I am also in Phoenix...just a tip at your home city to you profile then people would have seen where you are from because there is a good handful of us here in the Valley. In fact I am on one of the Cancer Advisory Boards of one of our hospitals and I know pretty much all the ColoRectal Surgeons in the Valley so I am curious who you ended up with, you can PM the name to me. And you must not be going to Banner Hospital because they never ask for money up front like that and if it is I would be surprised!?
I also run a ColoRectal Support group for patients, family and caregivers, it is the first Tuesday of each month at Banner Desert Hospital and would love to have you come!
Again let me know if you have questions!
Liz