We will be on MINT but some of the best neurosurgeons in the US have advised me that this is not a simple multi-level (C5-C7)fusion as I also have a stenosis of the spinal canal. The operation would not be a simple one ... and not without some risk. Their advice, do everything you can to avoid having to have surgery. My guess is that I can do maybe a ten hour flight w/o significant problems. Anything longer will put me at increased risk, even in first class.

On MINT, I will have to watch out for "full contact trivia" which I didn't quite do on DDD.
(No Dick Turpin questions, please.)

Can't wait for MINT and seeing all of our friends from the DDD cruise and, of course, meeting new cruisin' buds. We are in training in preparation.

Incidentally, on MINT we will be cruisin' with Ed and Julie Johnson, who are cruise newbies.

Thanks for your concern.

Bill