Dear Ed:

You are welcome and thank you for your good wishes and hot-patches suggestion. I am glad to report that after 5 days of inactivity, I had 5 days of activity so far (still taking ibuprofen, although less than before), including walks in the nice weather of recent. My mood improved as a result. And so, we are both doing better, aren’t we? When I just read that my words made you smile, a smile appeared on my own face, first time today!

anita