wrote:
Well, there's some good news from OM. As you all know, he has Chronic
Vomiting Syndrome, and as you can guess, vomit is bad for your teeth
(not to mention your clothes, hygiene, lovelife, etc.), and OM's teeth
have generally rotted out over the years. Fortunately, he is going to
be able to keep the ones that he has a little longer before they too
have to be removed and replaced with taxpayer-supplied dentures, and
so he's not been reduced to eating only soft foods... yet!

In addition, as you saw from his previous messages, he tends to ramble
on incoherently a bit these days, but after being sent to the psych
hospital for a few days of evaluation, his shrinks determined that
several of his medications in combination were causing dementia-like
symptoms and it was not actual mental illness. At least not anything
new that they can detect. The adjustment to his meds has had an added
benefit, which is better control of his bodily functions and so he was
able to have the catheter removed. Considering that this was a cause
of his numerous urinary tract infections over the years, it's a
welcome development.

So maybe your prayers have been answered and OM's health is getting
better. His body and mind may be failing, but he's still kicking!

Perfect example of why this NG and usenet in general has gone to hell.