Thanks - I do feel it was related and has since subsided. I can't believe the stages of this thing I'm going through. Every week it changes slightly - ever so slightly but in the course of the last 6 weeks I can clearly map out the stages of progression.

In the beginning i was just numb and dumb.

Then I progressed to, "ouch, that really hurts," and still fairly dumb.

Then I progressed to, "wow I can think clearly again!" "Thank God!" "But ouch that hurts even more now!"

As I got rid of the numbness of the mind, the pain got more realized and other little things cropped up that were unexpected.

So the story continues. I assume at this point things will start to subside as the weeks pass.

I'm feeling hopeful and wish for everyone to get better.