Thank you for your concern... I share a postal print exchange of which he is a member. Not knowing the specifics of his health issue nor prognosis I can confirm that as of the Dec. 2016 print exchange he is still a valued & active participant and dealing with his health issue/s. Also, I spoke very briefly with him toward the end of last year about combining orders for consumables to be purchased ex USA but did not touch on personal matters. So far so good - I guess! Fred