I hope that this piece can be utilized in a dignified way in our current efforts to get The Bill through Congress. Rather that some of us individually forwarding it to specific legislators, perhaps one of the more active and knowledgable of us in this fight could think of the best way (e-mail with a forwarding message to all of them or some of them, faxing copies of it to all or some, etc). David, my first reaction was to want to forward your message to friends and family, but I guess I'm just afraid to let them all know what it may be like for me also. Best of luck in September, the odds of marked improvement from the surgery certainly seem to be way on your side from what I've noted here on this List. I am sure you have done this before, but would you mind giving the group your age and years since diagnosis? B.Bruce Anderson (50 1 1/2)