thank you so much.i am doing very well and i think my oncologist will be happy with the results so far.i believe in 2 weeks i will be 1/2 way done with treatment.hope you and yours are well,marty on the machine front,i have looked at a viking last saturday that was nice.fairly quiet,learning curve not too bad.auto threader-that was nice.looked at a dc4030 janome today.still looking-but i do like that one!:)