Sorry Andy and Rossim. I've only just found the thread. Thanks very much for your kind enquiries. They mean quite a lot to me.
Yes. The op went well on Friday morning. I drove there and back without problem (40 miles each way). The excision was just around the affected area and not a removal of the old scar tissue as I expected. The head honcho told me that was what would probably happen but his registrar (from the US of A) decided the small excision would do. I'm a very good healer and rarely experience any after-pain. None this time either. Hopefully there'll be no recurrence in that area BUT,, after 5 ops on the same area, I'll not hold my breath.
Working on next tuesday's 5 at present.
Once again, many thank you's for your thoughts. John.