braeica

I have two adopted sons with RAD and those first couple of years can get rough. You ever need somebody who's been there to ask questions or talk to, drop me a line.

I was diagnosed with ARDS at 16 after a traumatic illness (not flu, but I did the induced coma thing too). That was 21 years ago and things got so much better. If they're willing to let you work with a PT on an exercise program that gives you a chance to build tolerance, take them up on that. You've got good things in your future!

That diamond is simultaneously awesome and completely crazy.

How often do you see trilliant cut center stones? I had a designer refuse to send a band with a trilliant mount for me because they said it would be ugly (according to my jeweler). My jeweler laughed his ass off at that, ordered it anyways and did a custom job on the mount for the trilliant diamond instead. The finished ring is absolutely amazing.

I'm sorry to hear you were stuck in the middle of an unhealthy situation, though you seem to have handled it and moved on like a total boss. Poly can work in a healthy way for other people, though. Please don't let that particular situation color how you think of all of us.