Dear Mr. Garmel,

Thank you for your inquiry. Admittedly, at 89 years of age, I am
no longer in perfect health, but I am aware of no disorder predictive
of my imminent demise. I admit the perversity of my deriving
satisfaction from the lawsuit which I lost, and even more so, the
perversity of my deriving satisfaction from the fact that I lost it.
The house on Nantucket appears on the verge of completion, though
on account of my physical limitations, not by myself. I stopped
practicing medicine when Verizon refused to maintain the copper
line (617-489-1043) on which my patients had relied to make appointments.
I continue to live in solitude in the same large old house in which
I have spent the last 57 years. I devote all my time to writing;
letters, poems, essays, novels, mostly in German, and currently
the libretto for an opera. Since none of my published writing has
readers, I have deferred further publication indefinitely. Again, 
perversely, I derive much satisfaction even from writing which comes 
to the attention of no one other than myself.

My very best wishes to you and your family.

Ernst Meyer