condition, definitely--unless somebody's picking on Karen, then I take them aside and tell them she has a life-threatening disease =) It's funny to me because she's the tiniest thing you'd ever see (and thin and frail and pathetic-to-look-at) but she has the heart of a TIGER. She never starts fights but she'll always finish them. I also try to refer to Cortef/florinef as hormones instead of medication--we're trying to avoid the idea that she's "ill". Just different.