thanks so much forr your reassurance. it really freaked me out. one of the reasons i am straightening out my apartment is the underlying feeing that i am going to die soon and i don't want to leave alice with a lot of junk. I probably wlll probably throw out antoher two or three books today. I have so much trouble getting up from the floor. I have to tell the p.t. It is an ordeal. I wrote my eldest nephew last night oon a whim. he asked if the surgery healed. I said the surgery went well but i was left with brain damage dah. he just bought another home in del ray