| Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I like that! "Our Lady of Perpetual Whiners", I am a former Catholic and it goes hand in hand with my old alma mater "Our Lady of Perpetual Guilt". I used to be very judgemental about this until I discovered that America in general is a "guilt" based culture in contrast to "shame" based Asian cultures.
I agree with you Glenn, it was way too early in the thread for that particular post- I was merely addressing a very small technical detail. And I certainly agree that religion or proselytizing has no place here (unless of course, the original poster starts it).
I've been a Christian for many years, play in the worship band at a 3,000+ member church and I am a Lay Christian Counselor as well and I try to leave religion at the door when I come here out of respect for the diversity of people who visit the forum.
Glenn you have convinced me that I am going to DEMAND annual PET/CT at my 3 1/2 checkup in May.
Yipes - I am truly sorry that this has gone so far off topic and I hope, if anything, that this banter has, at least, brought you a smile or two. We are all less than perfect human beings and not "computer generated" help.
For the "Old Guard" I started that "survivor check in" thread a while back as a central repository for positive outcomes to balance out the "doom and gloom" aspects. Please avail yourselves to put a note in there as well.
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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