Thanks for sharing the good news. Nerves do grow and heal given the right conditions of nutrition, blood circulation, and exercise.

Don't be surprised if you have temporary increases in pain as you heal. Pain in contrast to numbness in neuropathic areas means that you're healing and life is coming back to the area.

We've had several great newpaper articles that refered to Oz the past week. Aussies are the third happiest people in the world, behind Danes and Icelanders. The US is 27th if I recall correctly. In another report, quality of life in Australia is in the top five. You guys are building something wonderful.

I'd love to visit someday, but the long expensive plane flight is daunting. If we win the lottery, our plan will be to go to Hawaii for a few weeks, then Tahiti/Bora Bora. We'll finally work our way to Australia if and when we're sick of tropical island paradises. We'll remain in Austrailia to spend our millions while we dodge all the deadly snakes and funnel web spiders.