Tim,
I, too, want to wish you a speedy recovery, and also to respond to your SawStop question, as I have owned two of them.
Being handicapped and working from a wheelchair, getting the LOML to buy-in to my desire to start woodworking again (after a 50 yr hiatus) was something I wasn't looking forward to. When I showed her a SawStop ad a few years ago she said "you have got to get one of those!" Begrudgingly :rolf:, I agreed , and so I got a Contractor's saw; it only took a couple of weeks before I triggered the brake (on an aluminum extrusion...that doesn't even have a nick in it!) When we decided to move back to the family in Arizona, I sold it to a fellow NCWWer. The ONLY complaint I had about the C.S. was the inadequate dust collection; that was a few years ago - before they improved it.
A few months later, when I realized selling the property might take a while I bought the newly introduced PCS (Professional Cabinet Saw), and although I don't use it nearly as much as most of you use yours, I absolutely love it!! And the dust collection problem was history, especially after installing the overhead option that attached to the blade guard - a MUST imho, yet useless if you remove the blade guard like a lot of people do. This time I got the big 52" model - mainly because I'm too lazy to build my own outfeed and side tables...but they DO look nice. Oh, and the cast iron tables for sure - very solid. Forgetting all about the SawStop brake, it's claim to fame, I find it to be a very high quality tablesaw, both in fit & finish and features, not to mention accuracy, stability, assembly directions a third-grader could follow, and support from their Customer Service team.
I know there is a lot of angst concerning the politics of the saw, some of which I agree with, but if you can get past that I think you will be pleased with your purchase. "Quality (or lack of it) is remembered long after the price is forgotten" is particularly appropriate to the SawStop. So buy what you think you'll need and go with it; other accessories can always be added later. Good luck.
Russ