Still alive...

Tough times - battling infection - trying to get on the transplant list. Side-effects of one of the antibiotics basically paralyzed me.

Lost lots of weight - down to low 160s.

Hardest times of my life. Dragging the family down. Everyone thought I was a goner in January but I pulled through.

Trying to eat and put on strength and weight. But my fave foods have just tasted like cardboard in my mouth. That is starting to ease up - been enjoying more things every couple days lately.

I can say I've been through the MCV meatgrinder and have lived to tell the tale. But, as they say, "They're a mess, but they're the best."