Thanks to all who responded. Tues.& wed. were the toughest days , mentaly, that I've had in a long time. After reading the post over & over and talking to a very good friend,over and over(I think he has telephone ear by now) I finaly had the info. I needed to make my decision. As of now I have a second opinion set up for the 14th of Dec. with Doc Foster at Indiana University of Indiana Med. Center & a surgery date of Jan. 3rd. Doc. Foster does more indiana's and I feel he can give me answers and reasurance about my decision to have the outside bag. I wanted to have an opinion from someone who might be able to tell me something diffiernt about the option of the Indiana.That said I realy appreciated Gene's comment that at his age it wasn't about fashion but comfort and ease of maintainance. Thats what I want as I still want to pursue my hobbies working on cars(dirty hands) and Fishing(fish slime& river water) I'll be 61 on Jan. 1st and I'm not done yet. Ive got fish to catch and cars to build. THANKS Duane