Better

 

I'm almost afraid to admit it in case it goes away.  I'm still slightly loopy from the anaesthesia* and energy level is still running about 60%** . . . but I'm better.  Clearly.  I mean I'm almost . . . cheerful.

            And more to the point in a writer's blog, even a writer's blog about hellhounds, bells, roses, composing, and Converse All Stars, I've had the first good day on PEG II in . . . I don't want to think about how long, but I guess it's about a month.  First there was...