u/PerformerAccording63

I've never owned a gun before so please go easy on me if I say something that should be obvious to someone with more experience. Basically I've been thinking about owning some kind of 1911 as my first gun. In my research for a model that's legal in California I eventually settled on the Kimber Custom II. I was excited about getting one until I learned that Custom IIs that are CA compliant are different from normal models. Specifically, that they have a magazine disconnect safety, which I'm not sure I would want in some oddly specific emergency situations, and that they have a loaded chamber indicator, which I heard can actually cause problems with the gun. I tried to find the indicator on the Custom II online but I have no idea where it is or how it's supposed to work, apparently sometimes it's a little bar that sticks out of the gun, other times it's a small notch in the chamber. I don't know, this is all entirely new territory for me. Is anybody who owns this gun willing to tell me what differences there are between CA compliant models and standard models? Are they worth getting from your experience with the gun? Let me know, and thanks.

I've had PT for 20 months, and today after having undergone countless tests and seeing several doctors, I was finally approved for a stent procedure in a few weeks. I've been waiting for this approval for over a year, but now that it's finally happening I'm actually kind of nervous. I've known about all the risks involved ever since I first read about it last year, and I was fine with those risks as long as it meant the whooshing would finally stop, but after months and months of waiting, I subconsciously thought it was never going to happen, that I would keep having to wait 3 months for a single appointment just to be told to wait another 3 months for the rest of my life. It just didn't seem real, and now suddenly it is. The INR seems to have covered his bases at least, he wants me on blood thinners for two weeks before the procedure and has pain medications for me in the weeks and months afterwards. I'm glad he's taking precautions, but I'm still terrified of the risk of stroke, damage to my vision and whatever pain I'll be in after the procedure. I want the whooshing to end, but I'm scared of what that might cost. Do you guys have any advice for me? Thanks in advance.