Hi, all. While brushing my teeth this morning, I started thinking about why it was that I didn't make an appointment with the eye clinic to have my eyes checked. I have glaucoma and am supposed to go every 3 months for followup, but I think it's been about a year since the last time. I started thinking about the bored ophthalmologists who've checked me, yawning in my face, couldn't care less. Maybe I've gotten the feeling "if they don't care, why should I care?"? Then I flashed over to how different is the attitude that we terrific LCs give to our clients - how hard we try to persuade them how great breastfeeding is; how much effort we put into understanding their special problem, their special needs and then trying to find solutions; how hard we focus on them and their baby; how much TIME we give them; and let's not forget followup calls initiated by US.....I think that this is why we have succeeded, I think this is why we will continue to succeed even more spectacularly in the future. We are very different from any other health profession or professional with whom I have had contact. This is one of our biggest strengths. Judy Knopf in Beer Sheva, Israel