Hello. This is Botany. I am still alive.

[Botany]

The last few months have been tough but it looks like I’ll be around for a few more trips around the sun.

Hospital food is brutal.

And why is Fox News allowed to spread their lies? They should be outlawed.

[Hekate]

1. Welcome back! May your New Year be robustly healthy and happy! ❤️

[LoisB]

2. Hey! Glad you're still with us.

How about many more trips around the sun?

[Botany]

55. No more than 50

Reality is lower. Btw when I get out and back to my litttle house and my yellow lab jumps on
the bed with me I’ll be good and anytime after that is a bonus.

No more super models.

[blogslug]

3. There you are!

Welcome back! So glad you're better! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[2naSalit]

4. There you are!

Glad you made it through the dilemma!

[nocoincidences]

5. Well whatever you had

didn't affect your mind. You are still sharp as a tack!

Good health to you in the New Year!

[UpInArms]

6. Happy new year, dear Botany

[malaise]

7. So glad to see you😀

PHEW!
Happy New Year.
Fuck Fux😀

[brer cat]

8. I'm glad to see you.

Hoping for a much healthier new year!

[Maeve]

9. Freedom cuts both ways

Take from one and all lose (but you know that)
Glad to have you back!

[EYESORE 9001]

10. You were missed

You’ve been around here longer than me, and it always gave me pleasure to see one of your posts.

[hlthe2b]

11. Oh, my! It has been since October 12 that I last saw your post. WELCOME BACK!!!!

Happy Dog Days!




How're ya feeling? OMG if they have you watching Fox, I'll send a lawyer over right away.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. Been wondering about you.

The Fascist Oligarch eXtremists propaganda network is here to give you something to battle.

[peggysue2]

13. So good to hear!

Hope the New Year brings you good health and happiness.

Btw, my husband had a stint in hospital. His opinion of hospital food was equally dismal.

Take care.

[G2theD]

85. Who doesn't like free food!

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[ancianita]

14. Hiya, Botany! Glad you're well enough to bitch about FOX. SO glad you're back here!

Happy New Year, Botany, and many, many more!

[Diamond_Dog]

15. Nice to see you back!

[Cha]

16. Hope somebody

Brought you real food,Botany you poor thing!

Did you have to listen to faux.. really?!

[Botany]

19. Sometimes it was just "there" and i got "it" on me.

It really is a toxin to America, our democracy, and to decency. Btw Fox is to journalism what
Greg Gutfield is to comedy or what the snow is on a Hallmark Xmas show. It really needs to
be banned in its current form.

It has gotten America and the world into real shit.

[Cha]

30. I so know faux has Poisoned 🤢 America.

Then there’s n$m with their both sides and damn horse races 🤬 And pure incompetence so much.

I appreciate DU and Social Media!💙🌊🇺🇸

[LeftInTX]

64. Sorry you had to put up with it

They should not show it in hospitals.

[lostnfound]

17. Genuinely truly happy to see that you are back! Nt

[democrank]

18. Welcome back

and Happy New Year

[paleotn]

20. Long time, no see. Welcome back. Glad you're feeling better.

[dweller]

21. YAY !!

I was seriously considering calling ‘Mama’ and have her start a search for you …. you know she would have .
😁

✌🏻

[Botany]

44. Is she still going through her lesbian phase?

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Because right now certain parts of me aren’t working and I would hate it if I can no longer be “Dr. loving
Mcstrong stuff.” She still owes me for Cheboygen, bark park, and Guy le Flaur along w tons of other
Stuff she always has used and never said thank you one time. Hollywood grifter.

[MLAA]

22. Yeah! Great to hear from you!

[badhair77]

23. Welcome back.

Good to see you posting again. You were missed. Now stay away from Fox.

[twodogsbarking]

24. Hope you make a full recovery, physical and mental. Watch both and feel good.

[Botany]

37. Without going into too many details my mind what little there is of it took a hit but some of it is

starting to come back to come back. Btw if you get the chance skip the drainage tubes in your liver. Do so.

NOT FUN

[True Blue American]

25. Welcome back Botony!

May your New Year be full of good things!
; {

[vanlassie]

26. Bad hospital food and forced exposure to Fox

Should be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Glad you escaped!!! Should have told us- we could have mounted a rescue!

[mountain grammy]

27. Good to see you!

Welcome back. Glad you’re healing.

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. It's good to "see" you.

That must have been one hell of a case of COVID. I hope that your recovery is going well.

[Botany]

40. C-19 was just a small part.

I came close to buying the farm but family and friends along with medical people brought me back. I am learning to walk again and who needs a gall bladder anyway? I am on a new state of the art walker and
now can walk on my own for a bit with more coming.

Looking forward to getting out of the nursing home asap.

[greatauntoftriplets]

42. OMG, you've really been through it.

Lots of people have no gall bladder. You just have to learn what you can and cannot eat afterwards. Some people don't have any issues, from what I've heard. Family and friends (plus the medical professionals) are critical to recovery. You need encouragement to believe that you'll eventually return to life as you know it.

Learning to walk again isn't easy. I went through that some years ago after a bout of pancreatitis. Seriously, I don't know how I stayed upright for a couple of weeks in there because I was so damned weak. To this day, I'll never forget the PT who got me walking again. He was great.

Hospitals and nursing homes are not good places to recover. A doctor once told me that. Have they given you a timeline for your release? Have a better new year with all of this behind you.

[Demovictory9]

62. Glad you made it

[RKP5637]

29. Glad to see you're back!!!

[mcar]

31. Welcome back!

Sending healing vibes.

[pandr32]

32. So happy you are still among us.

Hopefully, you will continue to improve, and I look forward to your posts.

[Deuxcents]

33. Wishing you a healthy and Happy New Year 🥳

[Emile]

34. Good to see you back.

[LymphocyteLover]

35. Congrats!

[hibbing]

36. Hope your recovery goes well.

[Marthe48]

38. Glad to see your post

Be nice to yourself! Happy New Year

[livetohike]

39. Welcome back! Wishing you a new year of

good health Botany!

[Donkees]

41. 🌼 Health and Happiness in the New Year 🌞

[Lucinda]

43. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[BumRushDaShow]

45. Glad to see my science-y buddy

and glad you are still here with us and on the mend.

Take your time and get that strength back!!!

[Botany]

83. Thanx

I saw one faux spot on C-19 that said something about not buying into mRNA a little bit ago
along with some anti Dr. Fauci lies. That shit should be behind us now except for mouth breathers
who don’t get vaccinated and become hosts of the virus so it can develop new strains of the disease.

[BumRushDaShow]

84. Agree 100%

It's still not as "benign" as a "cold" so the cavalier attitudes are just frustrating.

[Botany]

86. 14 million dead world wide and much of that goes to Trump

I mean how many iron lung cases of polio do we have?

[ProfessorGAC]

46. Welcome Back

Glad you're on the mend!
Sometimes I think hospitals don't even try to make their food better as incentive for patients to get the heck out of there.
They could do it, too. The two nearest hospitals to us have very good cafeteria food. But, that doesn't apply to the patients.

[gademocrat7]

47. Hello, Botany

Glad you are back. Happy New Year!

[Evolve Dammit]

48. Hang tough Botany. And ask for the Kosher meal. It's always better!

[ms liberty]

49. Welcome back! We have missed you!

Get better soon!

[Ellipsis]

50. God doesn't want you and the devil's afraid of you.

Get better soon.

[airplaneman]

51. May you have many more laps around the sun

[ismnotwasm]

52. Oh my goodness, I am very happy you are on the mend!

[Warpy]

53. Nice to know you're still alive

I've sampled the cuisine in all the hospitals here in this city and they're all good, the nutritionists having discovered onions, garlic and chiles so the unsalted food packs a flavor punch. Rehab had a restaurant chef on weekdays, a little Mexican grandma on weekends. Yum.

If you absolutely insist on getting sick, this is a good place to do it. Hospital food does n't suck, except for the night staff.

Glad you survived lousy food and you're back.

[canetoad]

54. Good to see you back

And surviving. Happy new year!

[sakabatou]

56. Welcome back

"Hospital food is brutal."

Which is when I was in the hospital, my family would bring in outside food as often as possible.

[Tarheel_Dem]

57. Glad to hear you're on the road to recovery. Now get better cuz we're gonna need all hands on deck for the fight ahead.

[True Dough]

58. 200 recs and counting!

You sure have a lot of friends around here!

Hope you're feeling super really soon, Botany.

[spanone]

59. GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU

[BunnyMcGee]

60. Good News

Glad you can recuperate with the doggie. When I was in a hospital for a few days, I really liked the tomato bisque soup they served!

[niyad]

61. Welcome back. So glad to know you are still with us. May the coming year be

much better.

[LeftInTX]

63. Sorry you were in the hospital for so long.

May your health continue to improve and be fully restored.

Welcome back!

[Raine]

65. Hello to you, Happy Holidays & Welcome Back!!! 🥳 nt

[riversedge]

66. Peace to you as the new years rings in.

[babylonsister]

67. Botany! I had

no idea you were sick or in the hospital. So sorry to hear that. I hope you beat whatever's ailing you and get back into the swing of things as you were before. Take special care!

[BigOleDummy]

68. Welcome back

Too bad about the hospital food where you were. I spend a week or so every few months in the V.A. hospital here and their food is excellent, yes you read that right lol. I usually end up gaining a pound or so when I'm there.

[KS Toronado]

69. Welcome back Botany

Hoping you have a much healthier new year, and thanks for the idea I got while reading your
post, the daily TOONs could use a anti-FQX special since they're a domestic terrorist.

[Botany]

80. In 2024 America needs to hold Fox responsible for who and what they are

Domestic terrorists who work with Russia and rich fossil fuel along with the christo-facist right wing to hurt our democracy while doing some semi soft core porn with blonds.

Jan. 4th 2001 the morning blond on Fox, “lots of people still have doubts about the election.” Aka go
ahead and try to overthrow our government to keep Trump out of jail and as a dictator too.

[LaMouffette]

70. Welcome back, Botany, and Happy New Year to you! I'm glad to know you're still with us. Your name is one of

several I always look for as must-read posts.

Plus, we need every democracy-loving person around in 2024. It's all hands on deck time. Stay well, Botany!

[Botany]

71. To everybody

Thank you

[Stuart G]

74. Glad You Are Recovering ...........HAPPY NEW YEAR.......2024???

[Iris]

72. May 2024 bring you all good things

[sellitman]

73. Glad you are recovering.

This year was a challenge, health-wise, for me too.

I'm hoping this next trip around the sun will be a bit easier.

[murielm99]

75. I just got back from a long

hospital stay last night.

I am glad you will still be here. I am trying to be tough enough to say the same thing.

[herding cats]

88. I dearly hope you're hanging in there.

I've been out of pocket due to my own health issues and just read about yours.

You are in my thoughts, I just wanted you to know that.

[bucolic_frolic]

76. Botany 500

Never a doubt.

[CrispyQ]

77. That's good news!

I am also celebrating being here another year after a major health scare in late 2022. Cheers!

[yardwork]

78. I'm so relieved to see you post!

I was worried about you! Welcome back!

[lapucelle]

79. So glad to see you back.

Happy New Year!

[AllaN01Bear]

81. welcome back,welcome back, welcome back !!!!!!!

[irisblue]

82. Good to hear from you Botany.

[soldierant]

87. Well, you certainly nailed hospital food.

And rehab food as well. I've been out since Thanksgiving and am still having occasinal nausea. I hope you are spared that.