with no pain whatsoever. Turns out that he was the surgeon that all the other docs in the Baltimore area went to when they needed surgery.

Good luck, guys, from another old codger on borrowed time,

Gary