Thought I'd post another update. Mom passed away November 18. She was holding Dad's hand, and just didn't take another breath. She was at home, and it was easy and painless. Dad was a wreck. His sister stayed a week with him, and then I stayed every night for a month or so. He's getting better. I still have dinner with him nearly every night. He's back to working out and going to his lunch club. I'm back to work, 1/2 days. I have been having horrible bouts of vertigo on my radiated side. It comes and goes. I just had a checkup with my ENT surgeon and MO. My electrolytes are back up to (very low) normal, finally. My creatinine is 1.3 and BUN 32, so my kidney function hasn't bounced back like I had hoped. I'm still boarderline anemic, even with all of the supplements. I have a CT in March and an appointment with my RO. My jaw seems more tender than usual, so of course I'm paranoid as hell. I'll update again when I see my RO. I know this sounds defeatist....but if this comes back, I'm not going through that again. Once was more than enough for me, thankyouverymuch.