Also sympathy to Sharon on losing her father. Yes - you guys mean A LOT to me. I'm getting a bit weepy just reading all the note above. Jan - you are right - I do not want to be pitied - so this is a safe zone to express pain/suffering - to others who I know also don't want pity - they just want to be heard and understood. Also, I agree - I don't really want to go to support groups and have it end up being my social life (although my social life is not all that grand anymore - ha!) - cyberspace friends are an entirely new part of my life - and I know I keep saying it - and you guys will think - we've heard you say it enough Angie -but knowing you are "out there" has saved me. I feel so much less alone in this now. I need to do my part and get back to being like Jan and others of you who are so good at answering new people's boards. I got off track - I need to give to this board too. I've gotten into "take mode" on this thread. I need to whack myself upside the head, as it were, and do more on the board for others. Sharon - so glad your friend is there. Wonderful - I think you are really unique, Sharon - and I mean that as the highest compliment - I think you probably have more friends and fans than Lady Gaga! 
God bless all of you.
