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Hi everyone--
For those of you who have been following my (nearly) daily blog, you already know my rituals--eat, rest and walk intermixed with my various and varied practices--but mostly eat, rest and walk.

I'm doing well in most respects. I still fatigue easy and am resting/sleeping for long periods of time. But, I feel I'm making slow but steady progress. Have accumulated enough stuff to support my simple lifestyle activities and have begun doing some things a "normal person" would be doing--getting haircuts, going to yoga classes, going to the dentist and the chiropractor, attending a healing meditation group (today), paying bills, reading some SciFi, and a few other things.

I'm scheduled to continue sessions every other week with the PDTeam starting in April. This month without sessions was partly to see how well I'd do on my own. I've been doing fine--tremor and shaking is greatly reduced and almost not noticeable much of the time. Even with some tiredness, I've been adding activities/tasks to my daily routines slowly. My list of things to be done is still long, but items are being marked off as I get to them.

Went to a party last night! My friend JON had his annual St. Patrick's Day event. I dressed warmly and L and I went there for a few hours. It was, as always, a great group of people. I didn't find it overwhelming, but enjoyable, until I started fading--which I did after a while. Glad I was wrapped up--it was chilly and the party was partly outside--

Got up and went to the healing meditation group that meets near me. Knew a few people there and process was low key, easy going, and a bit like Prairie Home Companion does group. They also provide yoga classes, qigong classes and other integrative health resources--all within walking distance.

Like I said earlier, I feel like I'm progressing slowly, but progressing. When I get tired, I just stop and rest/sleep--whatever my body/psyche needs to restore. I know what the PDTeam talked about in terms of my anxiety levels--they're dropping to zero and few things raise the level much.

Since I've really very little to report as I continue to build up my daily/weekly rituals, I'll only send out a next broadcast message (like this one) when I have something more interesting to communicate. For those who want to get daily updates (as dull as they are starting to become--and dull is good for now--I've had plenty of recent excitement) you can still go to my daily blog:

laranstar.blogspot.com

I want to send out a sincere "thanks" to all of you who have responded to this series of reports, who have sent me your words of encouragement and support, and who have kept me in your prayers (please continue to do so). It was wonderful for me to know all of you were there for me. Thank you with all of my being. Love and blessings to you all...