Thanks for your kind words Hank. My posts to Linda?? I'm having brain fog. Linda, please forgive me, I can't place you right now.

Yes, I am acutely aware at all times how blessed I am. It confounds my mind.

Funny you would mention my list of medical conditions. Each time I have an appointment w/ a provider, the list is included w/ the discharge paperwork they give me and in my online aftercare summary. Every once in a while I look at it to make sure it's accurate. There have been times docs have forgotten to put a new Dx on it. I wouldn't post it on any public forum. I'm a private person and it is very outside my norm to even share personal info here in my posts. You may ask if I have specific things and I may tell you. I have and have had many specialists; cardio, endocrine, ortho, rheum, GI, GYN, neuro, derm, infect Dz, pulmonary, vascular, neuro surgeon, spine doc, nutrition, otolaryngologist, speech and language (malfunctioning larynx-doesn't let air through and swallow disfunction from Nutcracker's Esophagus), opthalm, retinal, eye surgeon, naturopath, podiatry, and I think that's it?

I was raised to put others first and to be very aware of how they are in every way and what they are going through. I raised my kids to be the same. I have learned from the best that it is hard for kids to have a sick parent. They fear more will be required in that relationship, they don't like to feel obligated, they fear their own mortality or that it's genetic (one child asks me that every time I get a new Dx, etc. I just try to not personalize my hurt and leave it at God's feet. They fear losing me like I lost my mom when I was 10.

Take care, Sunny