Since Thanksgiving weekend, I have had an illness, a complication, a hospitalization, a mis-diagnosis, a procedure, a retraction, and a recovery, all totaling 5 weeks to-date. I, who consider myself self-contained and self-sufficient, formidable even, had to admit that 3 non-stop weeks of intense sickness spooked me.    As I laid feverish in my bed on the 8th or 9th day... Continue Reading →