Guest guest Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 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 --------------- > 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 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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