Thank you, Mark for your kind letter. I hope to pass along your email address to my daughter when I think she will be amenable to the idea. I think it would really do her good to "talk" about her experiences with someone who has been there. Most of the time it is best not to even discuss her problems with her, unfortunately. She just gets mad at me when I try to discuss her recovery. Her neurosurgeon had originally said it might take 6 mos. for her to recover but when he saw her a couple months after her surgery he said it might be a year. I just hope he is right about her making further recovery because she is still far from normal. thanks again. Liz