Finally connected with local surgeon's care coördinator.

They are going to talk to him and let him know where I'm at and where I want to go. We *might* schedule a consult, but more likely than not, it'll be in several months, once that clinic is *actually* up and running.

Given that, what I *really* hope for is two things:

1) to learn what sorts of challenges a surgeon actually faces with a non-standard procedure such as I'm requesting;

2) get this clinic's collective gears turning to at least *eventually* address cases like mine.

I know I'm ahead of the curve here. But I'm doing what I can to plant seeds to harvest later.