It all sounds good to me; diet and exercise as a solution sounds pretty good to me. Are you referring to the possible pituitary cancer?
Have they done any bloodwork? I would think that they would have also looked at white blood cell count during that workup to rule out anything suspicious on that, wouldn't you?
Chin up, my friend. I think you sound mahvelous. Your W is certainly intrigued by the new you. Two gasps is nothing to shake a stick at and you can build from there. Ol' squirrel better be lookin over his shoulder.
P.S. Now that I know what the squirrel is in reference to, I get icked out thinking of him. As a bona fide HDW I would not want flappy arm skin wrapping itself around me. There is no doubt in my mind that she will come to her senses soon.