Castle, thanks again for your explanations. It helps me to hear other people's experiences to understand what's going on. The dr didn't explain much at all to me. And I'm the type of person that wants to know EVERYTHING! I'm seeing Prof Vancaillie, the reknowned AS dr I think you are referring to. I'm wondering if you are the same person from the AS support group I contacted a few weeks ago. At first I thought it would be best to wait for a diagnosis before joining the group but now I see there are tons of questions I have even at this stage. I'll see you there soon.

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