Re: LABS BACK/RAI BAIT - To * A-L-L*

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1. It never even crossed my mind that the post from Holly was

a " personal attack. "

2. Therefore, it obviously did not make me feel that way.

3. The term " personal attack " is over-used on these forums, in my

opinion.

4. I had already decided to post 90 percent of what I said by 5:00

this morning - 2 hours before I even went online and saw Holly's post.

5. My post was directed to A-L-L, but I put Holly's name on it

because I happened to tag it onto her post.

6. I really DO wonder, " What WAS I thinking? " and am sorry if this

has offended any of you. I didn't realize that was " biting " sarcasm

and this has no place on this board.

7. I try to stress that you should let your doctor know this, and

try to tell your doctor that, when it's obvious that the doctor is

just floundering around and guessing about all of this. If your

doctor has something to say or do that will help you instead of

making things worse, then by all means listen to him.

8. I'm afraid my intentions regarding the dosing schedules have been

misunderstood, so I won't even try to explain this one, as it may

again be misunderstood.

9. I am truly sorry that I ever got involved in this matter and will

look before I leap next time.... guaranteed!

10. Just for the record: THIS REPLY IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON

YOU, HOLLY.

Thanks,

- who thinks it's time to take a break

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> My post wasn't a personal attack on you, and I apologize if it made

you feel

> that way. I'm not sure the biting sarcasm in the last paragraph of

this,

> and in the post I responded to that you made to Alyssa are really

necessary

> in this forum. It doesn't help any of us feel better. She had

already

> gotten all kinds of advice and had made her decision, and I didn't

think it

> necessary to make her feel bad about it. After all, stress is what

got most

> of us here, and keeps us from getting better. The last thing we

need to do

> is raise someone's heart rate around here!

>

> Also, I'm with you guys on the stupidendo thing, but I do think we

do swing

> too far to the side of " don't listen to your doctor " . That can be

> dangerous, too.

>

> Again, I'm sorry if I offended you. I was addressing us all as a

cohesive

> group, not singling you out. I have a great deal of respect for

your

> experience and knowledge. I try to stay out of things, but

sometimes I just

> can't. So while I'm at it, I'll go ahead and vent, then I'll be

gone.

>

> There have been several issues come up lately where I felt like the

advice

> given out, not just by you, but by others, has been so " you have to

do this

> or really bad things are going to happen " , when it's just not

true. It

> scares newcomers. It makes people think they HAVE to do something

that

> might not really be necessary for them. For example, the adamancy

about

> splitting doses. I can see where it helps some people to split

their tap or

> MMI, but nothing I've read says it's necessary, and I for one found

that I

> do better taking it all at night. If it works for you, great, but

that

> doesn't mean everyone has to do it. It's wrong to say that someone

is not

> going to heal if they don't split their PTU doses into three a

day. I agree

> and so does the medical community, that PTU needs to be taken every

12

> hours, but to tell someone they won't heal if they don't take it

every 8

> hours is causing undo stress on some people. Look at all the

frantic posts

> where people are asking how to split these odd doses and people

waking at 3

> in the morning to take their third dose.....I'm sorry, that's not

good for

> anyone. It's never good to interrupt your sleep. You can't HEAL

without

> good sleep.

>

> Sometimes obsessing about the disease we have just enables it to

continue,

> and I feel like sometimes this group, including me, enables other

people to

> obsess about this disease.

>

> Take care,

> Holly

>

>