I'm glad you weren't offended. I thought about editing my post because I'm not in the right frame of mind at the current moment to be giving advise IMO. But I remembered a post of yours were you had to end a friendship and I thought that maybe you are just too nice, and give too many chances.

I hate to see someone one as nice as you get ill like that over some one who doesn't care. I understand that you felt bad for him because he is losing his mind, but still you have to think of "you" first. I doubt he was thinking of you "first" or how sick his comments made you feel.

You can build up your circle of friends again by just being careful in who you choose to let in. Let your gut instinct tell you when you meet someone. This gut feeling may not always be correct, but people's true colors will reveal themselves at some point and then you will set the boundaries.

Never let someone slide once you set those boundaries because they will continue to violate them (Maybe it is reasonable to give one warning???). Some people break these boundaries because they don't realize what they are doing wrong, and some people do it on purpose because they like to abuse others and this is just another way of doing it.

I'm glad your feeling better and I hope you find some decent friends to take the place of the ones you had to let go of.

Take care
Tammy