Yeah, John. I discovered a looong time ago that you not only have to take responsibility for taking care of your own heath -- by educating yourself, etc. -- because the medical community certainly doesn't seem to want to do that.

And, especially with Tom's health, the more one knows -- not only about his immediate conditions, but POTENTIAL conditions and how everything works together towards his overall health -- the better one can get USEFUL information from the doctors, make sense of their plans, maybe point out to them things they need to know to get Tom back to optimal health. And Tom has to work at it, too.

Me? My job is research and nagging (both the docs and Tom).

The cat alarm clock was set a couple hours early this morning. Rufus woke me by standing on top of the humidifier and bashing away at the portal where the mist comes out -- he wants to remove it so he can reach his paw down inside & lick the water off. (Yes, he has PLENTY of water in the water dish -- he also wants attention and he like this because it's fun.) Then Sabine came up & curled up on top of me and purred loudly in my ear.

Linn