Hello again. Thank you all for the hugs and comments. I wanted to update you on what happened at my visit to MAYO in Rochester. My best friend was kind enough to take three days out of his busy life and pay for everything that was needed to make this trip, gas. meals, hotel etc... and he did all the driving. He is deeply involved with my health issues and follows all the test results and procedures, and has been doing that for the last 3 years as my health has declined. We went to the appointment and after the nurse finished asking me a lot of questions, my doctor came in. He was nice and said he had read all the medical records and knew what I had come to Mayo for. Jim and I both asked him lots of questions and Jim had done a lot of research , so he asked a lot of procedural and complicated questions that were over my head. However my doctor complimented Jim on several questions and answered all of them. After an hour , I had a final question which was "do you think you can help me?" He replied yes and asked us if we would wait here while he went to talk to his colleagues and they would be back shortly. After about 20 minutes, he came back with two other Hematologists. Three doctors, who said they would be the team that would be working together to help me. We talked with all three of them for another 30 minutes or so. They told me their plans and what I could expect and they all reassured me that they believed they knew how to not only lower my ferritin level in my blood, but also remove most of the ferritin from the organs it had already deposited itself in. I teared up when they said that. I could barely say, between the tears and being choked up, that I was so grateful and that they gave me hope; hope that I had not had in the past 2 years. I believe that they were sincere and I am so very grateful today for Jim's help and especially for the empathy My MAYO Team seemed to have for me. This morning I want to tell all of you that I have three of the smartest doctors in the Country who are now my doctors and I have thanked God for answering my prayers, and I have HOPE. Thank you for your support also. God bless you all.