@SDSue I am nolonger taking famvir sorry. Unfortunately for me it didn't seem to be the right route. Regarding the "crappy, indifferent, better" scale, I have found that extremely useful for myself and to put in front of a doctor. What I now do is, on a a4 year calendar, I mark a crappy day with a red highlighter, an indifferent day with blue and a better day with yellow. I also put a comment against a date when I change something. Then over the course of time you have a VERY easy visual aid of how your year has going and you can see if you are getting worse or better with a quick glance which is easily portrayed to someone else. I have been doing this for 2 years now and it is very simple and very helpful
How useful, simple but brilliant Clive.