Thanks for the feedback, fellow warriors. Unfortunately I'm a public patient at a large teaching hospital in Sydney, where I see a number of specialists. Hospital grapevines being what they are, with doctors sticking together like shit to a blanket, would make asking for another surgeon rather difficult for me. Tinkerbell is supposedly a Senior Surgeon there and so I hope, is technically proficient. I had already decided to take to my front with a texta, and writing "Hi there Dr Blah Blah....don't forget...I'm the lady with the scleroderma"!!! Passive aggressive be dammed!!