Buzzard.....

Shayenne
Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I'm thinking of you and missing you, please post something that can uplift us, I sooo look forward to your inspiring messages. You are needed here :(


Hugsss!
~Donna
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  • lmliess
    lmliess Member Posts: 329
    I agree
    Come on back...you always have good advise an something uplifting to say!
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    I sent him a private
    I sent him a private message, too, but haven't heard anything back.

    Buzzard- you're greatly missed here! Hope all is going well with you!

    Would love to see you here and posting again... :)

    Lisa
  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    I sure miss you!
    I sure miss your uplifting words and advice but I also understand.

    God bless you and keep you well,
    Diane
  • johnnybegood
    johnnybegood Member Posts: 1,117 Member

    I sure miss you!
    I sure miss your uplifting words and advice but I also understand.

    God bless you and keep you well,
    Diane

    miss ya buzz
    i sure do miss you too.im having a real hard time with this chemo crap.had handfuls of my hair coming out yesterday when onc said it wouldnt come out.i got to go for #3 tuesday and sure could use some of buzzards funny and uplifting words,we miss ya remember im a semi-colon who lives in ky too.Godbless......johnnybegood
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    Miss you Too
    You are very much missed. Please know that you are thought of always. Kim
  • daydreamer110761
    daydreamer110761 Member Posts: 487 Member

    Miss you Too
    You are very much missed. Please know that you are thought of always. Kim

    Come out
    come out where ever you are! Can't you see how much we all miss you?
  • amcp
    amcp Member Posts: 251 Member
    Miss you
    Buzzard ...you are needed here. You are missed so very much. Hope and pray that you are okay. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
    Hugs,
    Anna
  • kmygil
    kmygil Member Posts: 876 Member
    Yoo Hoo, Buzzard!
    Hey there, Buzzard! You are missed! Come back!

    Kirsten
  • colon2
    colon2 Member Posts: 183
    kmygil said:

    Yoo Hoo, Buzzard!
    Hey there, Buzzard! You are missed! Come back!

    Kirsten

    Courage
    Buzzard, we miss you, and while I DO NOT want to get the religious thing going again, I think as a Christian, you should be used to people not wanting to hear it. When I was out there lost I didn't want to hear it myself. I spent many years in a Motorcycle club, doing a lot of things I'm not to proud of, but they made me who I am today. Everybody has something that brings them comfort, and as cancer survivors we are entitled to anything that helps us make it thru, whether it be faith, family, pets, shopping, art, theater, singing, music, dancing, traveling, shopping, meditation, etc. Our sermon at church yesterday was on having the courage to stand up for your convictions. It made me think of this board, and how I had stopped putting God Bless You at the end of my posts. I didn't want to offend anyone. But that is who i am, and I am not changing. If the people on this board don't want to hear a God bless you or know tht I am praying for all of them, then they need to skip reading the posts that have my name on them. Same for you Buzzard. Come back, be yourself, and anyone who is offended can skip over your posts. Where would WE be if the disciples had given up the first time someone told them to be quiet?
    And for anyone who is offended by this post I am sorry, but it really is meant for Buzzard, and I don't think he will be offended.
    God Bless You, Carletta
  • SandyL
    SandyL Member Posts: 218
    colon2 said:

    Courage
    Buzzard, we miss you, and while I DO NOT want to get the religious thing going again, I think as a Christian, you should be used to people not wanting to hear it. When I was out there lost I didn't want to hear it myself. I spent many years in a Motorcycle club, doing a lot of things I'm not to proud of, but they made me who I am today. Everybody has something that brings them comfort, and as cancer survivors we are entitled to anything that helps us make it thru, whether it be faith, family, pets, shopping, art, theater, singing, music, dancing, traveling, shopping, meditation, etc. Our sermon at church yesterday was on having the courage to stand up for your convictions. It made me think of this board, and how I had stopped putting God Bless You at the end of my posts. I didn't want to offend anyone. But that is who i am, and I am not changing. If the people on this board don't want to hear a God bless you or know tht I am praying for all of them, then they need to skip reading the posts that have my name on them. Same for you Buzzard. Come back, be yourself, and anyone who is offended can skip over your posts. Where would WE be if the disciples had given up the first time someone told them to be quiet?
    And for anyone who is offended by this post I am sorry, but it really is meant for Buzzard, and I don't think he will be offended.
    God Bless You, Carletta

    Yeah,
    Yeah, what Carletta said!
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    colon2 said:

    Courage
    Buzzard, we miss you, and while I DO NOT want to get the religious thing going again, I think as a Christian, you should be used to people not wanting to hear it. When I was out there lost I didn't want to hear it myself. I spent many years in a Motorcycle club, doing a lot of things I'm not to proud of, but they made me who I am today. Everybody has something that brings them comfort, and as cancer survivors we are entitled to anything that helps us make it thru, whether it be faith, family, pets, shopping, art, theater, singing, music, dancing, traveling, shopping, meditation, etc. Our sermon at church yesterday was on having the courage to stand up for your convictions. It made me think of this board, and how I had stopped putting God Bless You at the end of my posts. I didn't want to offend anyone. But that is who i am, and I am not changing. If the people on this board don't want to hear a God bless you or know tht I am praying for all of them, then they need to skip reading the posts that have my name on them. Same for you Buzzard. Come back, be yourself, and anyone who is offended can skip over your posts. Where would WE be if the disciples had given up the first time someone told them to be quiet?
    And for anyone who is offended by this post I am sorry, but it really is meant for Buzzard, and I don't think he will be offended.
    God Bless You, Carletta

    Hi Carletta
    If you, and others who are very outspoken, read the initial post that got this religious thing going, you would see with your own eyes that at no time did anyone say they were offended by people writing "God Bless You" or if people prayed or not. I think that most of the people on this board want it to be about helping each other and if blessing each other gives you comfort, then bless you too. What was found offensive by myself and they few who dared go up against the outspoken group, was the statement that went something like this: "if you do no believe in HIM, we all deserve hell". How do YOU feel about being told by a fellow person living with cancer (a "christian"? one too) that unless you believe what they believe YOU deserve to be in hell?

    As you so nicely put it "Everybody has something that brings them comfort". For me, being told I'm going to hell isn't one of them.

    I will continue to post, hopefully only on cancer related subjects, but if I keep reading the twisted comments then I feel that I must comment to set the record straight. This site is supposed to be about information, not misinformation.
    Be well
    -phil
  • dasspears
    dasspears Member Posts: 227
    PhillieG said:

    Hi Carletta
    If you, and others who are very outspoken, read the initial post that got this religious thing going, you would see with your own eyes that at no time did anyone say they were offended by people writing "God Bless You" or if people prayed or not. I think that most of the people on this board want it to be about helping each other and if blessing each other gives you comfort, then bless you too. What was found offensive by myself and they few who dared go up against the outspoken group, was the statement that went something like this: "if you do no believe in HIM, we all deserve hell". How do YOU feel about being told by a fellow person living with cancer (a "christian"? one too) that unless you believe what they believe YOU deserve to be in hell?

    As you so nicely put it "Everybody has something that brings them comfort". For me, being told I'm going to hell isn't one of them.

    I will continue to post, hopefully only on cancer related subjects, but if I keep reading the twisted comments then I feel that I must comment to set the record straight. This site is supposed to be about information, not misinformation.
    Be well
    -phil

    Well put.
    Thank you!!!
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    PhillieG said:

    Hi Carletta
    If you, and others who are very outspoken, read the initial post that got this religious thing going, you would see with your own eyes that at no time did anyone say they were offended by people writing "God Bless You" or if people prayed or not. I think that most of the people on this board want it to be about helping each other and if blessing each other gives you comfort, then bless you too. What was found offensive by myself and they few who dared go up against the outspoken group, was the statement that went something like this: "if you do no believe in HIM, we all deserve hell". How do YOU feel about being told by a fellow person living with cancer (a "christian"? one too) that unless you believe what they believe YOU deserve to be in hell?

    As you so nicely put it "Everybody has something that brings them comfort". For me, being told I'm going to hell isn't one of them.

    I will continue to post, hopefully only on cancer related subjects, but if I keep reading the twisted comments then I feel that I must comment to set the record straight. This site is supposed to be about information, not misinformation.
    Be well
    -phil

    WW III
    Thank you for the feedback given on and off the board. I think it's been fairly equal, we are just not as outspoken. I am not trying to restart this. I am trying to end it. If people think it's OK to tell each other they deserve hell, then comment and please say why they deserve hell. Otherwise, please don't give me the "oh they're trying to take God out of America" and "no praying allowed" because that had NOTHING to do with ANY of this. It was all FABRICATED to make others feel important (maybe?) or maybe people just got overzealous.

    Let's support an end to cancer and/or help others get through it.
  • johnnybegood
    johnnybegood Member Posts: 1,117 Member
    PhillieG said:

    WW III
    Thank you for the feedback given on and off the board. I think it's been fairly equal, we are just not as outspoken. I am not trying to restart this. I am trying to end it. If people think it's OK to tell each other they deserve hell, then comment and please say why they deserve hell. Otherwise, please don't give me the "oh they're trying to take God out of America" and "no praying allowed" because that had NOTHING to do with ANY of this. It was all FABRICATED to make others feel important (maybe?) or maybe people just got overzealous.

    Let's support an end to cancer and/or help others get through it.

    phil
    u da man as you know i am one who needs the help to get thru it and that is why i come here everyday if i dont post anything then even just to read helps me get thru this awful journey.Godbless.....johnnybegood
  • colon2
    colon2 Member Posts: 183

    phil
    u da man as you know i am one who needs the help to get thru it and that is why i come here everyday if i dont post anything then even just to read helps me get thru this awful journey.Godbless.....johnnybegood

    Me too
    Phil, I also come to this board for info mostly, although sometimes I just want to ramble about my feelings and thoughts. I am so glad to have found a place where the people also know what I am going thru. I would never tell someone they deserve hell if they don't believe what I do. I am trying to never judge anyone. I personally would like to see Buzzard come back. I found his posts to be very informative and also uplifting. As a newbie he helped me. I must also add that I read most of your posts and they are full of lots of useful info also. I appreciate that you have been fighting this awful thing for a long time, and it is good that you still keep fighting. Don't ever give up. And please don't stop sharing what you have learned. We should all be here to help each other. The day you posted the picture from the kayak, I loved that picture. It was so peaceful, when you get the chance to go again, please post more pictures. I went today for Folfox #4, and so far, the only symptom I'm having is cold sensitivity, and a tiny bit of numbness in fingers. I won't try to tell you how may mistakes I've had to correct in this post, from hitting the wrong keys.
    Hope you are having a good week, and Johnnybegood, I'll be thinking of you tomorrow when you go for #3
    God Bless you, Carletta
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    colon2 said:

    Me too
    Phil, I also come to this board for info mostly, although sometimes I just want to ramble about my feelings and thoughts. I am so glad to have found a place where the people also know what I am going thru. I would never tell someone they deserve hell if they don't believe what I do. I am trying to never judge anyone. I personally would like to see Buzzard come back. I found his posts to be very informative and also uplifting. As a newbie he helped me. I must also add that I read most of your posts and they are full of lots of useful info also. I appreciate that you have been fighting this awful thing for a long time, and it is good that you still keep fighting. Don't ever give up. And please don't stop sharing what you have learned. We should all be here to help each other. The day you posted the picture from the kayak, I loved that picture. It was so peaceful, when you get the chance to go again, please post more pictures. I went today for Folfox #4, and so far, the only symptom I'm having is cold sensitivity, and a tiny bit of numbness in fingers. I won't try to tell you how may mistakes I've had to correct in this post, from hitting the wrong keys.
    Hope you are having a good week, and Johnnybegood, I'll be thinking of you tomorrow when you go for #3
    God Bless you, Carletta

    Me Three
    I realize that when things are going well or if someone gets good news, they want to share it an be all excited. I would be too. And I know that if someone gets lousy news (I'll never forget my day) they want and need encouragement and maybe even just an ear to have them be heard. That is what this site is about. I do not think that any of us should be judging any others either.

    Hopefully this was just a hic-cup on the board and we can move ahead. As far as Buzzard goes, I'm sure he has his reasons for staying away. He probably will be back when he sees fit.

    #4, That's very good, I think I was getting the cold sensitivity after 1 or 2 treatments but I all of those treatments. Just hang in there and they will be done before you know it and that will be that as they say.
    You too Johnny, I hope yours goes well. Mine wasn't bad today at all, over in 2 hours. The worst part was walking cross NYC in the rain because the buses were slow or non existent. All in all it was interesting and I didn't get too wet.
    -p
  • Hatshepsut
    Hatshepsut Member Posts: 336 Member
    PhillieG said:

    WW III
    Thank you for the feedback given on and off the board. I think it's been fairly equal, we are just not as outspoken. I am not trying to restart this. I am trying to end it. If people think it's OK to tell each other they deserve hell, then comment and please say why they deserve hell. Otherwise, please don't give me the "oh they're trying to take God out of America" and "no praying allowed" because that had NOTHING to do with ANY of this. It was all FABRICATED to make others feel important (maybe?) or maybe people just got overzealous.

    Let's support an end to cancer and/or help others get through it.

    A Statement of Conscience
    I think you are right Phillieg. I think many people don't want to speak up on the issue of religion on this board. At least in my case, I have hesitated to get into the fray on this issue. While I read this board regularly, I don't post a lot. Since my husband's diagnosis (stage 3/then stage 4), this board has been a comforting anchor for me, a place where I feel safe, where I can get honest information and where I have gotten genuine support from others. I don't want to lose my connection here. I don't want to be unwelcome when I do post.

    Carletta is right, too. It is important to stand up for your convictions.

    So, I have decided to post this and to stand up for my convictions.

    On issues of free speech, most people seem to understand that there is a difference between what you CAN say and what you SHOULD say, particularly if you profess to follow a moral code that honors kindness. And, most seem to understand that there is a profound difference between speaking or writing about the comfort one gets from religion and presuming to direct religious messages unsolicited to others. It is, in my mind, a matter of mutual respect.

    While I honor the rights of other board members to believe in whatever religion they choose (or no religion if that is what they choose), I think a line is crossed when people use this board to proselytize. I remember when my husband was in the hospital in 2007 recovering from a major colon cancer operation, an evangelical minister used to regularly walk the halls of the hospital and enter rooms uninvited to preach his beliefs. I was devastated by my husband's illness (I still am); the last thing I needed at that time was someone intruding upon our privacy to push beliefs upon us that we did not espouse. This man's intrusions made my life more difficult at a time when I didn't think that was possible.

    With that said, I can't tell you how upset it made me feel to read on this board that my husband and I (who I think are kind, gentle and good people) apparently deserve to rot in hell because we don't share the beliefs stated by a board member in a recent post. That post (and the objection of another board member to that post) seem to have started this debate that threatens to damage this board. I would be less than honest if I did not say that the startling failure of other people of faith on this board to step in and disassociate themselves from that kind of statement has been disheartening.

    Hatshepsut
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member

    A Statement of Conscience
    I think you are right Phillieg. I think many people don't want to speak up on the issue of religion on this board. At least in my case, I have hesitated to get into the fray on this issue. While I read this board regularly, I don't post a lot. Since my husband's diagnosis (stage 3/then stage 4), this board has been a comforting anchor for me, a place where I feel safe, where I can get honest information and where I have gotten genuine support from others. I don't want to lose my connection here. I don't want to be unwelcome when I do post.

    Carletta is right, too. It is important to stand up for your convictions.

    So, I have decided to post this and to stand up for my convictions.

    On issues of free speech, most people seem to understand that there is a difference between what you CAN say and what you SHOULD say, particularly if you profess to follow a moral code that honors kindness. And, most seem to understand that there is a profound difference between speaking or writing about the comfort one gets from religion and presuming to direct religious messages unsolicited to others. It is, in my mind, a matter of mutual respect.

    While I honor the rights of other board members to believe in whatever religion they choose (or no religion if that is what they choose), I think a line is crossed when people use this board to proselytize. I remember when my husband was in the hospital in 2007 recovering from a major colon cancer operation, an evangelical minister used to regularly walk the halls of the hospital and enter rooms uninvited to preach his beliefs. I was devastated by my husband's illness (I still am); the last thing I needed at that time was someone intruding upon our privacy to push beliefs upon us that we did not espouse. This man's intrusions made my life more difficult at a time when I didn't think that was possible.

    With that said, I can't tell you how upset it made me feel to read on this board that my husband and I (who I think are kind, gentle and good people) apparently deserve to rot in hell because we don't share the beliefs stated by a board member in a recent post. That post (and the objection of another board member to that post) seem to have started this debate that threatens to damage this board. I would be less than honest if I did not say that the startling failure of other people of faith on this board to step in and disassociate themselves from that kind of statement has been disheartening.

    Hatshepsut

    Wonderful statement Hatshepsut
    Thank you so much for standing up for your convictions. I am so sorry that your husband has had to go through this all. It's one of the worst things that someone could have to deal with. And I know from the side of the spouse that this can not be easy on you as it is not easy with my wife at all. We do support each other.

    I am so moved by your statement. Thank you again for posting it
    Be Well,
    -phil
  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    PhillieG said:

    Wonderful statement Hatshepsut
    Thank you so much for standing up for your convictions. I am so sorry that your husband has had to go through this all. It's one of the worst things that someone could have to deal with. And I know from the side of the spouse that this can not be easy on you as it is not easy with my wife at all. We do support each other.

    I am so moved by your statement. Thank you again for posting it
    Be Well,
    -phil

    In a nutshell
    In a nutshell... My remark was only meant as a reply to another Christian who had posted a Christian remark.

    That being said, I will no longer post here.

    Thanks for the help I have received thus far and God bless.

    Diane
  • colon2
    colon2 Member Posts: 183

    In a nutshell
    In a nutshell... My remark was only meant as a reply to another Christian who had posted a Christian remark.

    That being said, I will no longer post here.

    Thanks for the help I have received thus far and God bless.

    Diane

    Diane, All I wanted to do was tell Buzzard that we missed him and needed him to come back. I was afraid that this post would stir things up again. That is not what i wanted. I want us to all try and forgive each other if we have ben offended. Please remember that we are all under stress, and sometimes we take things the wrong way. I as a christian, totally understand what you mean when you say that we all deserve Hell, because of Adam's sin. Please remember as we go into this Easter season, that He said "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do" Please don't leave. I wanted Buzzard back, not lose someone else.
    God Bless You, Carletta