>Tamar,
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>I just want to say publicly how much I appreciate your concern over the past several months. At times you were a royal PITA with your persistence, LOL, but that's only because I wasn't all the way ready to hear it. At least now I finally am. I'm sure hearing the message over and over again that I need to get help is part of the reason I am finally doing so. It's unfortunate I wasn't a more receptive listener and it had to reach this point first. At the hospital I learned that many of them had been, like me, unwilling to seek or accept help. Pride, shame, hubris, whatever, we had had that "I can do this by myself" attitude. And there we all were.
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>Thanks a million.

I am _so_ glad that you're ready now to get help. I do believe that with that help, plus your determination, plus the motivation of the girls, you will be able to succeed.

Tamar