Thanks omo! Ten years one minute at a time some days.
It has been a lot and is all character building/revealing.
A bit of tenacity goes a long way. I do not have a normal, healthy life to compare it to. It was a startling moment to realize that health problems have been my lot throughout, and that other folks who may catch a cold once a year do not have a clue, anymore than I know what it is to be healthy. It seems with all the work I have done that I am getting healthier as I age - maybe my reward will be to have an easier time in my golden years than the hospice patients I have cared for the last several years...