Heard from a Friend

A friend wrote to me today and sent a copy of an email from the Executive VP of his company - Park Ave address in Manhattan. He has been out of commission for several months and diagnosed with Dermatamyositis - a rare autoimmune disease, that they thought I had for the first two years I was sick (they actually thought I had it's brother Polymyositis, which has same symptoms except for the skin component). He thinks he'll be back running his company as soon as his problems with prednisone work themselves out. I certainly hope this is true, but it hurts to see people who are not as far down the road I've been on and just don't know any better. I hope for the best for him - I know someone who died from complications of polymyositis a few years back. Hope that doesn't become two people I knew. I really do.