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Well gang, I have been around a few years and had my give & take.
I have battled with a few, placed some on ignore, and been ignored and alerted on by my share.
I'm only 75 but find myself in the hospital the past week and heading towards hospice. A slim hope and a faint chance will end me in a rehab facility and eventually hopefully home but the odds look against that.
I will look in from time to time as long as I can keep my cell phone working.
But I do want to say with all sincerity
"Thanks for the memories"
elleng
(141,926 posts)spooky3
(38,633 posts)Faux pas
(16,356 posts)BlueGreenLady
(2,887 posts)magicarpet
(18,511 posts)Your input and perspectives are very helpful here.
niyad
(132,440 posts)Joinfortmill
(21,165 posts)Lefta Dissenter
(6,703 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,096 posts)You are in my thoughts.
Skittles
(171,713 posts)check in with us!
TygrBright
(21,362 posts)Fla Dem
(27,633 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 25, 2022, 11:54 AM - Edit history (1)
Yorkie Mom
(16,595 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,005 posts)Please take care of yourself and check in if you can.
rurallib
(64,688 posts)My best wishes and hopes for a positive outcome.
Hope we see you again soon.
LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)markie
(24,017 posts)babylonsister
(172,759 posts)And thank you.
DarthDem
(5,462 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,493 posts)The down side of being here a long time is losing valued members.
bucolic_frolic
(55,140 posts)Thanks for all your political energy, I recognize your ID from many a post
tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)A luxury really. I'm sure you're welcome for the memories. On behalf of the peanut gallery, thanks for the high appraisal.
BadGimp
(4,109 posts)all the best.
mopinko
(73,726 posts)that sucks.
sinkingfeeling
(57,835 posts)cilla4progress
(26,525 posts)Safe passage wherever you are headed.
See you on the other side.
MLAA
(19,745 posts)you need ❤️❤️💗💗Left-of-Center 2012💗💗❤️❤️, sending love.
stopdiggin
(15,463 posts)I've been involved with some give and take - and this is me hoping that there's time for a good deal more. Chin up, son. We'll be pullin' for you.
gab13by13
(32,321 posts)you can make lemonade out of lemons. Stay positive, looking for more of your posts.
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)70sEraVet
(5,482 posts)If there's ANOTHER side, they're probably not in too much of a hurry to take you.
You may be stuck here for a while!
MyOwnPeace
(17,557 posts)you've been there for some great input and responses - greatly appreciated.
We're of the same age so I'm hoping you'll remember/appreciate this 'oldie'-but-goodie' - but know that you've got friends there with you.......
ShazamIam
(3,129 posts)cally
(21,868 posts)Know that you will be remembered and your voice matters
barbtries
(31,308 posts)lost for words. hope you're not in huge pain! stick with us when you can and I hope you rebound but failing that, have a soft landing.
zbird
(1,608 posts)Wishing you peace and comfort. Thank you for the memories.
cayugafalls
(5,960 posts)Tune in and keep posting...we are here and hugs are plentiful.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)proud patriot
(102,513 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,797 posts)I join in with the
Ohiya
(2,735 posts)Peace
evolves
(5,837 posts)thoughts of peace your way.
LoisB
(13,028 posts)Delphinus
(12,522 posts)If indeed this is your time, may it be as peaceful as possible.
Celerity
(54,407 posts)Cel
sprinkleeninow
(22,343 posts)🕯
colorado_ufo
(6,252 posts)take one day at a time. That is what each of us must do, no matter the circumstances.
blm
(114,658 posts)🌻😘
sdfernando
(6,084 posts)Solly Mack
(96,943 posts)I am sorry to hear this.
highplainsdem
(62,143 posts)heard of people recovering while in hospice.
denbot
(9,950 posts)Fair winds and following seas..
chowder66
(12,242 posts)TeamProg
(6,630 posts)of life.
Of course you've had your battles!
That's a part of the ride
Recognizing what you love and like
or don't & can't relate at all
Maybe there is another side
You will probably find out
I wish you could let us know
if you happen to be about
I didn't start out to write poem
but it just came out this way
There are just too many friggin' unkowns
I guess that's why people pray.
Stay positive, you'll be surrounded by people trying to help.
All You Need Is Love
There's nothin' you can do that can't be done
Nothin' you can sing that can't be sung
Nothin' you can say, but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy
Nothin' you can make that can't be made
No one you can save that can't be saved
Nothin' you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
There's nothin' you can know that isn't known
Nothin' you can see that isn't shown
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
All you need is love (all together now)
All you need is love (everybody)
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
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Yee-hay (love is all you need)
(Love is all you need)
(Love is all you need)
Yesterday
(Love is all you need)
Oh
Love is all you need
Love is all you need (oh yeah)
Love is all you need
(She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Love is all you need)
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multigraincracker
(37,651 posts)Hope it goes well for you.
2naSalit
(102,793 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(12,217 posts)For more than just you, as it happens. I'm not that far behind you, and hope for the grace that you are showing.
Take good care of you, and try to be as positive as you can. I was all but dead in the spring of 2010, and it took all my determination to come back from that. I hope you will, too.
Danmel
(5,778 posts)SheltieLover
(80,457 posts)KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)PatrickforB
(15,425 posts)I'm sorry for this news.
LisaM
(29,634 posts)I know the odds seem long, but I like the 'sliver of hope'.
Nululu
(1,116 posts)Hoping you'll hang out longer here.
Wicked Blue
(8,867 posts)((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Blessings of healing and peace are headed your way
Andy Canuck
(321 posts)and hugs.
yardwork
(69,364 posts)rwheeler31
(6,242 posts)Tumbulu
(6,630 posts)on this board with us.
Sending hugs and thanks.
Scottie Mom
(5,838 posts)live love laugh
(16,383 posts)bringthePaine
(1,806 posts)LeftInTX
(34,294 posts)Nululu
(1,116 posts)Hoping you'll hang out longer here.
cate94
(3,102 posts)With many hugs.
NewHendoLib
(61,857 posts)Chicagogrl1
(645 posts)💜 & 💫
FailureToCommunicate
(14,605 posts)"No matter! I fight on! I fight! I fight again!
Yes you take all from me: the laurel and the rose!
Take them! Despite you theres something though
I keep, that tonight, as I go to meet my Deity,
will brush the blue threshold beneath my feet,
something I bear, in spite of you all, thats
free of hurt, or stain, and thats...
that's...
My panache."
jmbar2
(7,989 posts)I will pray that you don't go to the place where all the deceased Christian televangelists go.
You will be remembered fondly.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,961 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,782 posts)May you have at least one good friend around to talk with about anything you damn well please.
May you have all the coffee or martinis or chocolate or bacon or anything else you desire to eat and drink.
May your last days NOT be burdened with politics or wars or crime or theology or even worry about what colors to wear. As a wise person once said, "wear purple".
May your only worry be how soon you can get outside or to an open window each morning to hear the songs of your neighborhood birds.
Peace and love from an old class of '47 man in Kentucky.........
3Hotdogs
(15,368 posts)Best wishes.
Ocelot II
(130,533 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(12,076 posts)fierywoman
(8,595 posts)DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)essaynnc
(985 posts)We will carry on the good fight !!
ancianita
(43,307 posts)Thank you for the memories, as well.
May hope and hugs be with you.
mountain grammy
(29,035 posts)All the best to you
dalton99a
(94,115 posts)Bayard
(29,693 posts)May it grow and prosper.
Peace to you. And a good cell phone battery. We want to hear how you're doing.
stage left
(3,306 posts)Love and Light.
MacKasey
(1,519 posts)Take care
I always enjoy your posts
KT2000
(22,151 posts)to you. You are a good poster on DU so do check in.
Pachamama
(17,564 posts)Hekate
(100,133 posts)Thank you for letting us know
a kennedy
(35,978 posts)brer cat
(27,587 posts)Scrivener7
(59,522 posts)Magoo48
(6,721 posts)UpInArms
(54,983 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,777 posts)Marthe48
(23,175 posts)I sure hope you get a different outcome. You don't sound ready to move on.
Trueblue Texan
(4,464 posts)PittBlue
(4,794 posts)dlk
(13,247 posts)Sending caring thoughts your way.
TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts).
It pains me to read this post of yours and I wish you the very best.
.
Maraya1969
(23,497 posts)I'm sure the place you're going will have an opportunity to get on the net.
We'll leave the light on for ya.
Easterncedar
(6,267 posts)Thank you for that. I don't believe in much, and stories like yours from last year remind me that life is mysterious and unfathomable, and that I don't know enough to despair. Love and peace to you.
CrispyQ
(40,969 posts)I hope you have friends & family near.
Stuart G
(38,726 posts)Wild blueberry
(8,295 posts)Warm hug from northern Wisconsin
Not quite spring yet, but the peepers are singing in the wetland.
Submariner
(13,365 posts)Hoping that slim hope comes through for you.
hermetic
(9,236 posts)the best outcome. My experience with hospice workers is that they are very kind and gentle and will do whatever they can to make you comfortable.
dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)And hugs. Lots and lots of hugs.
AKwannabe
(6,890 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,200 posts)Sending you love & light.
randr
(12,648 posts)Some just a few cars back.
You be well, loved, and thankful!
bluestarone
(22,178 posts)Best of luck for that slim hope! Stay in touch if you can.
Jarqui
(10,909 posts)Agonizing because I can't seem to find suitable words.
I am so sorry while clinging to hope for you.
Sogo
(7,191 posts)None of us is going to get out of this alive, so enjoy the time remaining and whatever is ahead....
pandr32
(14,272 posts)A huge thank you for being you and being with us all.
COL Mustard
(8,218 posts)Peace be with you.
BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)calimary
(90,021 posts)Dearest left-of-center2012, you are loved and deeply appreciated! Dont forget that. Well keep a light on in the window.
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)thank you for your voice. Peace be with you.
mahatmakanejeeves
(69,851 posts)I'll keep the light on, and I'll be thinking of you.
tavernier
(14,443 posts)For me its hard to think of leaving, and sometimes hard to think of staying, especially since so many loved ones have already left
parents, friends, spouses, pets.
Im sure youve had all the same thoughts.
And in my thoughts there is always an element of mystery, maybe even a sense of adventure. I dont know. But for certain we will all find out.
Spoil yourself as much as you feel up to it.
Laugh as much as you can. It really is a great medicine.
Always feel surrounded by friendship from your DU family.
❤️
luvallpeeps
(1,286 posts)Leith
(7,864 posts)The reason I joined DU was because of MiddleFingerMom. Remember him? I didn't know him in real life and I don't remember any DU mail with him, but I remember him.
You will always be with us.
bronxiteforever
(11,212 posts)Either way my friend I will remember you
TNNurse
(7,541 posts)Her goal was to get to 75 which she did in February.
She lives in a facility, she has some dementia.
She is angry about not being able to care for herself...and now to even get out of bed.
She is my beloved sister-in-law, her brother and I were just trying to help her adult children get their minds around it.
As a retired RN, I have great respect for the people who work in Hospice. I also think it is the best decision when necessary. There is honesty, there is no denial, there is hopefully comfort and peace.
As you see there are many here very grateful for having known you in this group.
Rest easy.
Ilsa
(64,371 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)We need your vote!
SallyHemmings
(1,967 posts)Phentex
(16,709 posts)I wish you all the best and I hope you can check in from time to time. If you need anything, just send a message to my inbox.
Take care!
trof
(54,274 posts)You have a legacy here.
I wish you all the best.
trof
mia
(8,480 posts)Peace and love sent your way.
dweller
(28,410 posts)send us an update please
Hoping for the best for you
✌🏻
Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)Skittles
(171,713 posts)indeed we are...........