In less than a week, I am packing up the dogs and heading to North Carolina to meet with Dr, David Attarian at Duke about my bad right hip. I will be staying with my friend (who has MS and loves dogs) in High Point. My hip situation is related to my general connective tissue problems. If he says yes to the hip surgery, then I will go home to DC for a couple of weeks and get things in order for the big stay down in NC for surgery and recovery. Advice, anyone?