Re: A Plea for Board Drama to End

[Guest guest]

,

Well said and very true thanks for posting this it is needed. It's hard at

times to keep things on topic.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: Camp <cabaretic@...>

> Subject: A Plea for Board Drama to End

>

> Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 10:30 AM

> Hello Everyone,

>

> I've been avoiding this debate for a reason, but this board

> has grown so

> radioactive of late that I don't think I can keep my

> silence any longer.

> There's always been some of this sort of thing going on,

> but usually it's

> never called out into the open.  Recently, however, it

> seems to have gotten

> worse.  First, let me say that I appreciate and have

> appreciated the help

> that many have provided me here.  I myself am entering

> the fifth month of

> treatment, and I recognize that health is still a long ways

> off.  Throughout

> every step of an already exhausting process, I've

> consistently received

> quality guidance and suggestions that have aided the PCP

> and Endocrinologist

> currently treating me.  I may not always agree with it

> completely, but I can

> still use the information told to me when doing my own

> research.  This is

> the precise reason why I post here.

>

> I suppose what I don't understand is the willingness of

> some to ask for

> suggestions, then directly refute and reject all of

> them.  If you don't want

> help, then why ask for it?  Some may just want to be

> right or want to have

> someone else agree with them.  Some many want to vent,

> but I think there are

> better avenues for venting than here.  At times the

> topic of a lack of

> maturity or a lack of masculinity has been raised. 

> Every man I know is a

> bit different, so questioning another man's masculinity, as

> though there was

> one standard, has never seemed all that fair to me. 

> Maturity also depends

> on the person, not the age in question.  I think what

> we mean to say is why

> some can't seem to be civil and reasonable.

>

> Posting here is not a contest for who knows the most

> medical terminology or

> who has the most obscure diagnosis.  Nor is it a

> contest for who has the

> worst documented case ever or the weirdest side

> effect.  I myself try not to

> post here more than every week, because then I can put

> together a combined

> list of my symptoms, side effects, and treatment

> regimen.  I could probably

> post every day, but I'd get everything confused after a

> time.  I thought the

> point of this board is that we're all sick, or at least

> have been in the

> past, and as such we help each other through the

> process.  As for me, my

> hormonal balance right now is completely out of wack and

> will be for a

> while, so while I might grow a little testy at times, I've

> still made the

> effort to stay polite, appreciative of those with

> suggestions, and generally

> even-keeled.

>

> People in pain are sometimes short tempered or

> difficult.  That has

> certainly been my experience too, though I've tried to keep

> that side of

> myself away from here.  I wish we'd all cut ourselves

> a break.  None of this

> bickering really accomplishes much except for distracting

> us from the

> primary reason we're here, which is to get better. 

> I've seen this other

> places before, and it always gets to me.

>

> Friends, I hope we can agree to disagree and to help each

> other when we

> can.

>

> .

>

>

>

> --

>

> If ever I said, in grief or pride,

> I tired of honest things, I lied:

>

>

>