[Nina Kay]

Thanks so much for being encouraging to me Dave and thanks for sharing your experience and insights. I'm happy to hear that you have done well with your eating the last two days. To me, that's a real accomplishment. I did make it through today without OS, as I'd hoped. I plan on making it through tomorrow without them also. We'll see. I do know that I feel so much better when I abstain from them. You have such a physically active life. I'm in awe of that. I don't feel good enough anymore to be very physically active, but of course I hope to gradually get better. I sure won't give up. I found a photo of my Mother when she became homebound and pretty much bedridden. I remember that day well, as it was her birthday and I had made her a cake and served it to her in bed. On the birthday cake, there were Number Candles and to my surprise the number was 53, which is the very age I am now. She was very ill at that time and went to bed and never got back up to really live again and that was 21 years ago. She is still living, but never leaves the house except to go to the Dr. I refuse to let that happen to me, or at least not without a serious fight. Keep on keepin' on Dave and so will I. Again, thanks so much for your encouragement and support.