Can't say that x2 ever used it as an excuse, she thought she was just fine. It's the rest of the world that was viewing her that declared her bonkers. My basis for saying "watch out" was based on conversations with women that went through similar, but not as drastic as my x2. Thankfully they opened up to me, spilled the guts as they say, and gave me a much better understanding of what x2 was going through. Granted that was a small sample of a half dozen or so, but they all had similar stories. All of them regretted they had not sought out some sort of treatment. From what the docs told me about x2, she was a 5 in a 100 that get hit that bad. In contrast, I know a lot of ladies that are going through it, been through it, and they are doing fine (relatively speaking) and cannot relate at all to x2 nor the half dozen that openly talked to me about their experience. So, that's what raised the hair on my neck. You too take care, thanks for stopping in and letting us know how you're doing. I'm off in the steel tubes again to New England next week, probably just in time to see bald trees and piles of leaves instead of fall colors. But, that's my luck.