[StephN]

Thanks everyone for the hugs and good wishes. Very much appreciated.

Chrisy - my Emile is a great dancer, so NED has to reach a high bar as far as dancing goes!

About my diet. I have always taken reasonable care to have a decent, balanced diet. But I was not ever going vegetarian and never needed weight loss diets.

We ate fresh and mostly non-processed foods. Once I became stage IV with a liver full of tumors, I made more drastic changes.

First, I cut down the sugar to almost nil. That means refined sugar. Also cut out caffeine from drinks, and went out of my way to find dairy products that were organic and non-rbST.

Second, I decided to try to cut out as much of the chemicals that go into our food supply as possible. Started shopping for organic foods and eating a lot more wild caught fish. It was harder in 2002 to find these foods, and they were more expensive. Much easier now to maintain such a diet. Now I look forward to the opening of the local farmer's markets, and shop them at least once or twice a week.

I keep my kitchen quite clean including our fridge and stove. Also try not to overbuy, planning with only 2 or 3 days at a time in mind. Have to do this in order to "eat fresh."

Good quality olive oil is used daily in my cooking, which I feel is important for us HER2 girls.

Hope this answers the questions.