Thanks for the congratulations and well wishes.

The fainting isn't related to my ears. I don't get "dizzy" where the room spins. I get light headed and faint. You know that feeling you get if you stand up too fast you feel like you are going to pass out? Thta's what I get randomly throughout the day. There is no pattern as to when it happens. It's deeply frustrating.

On the topic of my weight loss, that has been on a stand still the last few weeks :( I was in physio but was pulled out of that because of funding issues on the part of my long term disability insurance. Apparently once my Blue Cross maxed out and the insurance company had to pick up the whole tab of $60.00 per session, they decided that it was too expensive and that there were other, cheaper options available that would accomplish the same thing.

I found out today that because of my fainting issues that I qualify for one of the cardiac refit programs offered in my city at one of the local hospitals.  I've been accepted into it and I start going on the 26th,  three times per week.

I've kept up with some of the stretches that I was doing in physio, but some I can't do because you have to be laying down to do them and I have a waterbed which prevents me from being able to do them safely, and I can't get down on the floor because I'll never be able to get back up again!   So I haven't lost any more weight, and in fact I think I've gained back a pound or two :( I am scared to weigh myself to find out.

I'm looking forward to starting that program. I cried when I was told I was pulled from the physio one. I enjoyed going. Plus I enjoyed the social interaction it afforded me. It was nice to get out of the house for a few hours that didn't involve seeing a doctor.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi