Dear April (not a fool just unlucky) This social media stuff is soooo new to me too. I hate the idea of Facebook but this site is the only place I can connect with others with cancer. Thanks for your interest re surgery. My respiratory system tends to shut down under anasthetic. Even Midazalam for short procedures leads to my oxygen sats diving below 90 of course anesthetists and their insurers don't want to pay out so my 20% mortality chance for major surgery (hysterectomy in my case) does their actuarial heads in. Even if hormone therapy reduces the cancer the chance of recurrence is high I think. Also I can't stay on high dose provera long term as it increases chance of heart attack and stroke and breast cancer. Yippee! I hope your gall stone recedes as gall bladder pain is no fun. I had mine out yrs ago but even then I stopped breathing. It was actually very peaceful though. Best wishes GHT ... View more