Oh wow...everytime I come back here I get a renewed sense of hope. I got an email from Sethina inviting me to do an update since I haven't been around in a while...

I'm still around, but I've been going through a bit of a rough patch. I was diagnosed with a mitochondrial disease (CPEO) that affects my eyes and other parts of my body in late December, and I had already been suffering depression after Katrina. I had been depressed before the storm, but it sent me into a real tailspin, and then with the diagnosis- talk about insult to injury! :yes: