I really appreciate your responses, and i greatly respect the fantastic courage all of you have had in battling this terrible disease. I promise to say a prayer for God to watch over all of you as I'm sure he is, and ask kindly for you to do the same for me. Thank you for your time. I'll be sure to check in when i finally get the results of my checkup. Until then any resource or response is greatly appreciated. This is a difficult matter for me to deal with at such a young age but i am doing my best even though i, for the first time in my life, am truly frightened. Best wishes

chuck