Welcome back Kim & Dave,
Very glad to hear everything is going well (from one ice cream obsessed person to another) Sounds as though many of the side effects are fading - believe it or not some will fade even further a year out.
How to handle checkups? That's a good question, at first I didn't realize how irritable I would become a day or two before each checkup. It kinda' slipped up on me. The best I could do for myself and Mike was be aware of the mood change and try to manage it. Couldn't make it go away, but I could make myself not take it out on other people.
Anyway, "That's my story and I'm sticking to it"
You guys take care and it's good to hear from you.
Dinah