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Oct 02, 2012 - 9:07 am
I don't believe you understand how much you've touched our lives. My sister-in-law and I have read through each and every one of your posts. We cannot thank you enough for the amount of knowledge and comfort we have gained. Your threads are like your arms reaching out to help all of us who are seeking desperately for help. Your selfless and relentless drive to help others who are more fortunate than yourself as far as RCC is concerned is heroic. I know your treatment will be effective, and you will thrive and enjoy life for many many more years to come, however I am still sad. Sad because I cannot think of a way I can be of any assistance to you. If I were Behrman, I’d paint you the last leaf. |
Joined: Oct 2011
Clara, we all share your feelings. Wedgie is without doubt our most appreciated, loved, and probably most intelligent friend and leader on this forum. He leads us unselfishly into the research, guidance and insight that he shares with us. One can only imagine how busy he is in his private life. Yet here he is always with a helping hand. Even to those much more fortunate than he..... ( Even if he does golf in the rain and cold.)
Joined: Mar 2012
HERE! HERE! I concurr!!
Joined: Mar 2012
Couldn't agree with you and Fox and Angie more. Wedgie is one of the most selfless people I've ever met in Webworld or otherwise.
Today I had a young man stop by and see me about his father who was just diagnosed with melanoma, stage 4/grade 4. He was quite distraught and said his Dad only had months to live. I immediately told him what I've learned from this Board. If you have a doctor giving you a time frame for life, you need a new doctor. And then I went in to print Tex's Acor instructions. I wonder how many similar scenarios are repeated every day by different people at different sites, all having Tex as the common denominator. I love all you guys on this Board, but Tex represents its heart and soul. The time he expends helping others puts him right up there in angel ranks, though I admittedly have had occasion to also refer to him as a vampire with the hours he keeps. Thank you Wedgie.
Joined: Nov 2011
Clara, I can't thank you enough for your beautifully poetic and touching message which, I have to tell you, reduced me to tears. I think I must now promise to be your Johnsy! I shall take the story with me wherever life now leads me.
Can't stay serious for too long though, so I can't forbear noting that poor old Behrman was over 60, and so he was obviously on borrowed time - amazing to think that people could live to that sort of age!
Joined: Nov 2011
Clara, Fox, Angie, Alice - this is all getting a bit embarrassing but I suppose I shall just have to be brave and learn to live with the embarrassment [8-)
Joined: Oct 2011
You'll get over it.
Joined: Mar 2012
LOL you guys are too funny! But we love you anyway!
Joined: Nov 2009
As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play, on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 50, 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.
I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves, with abandon, if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And, I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But, broken hearts are what give us strength, and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer the question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!
Anonymous
P.S. Big DITTO on everything already said
Joined: Oct 2011
Those who don't get your point are at a loss. Again, after 35 years in health care, that is my philosophy based on probably thousands of interactions with older individuals. I really expect to die at peace. Pity those who don't. However, that being said,...Party on! Don't miss a minute. Fox loves you! FLY!