We are the only free clinic in the area. Between January and November last year, we saw 500 patients. We have 1,700 patients on our books.

Although we are on the road for much of November, December and part of January, if we can pick up some early road wins it will certainly help to have home-court advantage down the stretch, especially having five league games at home and traveling for just three in February and March. With the strength of every team in our league, there is no letting down and every game has to be treated with a championship effort.

Our sales dropped $3,400 in November, $7,600 in December, $10,000 in January, $27,000 in February and $27,000 in March. None of my other locations have seen a drop in business - they are each averaging 2 percent growth.

Last year we saw one of the worst riots there have been in Belfast for 20 years in this area and we are doing our best to avoid the same scenario this time around.

We saw a 2 or 3 percent pullback in early November and it has come back since then. What could take us higher in December is a good pre-announcement season.

In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.