Wow, I actually didn't anticipate that people would reply with such care and concern. Thank you!
To fill you in on what's going on with me, I am in the process of dealing with my 4th bowe

)l obstruction. I'm hoping it's something they can stretch and not need surgery. I had a SBFT (barium exam) last week, and it showed that stuff gets to a certain point (which I can feel and is the exact same area of the other 3. Last night nothing, I mean nothing was going down easy. A sip of water took 15 minutes by the clock to leave what the doctor called 'the area of dilation'. I tried to tell him that it was getting worse and worse, but who am I.
We;re leaving this afternoon for Vegas (for my stinkin birthday!) and I'm hoping that everything will go down as it's supposed to.
In addition to that, my copper levels are horrid, and I am having severe symptoms of the deficiency. Fatigue, poor memory, difficulty walking, spasticity, it feels pretty awful. I am losing weight--about a pound a day! I'm now down to 113, which is only 4 lbs more than my lowest when I was so sick. So if this all goes south, I have no reserves for fighting. Yeah, I know, I'm a fighter. This fighter is tired and hurts.
I guess we'll see what I'm made of...
