the grass is greener ...

On the topic of Australia I still have residency. I think I still have Medicare. Dr Avatar says go for it. The perception is that the quality of the treatment would be better. Unfortunately the dislocation would be too much for me. Imagine I will have to settle the visa for my wife and daughter. My son cannot travel for another year. So he will be left behind. The money and exchange rate, costs. We will stay in someone else's home, in unfamiliar surroundings (even though I have lived there) it will still be unfamiliar as a family unit. When thinking about this surgery I want to keep the stable parts familiar and the disruptive part as small as possible (ie the operation). I certainly don't need the stress. I might die of the stress of moving overseas before the stress of the tumor. Keep the disruption to a minimum to reduce the stress.