Re: Sadness & Politic

[Guest guest]

Thank you Kate, I appreciate your kind words. She was a great friend and the

mother of my best friend, so that makes it double tough. Not only do I feel the

loss, but watching her family lose their mom is just so sad. I had always heard

of " Black Mold " and its health reprocussions, but this stuff ate an entire lung

and five ribs in about 5 days! I couldn't believe it.

Anyway, it is time for all of us to move on now. It is what she would want.

Just easier said than done. But thank you again, for the support.

Stay Healthy

Kate wrote:

Just wanted to say that i'm so sorry to hear about your friend, and I

really hope you get better soon. Politics aside, i'm sure everyone

here is still here for you and will listen and support you whenever

you need it. Keep smiling.

Love,

Kate.

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> My fellow Stilligans,

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> I have some sad news to share. I have been coping with the illness and loss

> of a dear friend. She had aspergillosis for a year, lost five ribs and one

> lung to the mold and then developed cancer in the remaining lung. She was a

> really good friend and we buried her yesterday beneath the oaks of her

> family cemetery. I just needed to get all the funeral formalities behind me

> and then I thought I could come to my stilligans and pour out my broken

> heart. But you know what I found when I checked in? New people and

> squabbling.

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> Fighting about politics?? Oh Please, this group is so far above this kind

> of political ranting! Did I miss something?? Brett are you still here? You

> have been here for years! Please don't leave because of this. Many of you

> know I don't agree with every position aired in this group, but I usually

> know when to keep my opinions to myself, because they might not be for the

> greater good of the group at that particular time.

> Oh...and if anybody needs so-called PROOF of my disease....yes my fevers

> have met your criteria, yes, my blood work PROVES it, yes I have had more

> surgeries than I care to count. But you know what? That doesn't make me any

> more of a stilligan than someone who hasn't been sick as long as me. That

> makes me a sister in stills to anyone who suffers the dragon.

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> I am fighting a FLARE from hell right now, I'm nearly a month late on my

> Rituxan infusion, my Pred has doubled in the last week and all I want to do

> is just reach out to my fellow stilligans. Instead, I read the posts and

> feel even more stress at watching our group struggle with political

> correctness. So, I guess I will bite my tongue now. I'll find someone to

> call and cry to, because I don't have time for politics today.

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> Stay Healthy

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