First, thank you for you comments. This is a fledgling blog, but your comments are far from fledgling.

I plan to  respond to all of them in the next couple of days–translating, where it might be needed, for people who are not health care industry professionals.

I want to spread a wide net with this blog; at the same time  I greatly appreciate the well-informed opinions that come form industry insiders. I take it as my responsbility to mediate (and translate) between most of us (potential patients) and the professionals.

Before I comment, I woud be delighted if more readers respond to your comments. Ulimately, I would like to see this blog become a dialogue among readers while I moderate . . .