I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    Oh, Blue, you are wise.  I'm still too angry about it to be bored.  But I think boredom is the right place to be. 

    I was thinking, maybe there should be a Forum for Alternatives -with a very, VERY strong warning about the contents.  ALA the Stage IV Forum - but in the case of the Alternatives it would be as stongly worded as possible as "only opinions, not good medical advice, untested, whatever."

    I do wish that Complementary cold be completely separated from Alternative.

    trying for boredom...

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    BarbaraA,  that's putting it mildly ;)  Our friend Athena jsut got told to "go to her homeroom" LOL

    I did? LOL - I'll go and ogle for myself...

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    speaking of neurobiological disorders (to put it in the most "PC" terms possible)... Not the saddest story on BCO by a long shot, but the most pathetic.

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  • Wabbit
    Wabbit Member Posts: 1,592
    edited July 2011

    I think you just have to realize that if you wade into these trainwrecks that the purpose is only to put the other point of view out there for those who may be reading or read it later.  Damage control I guess. 

    Bren ... I hope Tim is doing better today?

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited July 2011

    Thanks for asking Rabbit!  He's actually sitting up.  Still not eating or drinking except a tiny bit of gatorade.  I've been mowing the fields and need to get to the store to get some chicken noodle soup and more gatorade.

    That's funny that this is the 'homeroom' thread.  I think of it as my 'home' thread on BCO, where all my friends are.  But the reference to school is silly.

    I better get a move on it ...

    hugs to all,

    Bren

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited July 2011

    Tim's now watching Fox news.  I think he's hallucinating with a fever!

    Bren

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  • kira1234
    kira1234 Member Posts: 3,091
    edited July 2011

    I sure hope he feels better soon BinVa. Went though it just a couple of weeks ago with my DH. Load up on the Gatorade went through lots of that stuff.

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  • Wabbit
    Wabbit Member Posts: 1,592
    edited July 2011

    How about 'BCO Bar and Grill' instead Cool  That way we can have adult language and beverages. 

    Usually with that stomach stuff not eating is not all bad ... gives the tummy a chance to recover.  Drinking however is important so hopefully he will be able to keep some liquids down. 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    Bren

    really REALLY make sure he stays hydrated - high temps take so much out of you!

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    WhiteRabbit - excellent name suggestion!

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited July 2011

    Fox news is what is frying his brain .. not the fever!

    I like BCO Bar and Grill.  Covers all the bases!

    Bren

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    BCO Bar & Grill...like the sound of that. Sounds like my kind of place.

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  • kira1234
    kira1234 Member Posts: 3,091
    edited July 2011
    That's too funny Fox News frying his brain.Laughing
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    BCOB&G, must better than homeroom.  I'd like a glass of cold white wine please.  Never could learn to like the taste of beer - except when the can was holding up a chicken on the BBQ.

    that other thread has gone wild - help me stay awaaaaaaaay...just gotta let the Moderators handle that madness.  But something really WAS in the water - seems alot of people thinking, or not thinking really, alike signed on in Apri, May, June 2011.

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited July 2011

    Deep breaths, otter.  Deep breaths.  That's it.  Count to ten (yes, otters have 5 toes on each foot).  Okay... you're back in your homeroom now.  You can open your eyes.

    Think of it as an exercise in self-control.

    Someone announces that she "goes against the Breast Cancer Medical Industrial Complex" (whatever that is).  And then she invites discussion of that subject by saying, "So, we can have a discussion."

    But, it quickly becomes apparent that the invitation is disingenuous.  A real discussion -- a debate for and against "the Breast Cancer Medical Industrial Complex," for example -- was never the intention.  The purpose of the invitation seems to have been to promote the bashing of conventional medicine, pharmaceutical companies, medical education, the FDA process for review and approval of drugs and medical devices, the motives and character traits of people employed in the health professions....

    All of that is old news.  It really isn't worthy of the attention it's getting.

    Someone upstream observed that the "discussion" seems more like a conversation among similar-minded people in a private chat room.  Very true, and consistent with most of the other "discussions" that take place in that neighborhood (with one recent and important exception).

    Real debate is prohibited, lest anyone post something that might weaken one of the unsubstantiated claims.  Anybody questioning the veracity of a claim or offering evidence to contradict it is immediately run off.

    Honestly, I can't think of any other place on these Boards where that is allowed to happen.

    otter

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  • Ang7
    Ang7 Member Posts: 1,261
    edited July 2011
    You are right otter, my question is why is it allowed to happen?
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    YUP

    Otter's right.  I called it a "chat room" - and that's FINE if it was in the Growing our Friendships Forum - but NOT where it is.

    OK deeeeeeeep breathing, deeeeeeeep breating.  but I just HAD to add to the Statistics one of teh SP's posted - OUT OF CONTEXT...

    ddeeeeeeppp breathing....thanks, Otter

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    I have a theory that sounds absurd and that I only give credence to because of the absurdity of the situation: the acting up started again after susieq's "chemo/complementary" thread overtook "only alternative/holistic" in number of hits and posts. The attention-getting kicked in again, helped by the coincidence of a different poster, leia, starting a new thread. A Cluster B mess all around.

    But it's getting boooooring. I'm not much of a children person to being with.

    Bren, Tim's going to make himself delirious if he keeps watching Fox!

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    We are actually debating that very question on another thread. I think it's a legitimate one, as you phrase it here.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    Athena

    bingo!  I think you nailed it.  SusieQ's thread is popular, informative, fun, supportive, and growing. There are only sp's ( it seems to me?) posting on the other thread.

    but to not accept EVIDENCE as I just posted it, from the VERY ARTICLE, someone is trying to use to show the opposite - and then call the information I posted "crap" - huh?  There really is no way to get thru...

    boredom approaching.....thank goodness

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  • rosemary-b
    rosemary-b Member Posts: 2,006
    edited July 2011

    I read on the thread that has gone through the looking glass that I made light of ADHD. If anyone here thinks that let me know. I will tell you exactly how it has impacted my life, from the time I was 3 years old and my little brother put his fist through the window because he wanted to catch the ambulance going by. I think I have a long list of people(or just a few with lots of names) to put on ignore

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    "There are only sp's ( it seems to me?) posting on the other thread."

    Since you, and Athena, and Bluedahlia and White Rabbit and Barbara A and Anne NYC all posted there today, are you implying that you are all sock puppets?

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited July 2011

    If we were dealing with one person with one ID, then it would be worth the debate, but the various puppets chiming in is just getting old. 

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  • kira1234
    kira1234 Member Posts: 3,091
    edited July 2011

    rosemary-b, On the contrary you and many others on this thread were very caring, and gave me some much appreciated advice.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    that wasn't the thread I was referring to - go to the thread in that Forum that is ALL CUT & PASTES

    You won't see many different people posting there - same ole, same ole for "Only Alt & Hol"

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2011

    Ho hum, boring. Phasers on ignore.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    Thanks for the reminder Barbara...took them off to read what was posted on that other thread, not worth it.

    I love your MT quote 

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited July 2011

    Because I've moved beyond.  I made my decisions, on my own, finished treatment and what will be will be.  I think you do protest too much.

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited July 2011

    Now, you're gonna ask, if you moved beyond what are you still doing here.  I have made friendships.  If it means having to put up with a few nuts on the way, then so be it.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    In case it hasn't been said often enough, this is a thread in the

    GROWING OUR FRIENDSHIPS AFTER TREATMENT FORUM.

    Barbara, thanks for repeating what I had posted on the "other" thread -quoted from the exact articlereferred to in the post by the personwho wanted the"proof"...

    BCOB&G - is my white wine cold yet????

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