Dear Margret: Thanks for you sharing, and I appreciate your comment about my writing. I would someday like to become a "writer" who can tell stories. The neurosurgery seems quite radical. I wouls appreciate your keeping us informed about your considerations of it and what you find out from consultations. The diet experience seems right to me. My experience with Robert Erdmann's biochemical approach has really made a difference with me, and my ability to respond to the medication. I have largely adopted a vegetarian diet and I feel a whole lot better. I saw in the newspaper over the weekend that the Worldwatch Institute has announced that the population of the planet has now exceeded the "carrying capacity". We are all going to have to become more vegetarian if people are going to have food to eat. Please keep us posted. All the best. Bob N.