Yup, I'm on the mend, back to business as usual as of yesterday the 25th. I'll keep it short - After a short hospital stay I was surprised with additional issues and attendant media and email outage which I was too ill to resolve.
Ironically enough my last project before I got sick was some kitchen knives, which I'll be detailing here shortly and possibly putting to use now that I'm eating again. Thank you all VERY much for your concern and diligence at contacting me. My worst fear is that should one of these times not make it, my wife may sell my guns, knives, and hot rods for what I told her I paid for them.