i'm very sorry to see you go it should never get that bad on here.and you have just as much right to be here as anyone elce

also i'm very sorry for what you went through on here.all you were doing was suggesting that people have a possitive attitude instead of a negative one.that has been posted here in many different ways without an assult.
i wish you and yours all the best.

Im sorry things got off to the wrong start lizzy, I really hope you will reconsider (spelling) you choice. I cant begin to tell you how much ds has helped me threw this last year and I would hate to see anyone miss out on the support and experience here because of some miscmunication...
april

I am sorry this is ur last post and sorry ur leaving. But I have to say for myself and others...our Biggest Battle is our MS and we battle every day ;) that being said we all have a right to post and make comments, but we should think of others as well ;)
Take good care
Morgaine

when did you join ds? and what happened? stay and battle some more...
em

Alright, alright...I don't want to sit here and be hardhearted and say I want thinlizzy to go because I don't....your post did anger me...however...i had to look at things from your perspective (con) and my perspective (pro) and they balance...there is a lot of negativity in here already...no way that I want you to go because there are things that can and may happen to you with MS that any one of us in here may or may not have experienced....I pray for everyone who suffers from this horrific disease and pray for a cure constantly...I ask for YOUR forgiveness in my harshness towards you and I must ask of myself to be humble and be patient and understanding...you have a right to post everything and of course we and I have a right to respond BUT it doesn't mean to attack you and that was never my purpose only to enlighten....I vote for you to STAY....PUHLEEZZZZ....God Bless!!

Well right now I am in pain and crabby and the first instink of mine after your post about whinning I would say "dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out " But maybe you just dont know how to express yourself better like a lot of us . So why not try this place one more time without putting people down then maybe it will be a better experience for you and for us. So I extend a open door instead of slamming it shut.
Olive branch extended.

You poor thing. My you took a beating. I think you should be able to speak your mind and I think in a way you were asking everyone to bond together which is very empowering. I think you just went about it in a forceful way - you were probably writing what you were feeling and that is great! I am sorry others were offended because I am sure you did not mean to hurt anyone and I hope you will continue to post your ideas and thoughts.

All you had to do was come back and explain yourself. Would have solved everything. Or, say what you want and don't care what people think. That's what I do.

Having said that, you were extremely rude and insulting. I do hope you find the help you need.

Hi Lizzy,

Don't leave. We all have bad days. You apoligized and the people here will be big enough to FORGIVE. I told you (in orig posting) if you need us people here will open their arms to you. We all have bad days and I believe you just typed that original posting at a bad time. Some days I have so much anger - I think why is life so unfair to us. I see you as a "very strong person" and we really need to help the new people. Think back to how many ?'s you had when you were newly dx'd. You have friends here..always remember that.

Don't go thinlizzy. I need help finding my nuts!..Really I have been to several posts now and I can't seem to find them. I lost them lastnight. Please stay and have fun with us!

What if your son in Iraq and all the other soldiers over there for that matter, reacted to someone disagreeing with them in the same way? By turning and leaving? Stand your ground. You had a valid point that you obviously felt very strongly about--- don't leave--- help others see your side and try to see theirs-- you are new to this MS thing, but guess what... people are going to come on here that are newer to it than you and maybe you will be able to brighten their outlook on this scary and unpredictable disease we all share. We ALL have something to contribute that will be valuable to someone, maybe not everyone, but to someone... Use what you have to help others and see what others have that might help you! :)

I suppose I was insulted by being called a whiner when I have to struggle every day. I apologize a lot when I say things in a tiff. But that is just how I was raised. Perhaps others don't have to aplologize, or do not care to. That is not how I operate. To each his/her own.

Did no one think her orignal post was negative. I did, but then telling someone they shouldn't whine is negative, when you only read into the surface.
I'm sorry too that she is leaving, but I hope she understands that the MS community is for people with MS to worry about what's going on with them, to cry when they need to and not be told they can't.

Or shouldn't whine...sorry forgot that little part.