Interacting with people takes a lot of energy; one wants to be attentive, listen, converse, please, opine, etc. When you have been through a huge trauma, the stress of such can be magnified.

After heart surgery, I have had a very tough time with more than one or two people at a time, esp. folks I am just meeting. Family members were esp. a trial, at times. One of them still claims I am a recluse. Fine with me...it keeps them away.

So, maeve, darlin' don't worry about it or about the thank yous. We know and part of giving is the self-gratification we get from giving freely, lovingly, and with no implications and no expectation of receiving anything. We pay it forward and know you do the same...that circle keeps going round and round, up and up.

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