Guest guest Posted January 24, 1999 Report Share Posted January 24, 1999 Group: I just knew it! The quantity vs. the quality of 90% of the postings would drive Dr. Levin away! What a shame......i wonder if everyone took a vow to only ask < for medical advice, rather than other members, and KEEP the subject matter to RLS and related items, he would stay????? The 90% could have easily been sent as personal e-mails....not to the group! Dr. Levin gave us a big clue on one of his former messages re the content.....too bad no one got the < . What will we do without his input? I know what i will ultimately do but will wait a few days to see if he reconsiders......... Betty 0000,0000,ffff BJN bjcanuck@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 1999 Report Share Posted January 24, 1999 Wait a minute, Betty. I take exception to your statement generalizing that " no one got the message. " Please give the majority of us some credit, here. Like Dr. Levin, I, too, quit the list several months ago for the same reason. It was just too much for me at the time. Getting back on the list does take more time and effort for me. And, just by my posting this message, I am contributing to the non-RLS-ese on the list. It is the first time--and last. But, I couldn't help myself. I had to comment. The majority of us are rule abiding, God fearing folks with something--RLS-- in common. I teach my children and my students that generalizations are just that--generalizations and do not represent the overall population of a group, organization, or population. There are only a few folks that ignore the rules of the list. Also, mistakes do happen. Buttons look alike and are sometimes mistaken for a " Reply All " and just plain old " Reply " . Please don't clump everyone into the same category. I think others will agree with me. I will continue sending this type of message to the individuals intended to receive them. As in the past, I will not send non-RLS posts to the group. LindyB in Southeast Texas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lindy Bingham, Business Technology Dept. Chair/Technology Coordinator Conroe High School, 3200 West , Conroe, Texas 77304 lindyb@... lbingham@... " 1998 National Tech Corps Leadership in the Classroom Award " " 1997-98 Texas Computer Education Assn. Teacher of the Year " " 1997 Technology & Learning/Microsoft Texas Teacher of the Year " ************* " Don't let weeds grow around your dreams. " --H. Brown, Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 1999 Report Share Posted January 24, 1999 Betty, I also feel saddened that Dr. Levin is leaving, but I think we must respect his decision, and not lay a guilt trip on either him or ourselves. He is free to subscribe or unsubscribe, just like the rest of us, without feeling he is letting us down. I personally enjoy the variety of content in the messages from the group, and there are other avenues of information for those who wish a purely medical format. The non-medical diversion provided by sharing within the group has gotten me through many a night. ne, 58, Lawrenceville, NJ On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 11:28:42 -0600 Betty Newton bjcanuck@...> writes: > > >Group: > >I just knew it! The quantity vs. the quality of 90% of the postings >would drive Dr. Levin away! What a shame......i wonder if everyone >took a vow to only ask < for medical advice, rather than other >members, and KEEP the subject matter to RLS and related items, he >would stay????? > >The 90% could have easily been sent as personal e-mails....not to the >group! Dr. Levin gave us a big clue on one of his former messages re >the content.....too bad no one got the < . > >What will we do without his input? > >I know what i will ultimately do but will wait a few days to see if he >reconsiders......... > >Betty > > > > 0000,0000,ffff > >BJN > >bjcanuck@... > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 1999 Report Share Posted January 24, 1999 I agree with ne's reply. As I wrote to Connie this morning, and I quote, I read Dr. Levin's message with a sinking heart but realize he knows best. I don't really understand his reasoning but will go along with it as there's no alternative. I see many messages that, after a paragraph or two, I realize are not what I'm looking for or for which I have nothing to offer so I simply push the delete button. As a support group I've always felt that our technical search for relief and advice on meds is only part of the deal. To commiserate, talk over, laugh and cry with, sometimes gently admonish etc fellow sufferers is a big part of being supportive. Outside of my family and close circle of friends this group has offered a unique kind of fellowship that I've grown to treasure. So what if, at times, we digress and go off on wild and sometimes slightly insane tangents......who else would understand what we are getting off our chests? I wouldn't change the doings of our group for anything. We've grown to be friends in the true sense of the word sharing our hearts, our humor, our frustration with our common malady and maybe most of all our unending encouragement to carry on and hang in there till help arrives in the news of a cure or at least like diabetes something that's sure to work. There were times when I did feel that Dr. Levin was being used perhaps more than he should mainly because so many of our doctors have blown us off when we've sought help and guidance with our particular problem and Dr. Levin was generous (too generous?) in seeking out and looking up answers for us that we could refer to as coming from a competent medical authority when facing our own less than satisfying " care providers " . That's not his fault. It's ours in maybe not being aggressive enough on our own by insisting on better care, sending our medics back to their books, looking up research results etc. This has been a strange winter so far and maybe it's affecting our dispositions, I don't know. I do know it's after 4PM and time for tea so I'll stop my ranting and put the kettle on. CHEERS! Jeanne and Mr. Biggles in Poultney VT Where I can see the Poultney river well over it's banks and inching west towards the town water supply. Aaargh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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