Update

It certainly has been a while.  I'm feeling MUCH better these days.  I'd like to be able to say the pulmonologists were able to find something definitely wrong with me, but they didn't.  The docs suspect I had a severe viral respiratory infection that has left me with a moderate asthma-like condition.  I say asthma like because my lungs and bloodwork show no markers for asthma.  I am being treating with inhaled steriods & a rescue inhaler, just as an asthmatic would.  The treatment is working.  As of last week, my breathing tests were FINALLY in the normal range.  Hurray!!! 
Now I just have to wait for all the puffiness caused by four months of oral steriods to go down.  My parents were here at Christmas, and my mom said my face looked like a cherub.  (Thanks mom... you sure know how to make a girl feel pretty ;-)  I am happy to report, I am starting to see cheeckbones again.  Plus my double chin has thankfully disappeared.  My energy is returning.  And since I'm no longer on multiple daily nebulizer treatments, "the shakes" are gone.  This means I can get back to crafting.  Double hurray!!!
I'll be back soon with a lil something!