yup, doc just said it's cause i'm apparently somewhat empathic regarding how people are feeling.. right before my gramma found out she had lung cancer, I was getting these spells of chest pain without explanation; when my mom had knee surgery, when my dad, Mark, and I went up to see the room she was going to be in, I was walking across the room and all the sudden for no apparent reason my knee totally gave out and I skidded across the room and almost hit the wall.. when the doc was going over how everything went with us hours later, I curiosly asked at what point they would have been actually taking the old joint out and putting the new one in, and it coincided with my failed attempt at walking across a room.. stuff like that just happens; he just said it means I'm sorta tuned into things or however, and so, that is how it is.

Now, on the positive side of things.. this means that when/if I ever have kids, breastfeeding shouldn't be a problem..