Dear Linda, hobbies wise, I admit I'm a little stuck, as I suppose a lot of us are. What I mean, probably a lot of us enjoyed hobbies, that at the moment we can't really persue. Most of my hobbies were focused around physical activities such as swimming, cycling, going to the gym. It's funny but I also used to lve reading, but now I can't concentrate long ,except for maybe the odd magazine, which isn't very challenging! I do absolutely adore animals and we've always had numerous pets in our family since I was a child. We now have 4 cats, a dog and 10 Guinea pigs. I love to watch animals being born. It's so frustrating because a couple of months ago I was feeling so much better than now and walked the dog in local fields every day. At the moment I really don't even feel up to that. I have no idea why things suddenly took such a turn for the worst, can't really put my finger on anything. I did try chelating with the stuff that the dentist gave me and I've tried DMSA. Both made me very ill. I don't know really if I should have persevered but I guess sometimes you just get afraid of feelin worse than you are. Anyway hopefully when I got to the Breakespeare hospital on Wednesday I might get some answers. That's where I went to be first diagnosed. So fingers crossed. LUV TRACY