mach..I think you're right about the attack on the core..but not sure I agree that the personality remains intact. All of Nov-May he was like a different man, confused, scared, vulnerable, forgetting things, not taking care of himself, crying, sometimes mean, sometimes sad, sometimes so very distant. Then May, june til now..glimpses of the good guy he used to be.-- more talkative, more laughing, flirting, wanting to do stuff with me, fun to be around. But still somewhat distant.