Firstly, wanted to wish you a full and long lasting recovery. And your stepmother is so right!
Secondly, superb TR - loved your dry humour, concise observations and superb story-telling ability. This is the first report of yours I've read but so enamoured, I'm now going to search some of your previous ones and pour myself an accompanying glass of bordeaux!
Finally, keep up the positivity...truely the best medicine.