Saijen SilverWolf
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 This may be inappropriate....
but I feel the need to make an explanation to our newer members as to why I am not here, sometimes for days at a time.
I don't want any of you to think I don't care about this board...quite the opposite, actually. I love being here, when I'm able.
I am NOT looking for sympathy...I am just making statements so that you know. I feel that I at least owe you that much.
For many years I have dealt with some severe spinal issues, and have had surgery upon surgery to deal with those. For the most part, they have done all they can for my problems in that area. I am on morphine (fentanyl patch) to help combat the pain I am in..and sometimes it makes me sick to the point I literally can not get out of bed.
I have a host of other physical problems to go along with the back issues...and last year (Nov 21 to be exact) I got a headache that lived with me every day, all day for nine months...give or take. The doctor that I see for my pain management just very recently found out that when I was 17 (MANY moons ago..lol) I was hospitalized with viral meningitis and encephalitis. He immediately set me up for a spinal tap, telling me that people who have had those diseases tend to have a higher fluid pressure in their spine than others. Meaning, I have too much spinal fluid, and it's pressing on my brain. The results came back that my pressure is 42. Normal is 20. First line of attack is a type of diuretic that helps get rid of the extra, and helps the brain not to produce as much fluid. Well...I just traded one problem (the headache) for another. The pill makes me so dizzy I can barely walk, and all I want to do is lay down, and/or sleep. I have not taken the pill for 3 doses now (supposed to take a pill every morning and every evening), and today, I feel much more clear headed than I have in days...however, my head is now hurting again.
I spend as much time here as my body will allow, so please know that I do care, not just about the board itself, but about all of the members here..even if it may not appear to be the case due to my absence. There will be times when I may not be here for 2-3 days, sometimes, just miss a day, like now.
If I'm going to be gone on vacation or what-not, I generally will post something along the lines of.."Be back..goin campin" or some such. When the sickness hits, I'm not able to even see the screen enough to make a post, so, please, be patient with me as we work out these problems.
I just felt I owed the members, especially the newer ones (the older ones are aware of the problems) an explanation of my absences. It's only fair, since you are giving your time to this board, that you know what's up with one of it's administrators.
Thanks y'all!! 
Last edited by Saijen SilverWolf, 11/15/2008, 9:03 pm
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Re: This may be inappropriate....
Your presence is worth the wait Saijen! We will always be here waiting for you after you've been feeling poorly!
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Re: This may be inappropriate....
Thank you, Texas and de Corbin.
It's hard when I'm not "up to snuff" and can't be here. This is the place I am the most when I'm online....HERE.
Part of this statement is bourne out of something that happened a while back. I'm not even completely sure why I felt such a strong need to post this, but I did, and I feel better for it. I make no excuses, but just state things as they are.
I was once told that board admins who are a LOT worse off than I am are able to be on their boards every day. I am very excited that those people are able to do that. I wish I could be counted among that number. The thing is....even the person who made that comment has no real idea of just how bad things are with/for me. Only what I choose to tell.
Anyway..enough......
I appreciate that you are willing to allow me my down time, and not feel that I have no real interest in the board....thank you!!
de Corbin...thank you...but many of the issues I've lived with for a rather long time....they just get worse as time goes on..that's all. Nothing I can do about them...so, I may whine here and there, but all in all, I am usually in a great frame of mind when it works right LOL. I don't completely regret what I go through, as somewhere down the road, it may be that I am able to help someone else go through the same thing, or something similar. I have to keep looking at it that way so that I can keep on going.
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Saijen SilverWolf
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Firle...thank you for that. This board means a great deal to me. You and I created this place together as a back-up for another board, and I consider this home now.
What is so wonderful right now....we have new people here who are jumping right in and posting, interacting, and I truly hope these new family members will be here a long time to come.
I appreciate everyone more than you will ever know!
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Saijen SilverWolf wrote:
What is so wonderful right now....we have new people here who are jumping right in and posting, interacting, and I truly hope these new family members will be here a long time to come.
I appreciate everyone more than you will ever know!
No probs -you just take care of yourself - I truly appreciate your discourse with me and it goves me food for thought, so appreciated.
I think you may be stuck with me now!
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Saijen SilverWolf
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Thank you, Dearth.
I do really enjoy your birding threads. ...Speaking of birds....one just flew to sit on top of an empty feeder pole! LOL. Looks like an Eastern Bluebird. It looks like a fineal just sitting there..lol.
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