i had another los angeles doctor who doesn't seem as honest as mcandrews once tell me when i consulted with him, more than 10 years. and that one i dismissed because this guy doesn't seem totally honest and certainly isn't working with stemson, he seemed ok but kinda more like ur typical salesman surgeon to a certain degree. maybe mcandrews comment to me came after not communicating with stemson for a while, maybe his role is one where he hasn't been all that involved lately. or maybe he's on the phone with them all the time and just had a tough call, i honestly have no idea and wish i'd asked him for more details but didn't want to push it. what i'd love is if other people did investigating of their own to get better sense of timeline. or if this is pointless and we know stemson isn't gonna give out any info re timeline, i guess my comment was pointless and we just have to be patient and stop speculating. like i said, i asked mcandrews because i wanted to know, can i get a transplant now, then get stemson in five years or so. i wasn't asking for the purposes of this site, but just thought i should share the experience because again, it wasn't in confidence, i'm just a random patient of his and we had a checkup for a refill, he answered my question like he would for anyone else. next time i visit new york, maybe in the fall it'll be, i plan on taking train out to long island one afternoon for a consult with feller and bloxham cause their videos are very impressive. as far as i know they don't work with stemson at all, but i'm interested in their take on if i'm a good candidate for transplant, cause they're a little more aggressive with young patient, although at the same time they seem to have a stellar reputation, i've only heard good things. mcandrews is definitely conservative in his approach, which is great too. i'm a bit of a unique case where i'm a younger dude with lot more money than the average guy my age, i'm sorta stabilized from treatment but at the same time still have some thinning that's creeping up, i mean it's a tough call