Thanks for the advice. You know what? I really don't feel sorry for myself ever actually. I come here all the time and support people and give them advice and I was just having a tough moment and was looking for some moral support.

Speaking without a tongue at all is just really hard though and I have a tough time giving even a cabbie directions without struggling. So I do think my situation is a bit different. My speech isn't slurred its very altered and it is very hard to understand me sometimes plus I am in a kind of superficial industry too so that adds another wrinkle. Will try and get more confident to get out there and see what happenens. I'm just scared sometimes is all.

K