thank you for responding so quickly....yes, it has been a very scary week with this unexpected and very violently painful illness. I see the doc again Tuesday, to find out more. I've never had anything like this before, but no doubt it will eventually pass. Sometimes too weak to even pick up a spoon and my husband has had to feed me....I cough and get terrible pain all over my body and it takes hours to go away. Since Friday night when I went to the hospital and then Saturday because the pain hadn't eased I saw my GP, I've been put on about 25 pills a day, just to ease the pain...which has mainly worked, but has left me feeling very weak and feeling ill....not a nice experience. As for APS....at the moment it's the least of my worries, it's an internet site...with people I enjoy talking to from time to time....you lot especially...so thank you.