I, too, am a walking wounded, having contacted TM eleven years ago. It seems funny (?), odd, coincidental - I have gone thru some of the same symptoms, pain, meds, pain, depression, pain, doctors, pain, misunderstandings, and pain that all of you have gone through.. Last week I received the results of my annual physical and found out I also have cardiomyopathy which is fatal and has a life sentence of no longer than five years once the first symptom appears. I'm sure you all have been at the point if you received any more bad news you would bust. You have all asked the questions why me? Who will take care of my 37-year old autistic son? How will I be able to afford any more meds on what disability pays me? (I had savings but that went the say of different doctors, hospitals, etc.) How do I plan for what future is left when you are all alone? Well............................................................ having friends like all of you, each with different personalities, different view points, different life styles.... without you I don't know what I would have done. You can relate to every problem I've had, explain it in words I can understand, and not talk down to me with such sentences as "oh yeah, I've had that kind of pain". So dearest friends, stay there for all of us. I don't think many of us care if you address your input to the private hotline or to the whole mailing list, if you write in regular fashion, or in all caps, etc. To spice up my closing I think I shall use the name Angel, thus not divulging my sex. love Angel
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