sweet & sad - I see it first hand - my Dad retired at 62 to improve the quality of Mom's life (he is now 94) - she has MS and is in the dementia stage most of the time. He has spent the last 32 years of his life seeing to her needs. She is now 90 - they have full time live in help as he has high BP, high cholesterol, type II diabetes, neoropathy in his feet but he still is keeping her in their home, rather than putting her in a nursing home. Carolyn

Time to bump, IMHO.

My mother started her period near 16 yrs of age and came into early menopause in her mid to late 40's. When she was 35 she had a child (my brother) w/ Downs Syndrome. Something about her was never right I thought, especially the extreme late period. I started at 11 1/2 yrs old. I never really suffered much and my periods were no more than 2 days long at the most and on the light side, but a couple of years ago, they began to become heavier and less than the 28 days. It is rare that I go a month without 2 and I am always in fear that it will 'surprise' me and go right through my clothes.

I'll be shocked if Lee's new single is a hit b/c I didn't think it was very good. I don't mean the way he sung it, just the melody of the song itself. It was rather boring/blah. That song was released by U2 in 2000 and has been one of their most successful hits. It was surprising to me that AI chose songs that were previously recorded instead of a new song written just for the contestants as the first release. I think it is a good move though cause I've hated all of the first releases from the winners... none of them were written for a particular person, but just whoever ended up as the final contestants. I didn't think it worked well.