[JoeT]

I want you all to know that I am very grateful to be alive. I am really very very lucky that I was not killed in the accident or even more so falling off a ladder after that.

And I know that there are many people who have it a lot worse also. I used to help out at homelss shelters in chicago many years ago and even in every day life know people even today that I do not envy their life. I was just thinking about the homeless shelters and some of the people. I know some of them were definately alcoholics or addicts but I would bet any thing that if you could go back and look at the life of ever homeless person that there would be very many of them if not most that had a head injury. Acutally I guarantee that if it were not for my family and even my ex girl friend that I would be one of them today if I were even still alive.