reggie, I am honoured by your offering and those of the rest of you. Thank you sounds so trite, but it's what comes to mind...I am so grateFULL to you all.

Just an update: met with the physician's assistant, a very knowledgable young woman at the cardio's office, today. She answered a lot of questions about angiograms and the actual valve replacement surgery. She was very reassuring and understood my preference to wait until after my b-day, near the end of March, before we do anything major. We will probably do the angio the first part of March.

So far, everything remains stable although my BP has been a little elevated, so we're upping one med by 10mg, no biggie.

The extreme fear and stress of last month have abated; my activity is up slightly; and, I continue to feel positive about the whole adventure, so far. When it comes nearer to that time, I know I will have to be careful not to let the negative worry come back. I will be counting on your help with that and thank you in advance.:-)

luvya'll so very much,

kat