HI Guys, I am thankful to all of you that have helped me on this board but I am ashamed to be part of it anymore. I cannot believe that any Support board can drive away anyone no matter what their "mental " condition, news of this treatment will travel fast, Roxy and other people come here for support, nobody had to read her topics, no-one was forcing anybody, so those of you responsible, what goes around comes around, I hope you are pleased with yourselves. Thanks again to my friends here but I am terribly sad to think that one day these people might turn on me and I will not be open to that so bye. Janie.
Janie, I agree with you, but I guess I was just too much of a wienie to say anything in that thread. It was just too hostile for me. A lot of people who supported Roxy in the past seemed to turn on her. Like a "lemmings" mentality.
I am so sorry to see you leave, but if this continues, I'll probably join you. Our sweet Deanna was driven away by the hostility a while back. Now everyone has turned on Roxy. It really doesn't speak well of us when an entire group is encouraged to join the feeding frenzy.
Now that I've spoken up, I'll probably have to leave, too. I hope not, but........?
Be well Janie,
Hugs,
Nini
Ah, phoey. Don't leave cause of that thread. It's just a silly tiff. It'll be over soon enough. It's not the first time it's happened, and it probably won't be the last. There's a lot more to the story, but it's not worth going into. Just....ignore it. I know that seems silly.....but really, no one has anything against either one of you, so you have no reason to be worried about anything. We luv ya!! :)Katie - it is not a silly tiff, it was a viscious attack by many people on both Roxy and Deanna from a support board of all places. Isnt this disease bad enough without anyone having to sustain attacks from supporters.
Read the thread. I think everyone spelled it out pretty well. - The Deanna thing, I honestly don't recall the whole thing. Sorry, I've had a lot going on and I still talk to her QUITE often, so I don't think of her as gone so much.
The basic jist of the Roxy story is just that she is SUCH an incredibly self centered woe-is-me everyone look at me me me person, and the majority of people are tired of always having to say "oh poor you." Because if you say anything else to her, YOU'RE MEAN!!! TERRIBLE BAD BAD PERSON!! HOW DARE YOU!! But she never takes anyones advice, she's incredibly impulsive - and dangerously so in my opinion. She's a taker taker taker, and people are sick of giving giving giving. Really, just read the thread. It's all there in black and white. I don't want to get this all worked up again, I REALLY don't. It'll just be another one of those never dying threads. Blah.
Janie, I can understand how you feel. nini, you are not a wienee. many people didnt post to the thread only because they didnt want to add to the mess.WOAH, DEANNA WAS NOT "RUN" OFF BY ANYTHING OR ANYONE ON THIS BOARD. PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT PEOPLE. SHE WAS JUST ON HERE NOT LONG AGO TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULT TIME SHE IS HAVING AND DID NOT LEAVE BECAUSE OF ANYONE OR ANYTHING.
PHATS
I never saw anything in regards to Deanna either, Just Roxie. Over and over and over.I'm sorry, but it is this kinda of thinking that gets people jacked up. Get your facts together before you get on here and start running at the mouth.
I just did a quick search under her name and her last post was July 14th. I hardly think that constitutes running someone off.
Come on people. If you really want these types of threads to stop, then stop posting about them in any way, shape, fashion or form. For pete sake....let it rest. ALL of it.
Phats
Janie & Nini,
Although I do understand how you're feeling, I would hate to see you go and hope that you change your mind. I've been a member here for quite some time and although I really cannot begin to understand the ugliness that has been going on here lately, I do still believe AI is an excellent board. Again, I hope you chose to stay but if you really feel the need to leave and find support elsewhere....I am sorry & wish you well.
Peace & Love...Neasy
"Regardless of how funny you think you might be or how unimportant you feel something is...if you hurt someone with your words or actions...you're quite simply "WRONG".
Gosh I don't quite know what to say without sounding pious or self centered , I am not very good with conveying my point of view in words but I'm going to try. &n bsp; &n bsp; &n bsp; &n bsp; &n bsp;
The people on this board are amazing and have helped me so much in dealing with and understanding my sister's illness. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Your kindness and prayers have gotten me through many rough days when I almost had lost hope for Barbara. This humbles me and I think I have lost sight of why I was here in the first place. That is obvious in some of my posts that were written in anger, jest, and just down right rudeness. I don't like the person I have become.
So that is why I am leaving this board. I spend way too much time here and cannot contribute like someone with RA can. It is not because of anything anyone has said to me or not made me feel welcome. This is a decision I made this morning after reading some of the things I have written that have deliberately hurt someone. For that I apologize from my heart, not in any way condecending, which I have been in the past. I will delete this board as soon as I hit send so I am not looking for or expecting any replies to this post. I just hope that you all will continue to pray and have good thoughts towards my sister.
I am a Christian and I feel like my testimony for the Lord has been seriously jepardized with my responses to many people. No Christian should ever act the way I have at times. This is my conscious speaking to me and in no way am I even hinting at anybody else. I wish and pray good health and pain free solutions to all here. I will miss you all and maybe sometime when I deal with my own issues I will come back to check on you guys. I really do pray and think about you all a lot.
Please let by-gones go; help each other and think before you post. I wish I had.... LOVE to ALL and GOD BLESS... Genesis
genesis,
don't leave! You may not have RA, but you can offer valuable insight. I hate to see anyone leave the boards. We need insight from everyone, not just those of us who are struck with the disease.
Phats
Awwww.... Genesis!!!! Please do not leave. I will truly miss you!
Who am I going to PM back and forth with? I do not get many PMs, I am not that popular on here, and I like getting PMs from ya. Makes my day a little better. I also log on many times thru the day to see if you did PM me Yeah, Deanna did not leave, she is just not doing so well right now. I, too talk to her thru email and on instant messenger.Janie and Nini, don't let these troubled members drive you away. I agree with you that this is a good place to collect info about our disease. It is absolutely terrible what happened to Roxy, but what has happened is over and done with...I think.
Why are you starting a thread rehashing all this stuff. Let it die already!Firstly not "everybody" gets involved with these threads.
Secondly
Die thread, DIE.Drrrrr....by writing Die thread, DIE! I became part of the problem.
That's what you call a paradox.
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