Question:
God bye. It has been great getting to know some of you and I appreciate the help I have recieved
Margaret
Hi Lottie,
I am very sorry to see you go, it has been nice getting to know you. if you read this, perhaps you will take into consideration that many forums, like this one, experience certain growing pains.
I firmly believe that if you take a look around the web, you will find that this site still has the most to offer to folks who suffer with p & pa.
There has been tremendous growth in our numbers recently. As such, there are bound to be a few bumps in the road as everyone becomes acquainted. However, I still believe that this is a caring and supportive environment. Just think, if you stay, you can contribute to that aspect as you have already, and make it even better.
Just ignore the bickering, but stay for the good stuff.
Hi Margaret,
I hope that you see this. I'm sorry that you've decided to leave us. :( This place hasn't been quite the same lately and I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong. It's going to take some effort on all our parts, but I for one, am committed to trying to turn things around. We need people like you to help this become the place that it should be. Take a short break if you need to, but please come back soon.
Hang in there. Please.
Mike
Can I add my Plea? Lottie, I agree with your assesment of things here, but PJ is right too. Help us turn it around. I value what you've given and really hate to see you leave.
I've had the thought that we call ourselves a family, and lately we seem to be acting a bit like "Family Feud" Strangers are extra polite at first. As they become closer, they let loose a bit more. We are under stress, pain, depression, and just plain grumpy. Some need a hug, and some just need to be left alone till they can get their act together.
Like Mike said, we need you to help get things back to where they were earlier in the summer. Maybe Autumn has pushed too many past their limits, and it will get better. Maybe winter will just make it worse, and if that is so, we need each other to get through it.
You have been part of our family long enough you can't just leave. Please. We don't even want to lose our newbies, most of them anyway. But, a group this large can't run smoothly all the time. This too will pass.
Ditto!! :)
I laughed a little when I saw your message. I imagined you throwing up your head, turning so that your clothes followed you slowing and then you slamming out of the room rather dramatically. Just kidding of course.
This site has been invaluable to me in terms of finding out about possible treatments and also in terms of knowing more about my condition. The help are support I've received has been incredible and, although my condition has worsened, (I knew it was getting more troublesome, which is why I came here in the first place) my self confidence is so much higher.
I still feel that I have to cover up, but it's not about how I feel about my skin, it's how I know others will view it and I don't want to get into a p discussion with all and sundry about the state of my lower arms. I've got better things to think and talk about.
I really hope you'll change your mind. Take good care. :)
Please Lottie don't go!!! As PJ said stay and help us change it..
I wish someone would figure this out Mike because Steve said he was'nt coming back and of course I was upset the beginning of the week...I apologised and got a rude comment on that..
Since then it just seems to keep going on and on...
This is all getting so stressful and to the point of being totally rediculous!!
It seems to me some of us are afraid to post for fear of getting roasted by someone..Thats an awful feeling...
I could have been offended by the ARL posts too..I started some of those posts in an attemp to get people to think about someting else instead of all the nit-picking! Well as you see some did't like it...
I am not going to leave I decided to stay and, hopefully we will all settle down and stop all this non-sense...
And I use the term "we" loosely
"I spent six months on chemo and now I'm taking MTX for pa and p. We have chuckled and snickered about my memory and the dumb things I do over the past several months and found out there IS a problem related to these drugs. They call it "Chemo Brain". .......... MTX is a chemo drug.
Another thing that can cause or add to the foggy brain is stress and depression. Those things go hand in hand with an outbreak of psoriasis too."
Margaret (lottiebay)
....come back you need us and we need you!
I took your quote from another site just to remind you what funny (odd) things we go thru....just ignore posts that are upsetting to you.....
"Don't let people live rent free in your head" anon.
Margaret - Please stay!
GitOverIt - YOU SAYINGS ARE MOST FANTASTIC!!!!
where do you get them?
Margaret,
I agree with the others. I don't want you to leave us. You are a valued member and we'd all miss your insights.
Here's what I am going to do to deal with what has been going on. I'm making the extra effort to respond in a positive way to as many posts as I possibly can. I will ignore the negative and accentuate the positive. You've heard the expression-Kill 'em with kindness-haven't you? Or what about you get more with honey than spice? See what i'm getting at? If the vast majority of us go REAL POSITIVE, we can turn things around. It's a parallel to Oprah's "Random Acts of Kindness".
If I don't like or am not interested in a certain catagory of a post, I simply don't open it. No one forces any of us to read what we are not interested in. Right? And I still feel that there is plenty of info. about P and Pa on this board.
I thought about leaving, but didn't because no bickering is worth losing the info and friendships I have made on this board. I bet we'll all get over it with a little bit of effort on everyone's part. LET'S GO TEAM!!!!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!
LottieBay,
I'm not sure what happened,or why you feel you want to leave.I just turned on my computer and saw all the "comotion"!I for one wish you would stay,you are one of the only ones that have answered my posts about my mtx and other subjects and I have really learned a lot from you.You have made me feel better about everything that I have gone through and I really need you to be there to go thru this with me! Pleeeease stay!!!!!!!:o
Shelley
Margaret
Answers:
Hi Lottie,
I am very sorry to see you go, it has been nice getting to know you. if you read this, perhaps you will take into consideration that many forums, like this one, experience certain growing pains.
I firmly believe that if you take a look around the web, you will find that this site still has the most to offer to folks who suffer with p & pa.
There has been tremendous growth in our numbers recently. As such, there are bound to be a few bumps in the road as everyone becomes acquainted. However, I still believe that this is a caring and supportive environment. Just think, if you stay, you can contribute to that aspect as you have already, and make it even better.
Just ignore the bickering, but stay for the good stuff.
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Hi Margaret,
I hope that you see this. I'm sorry that you've decided to leave us. :( This place hasn't been quite the same lately and I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong. It's going to take some effort on all our parts, but I for one, am committed to trying to turn things around. We need people like you to help this become the place that it should be. Take a short break if you need to, but please come back soon.
Hang in there. Please.
Mike
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Can I add my Plea? Lottie, I agree with your assesment of things here, but PJ is right too. Help us turn it around. I value what you've given and really hate to see you leave.
I've had the thought that we call ourselves a family, and lately we seem to be acting a bit like "Family Feud" Strangers are extra polite at first. As they become closer, they let loose a bit more. We are under stress, pain, depression, and just plain grumpy. Some need a hug, and some just need to be left alone till they can get their act together.
Like Mike said, we need you to help get things back to where they were earlier in the summer. Maybe Autumn has pushed too many past their limits, and it will get better. Maybe winter will just make it worse, and if that is so, we need each other to get through it.
You have been part of our family long enough you can't just leave. Please. We don't even want to lose our newbies, most of them anyway. But, a group this large can't run smoothly all the time. This too will pass.
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Ditto!! :)
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I laughed a little when I saw your message. I imagined you throwing up your head, turning so that your clothes followed you slowing and then you slamming out of the room rather dramatically. Just kidding of course.
This site has been invaluable to me in terms of finding out about possible treatments and also in terms of knowing more about my condition. The help are support I've received has been incredible and, although my condition has worsened, (I knew it was getting more troublesome, which is why I came here in the first place) my self confidence is so much higher.
I still feel that I have to cover up, but it's not about how I feel about my skin, it's how I know others will view it and I don't want to get into a p discussion with all and sundry about the state of my lower arms. I've got better things to think and talk about.
I really hope you'll change your mind. Take good care. :)
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Please Lottie don't go!!! As PJ said stay and help us change it..
I wish someone would figure this out Mike because Steve said he was'nt coming back and of course I was upset the beginning of the week...I apologised and got a rude comment on that..
Since then it just seems to keep going on and on...
This is all getting so stressful and to the point of being totally rediculous!!
It seems to me some of us are afraid to post for fear of getting roasted by someone..Thats an awful feeling...
I could have been offended by the ARL posts too..I started some of those posts in an attemp to get people to think about someting else instead of all the nit-picking! Well as you see some did't like it...
I am not going to leave I decided to stay and, hopefully we will all settle down and stop all this non-sense...
And I use the term "we" loosely
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"I spent six months on chemo and now I'm taking MTX for pa and p. We have chuckled and snickered about my memory and the dumb things I do over the past several months and found out there IS a problem related to these drugs. They call it "Chemo Brain". .......... MTX is a chemo drug.
Another thing that can cause or add to the foggy brain is stress and depression. Those things go hand in hand with an outbreak of psoriasis too."
Margaret (lottiebay)
....come back you need us and we need you!
I took your quote from another site just to remind you what funny (odd) things we go thru....just ignore posts that are upsetting to you.....
"Don't let people live rent free in your head" anon.
Answers:
Margaret - Please stay!
GitOverIt - YOU SAYINGS ARE MOST FANTASTIC!!!!
where do you get them?
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Margaret,
I agree with the others. I don't want you to leave us. You are a valued member and we'd all miss your insights.
Here's what I am going to do to deal with what has been going on. I'm making the extra effort to respond in a positive way to as many posts as I possibly can. I will ignore the negative and accentuate the positive. You've heard the expression-Kill 'em with kindness-haven't you? Or what about you get more with honey than spice? See what i'm getting at? If the vast majority of us go REAL POSITIVE, we can turn things around. It's a parallel to Oprah's "Random Acts of Kindness".
If I don't like or am not interested in a certain catagory of a post, I simply don't open it. No one forces any of us to read what we are not interested in. Right? And I still feel that there is plenty of info. about P and Pa on this board.
I thought about leaving, but didn't because no bickering is worth losing the info and friendships I have made on this board. I bet we'll all get over it with a little bit of effort on everyone's part. LET'S GO TEAM!!!!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!
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LottieBay,
I'm not sure what happened,or why you feel you want to leave.I just turned on my computer and saw all the "comotion"!I for one wish you would stay,you are one of the only ones that have answered my posts about my mtx and other subjects and I have really learned a lot from you.You have made me feel better about everything that I have gone through and I really need you to be there to go thru this with me! Pleeeease stay!!!!!!!:o
Shelley
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