Hi David!
You are always your sweet self, aren't you? Actually, what I have is not much fun: it's an auto(self?)-immune disease/syndrome called GravesBasedow's syndrome. It is a thyroid disfunction, and as I started reading about it I found out that it is typically people who tend to be perfectionists who develop it, and also who take on too much work/stress. So besides the medication that I'll have to take for another 3 years, I'm gonna have to learn to say no, think of myself first when it is not seriously harmful to others, and take time to myself - like go away for a week all by myself. So if I hadn't come close to a heart attack with this condition, I'd say it is a blessing of sorts: methinks I am now going to allow myself more pampering and time from now on! Which I'm afraid I'd never've done if I hadn't gotten sick! So there - and the worst is behind me I think.
If anyone has had this, or knows about it, could you PM me and tell me what they went through? I'm still not sure what to expect exactly (my doctors haven't said much). I'd be grateful for some firsthand experience with this disease.
But I'm still around, and coming back to hang around here!