csziggy

[Kali]

Last edited Sun Dec 29, 2024, 12:20 PM - Edit history (1)

she died. oh man. I hadn't seen her around in a while and sent her a PM on Dec 1, never got a reply. tonight I was thinking of her and went to her last post.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=2082511

13. Notice to her many Friends

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 08:01 AM

I am her husband. This note is to announce she has had a heart attack and could not be revived Monday Oct 7 2024. I got her started with my family's history of political action. She was very active in local national campaigns.

no one saw it probably because it dropped off the page from when the thread was active.
she was one of the other horse people here on DU and we had some other conversations about geneology and travel. my favorite memory was the year we exchanged local honey. I sent some mesquite and catclaw and she sent me a big jar of tupelo from Florida. I am so sad to have found this so late. I think I still have her address and will send a card and a link to this thread if anybody wants to post memories or condolences.

editing to add this photo from an old thread we both posted in
subject line was "1968 with my horse"



https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=341368

[SheltieLover]

1. RIP, CSziggy

[cilla4progress]

2. I am so bad at identifying folks...

As a horse person myself, perhaps she and I communed?

Do send her family regrets for her passing! Wish we knew more about her. She sounds wonderful!

[Kali]

10. she posted a lot of great content here in the lounge

and often posted simons cat videos. I am going through some of her old Lounge posts tonight. she was a good person, seemed to get along with everybody and stayed out of the flame wars and personal shit that sometimes happens around here (better than me on that one LOL)

[mwmisses4289]

3. for her

[applegrove]

4. Oh so sad. She was a early DUer no? I keep forgetting

that DU has been around for a generation already. Vibes to her family and friends.

[niyad]

14. Her start date was Feb 2008.

[applegrove]

15. Well we are lucky to get people at their wisest. So sorry

for her family.

[Silent Type]

5. Remember her well. RIP. Sad I missed her husband's post. Just recommended it a few months late.

[debm55]

6. RIP csziggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thank you, my dear Kali, for letting us know! Ah, may she RIP. I am so sorry to hear this sad news.

[surfered]

8. Peace! Let her memory be a blessing!

[Marthe48]

9. I liked her posts

My best friend died Oct. 1. Everything else is a blur.

R.I.P. csziggy It is always a sad moment to know we've lost another one of our own. I appreciate her husband taking time to let DU know csziggy is no longer with us.

Thank you, Kali, for giving us the news. I'm sorry for your loss.

[niyad]

11. Requiescat in pace, good and brave soul.

I am so sorry that I did not see that thread before. Vibes for comfort and healing for all her loved ones.

[ms liberty]

12. I remember her. RiP.

[sheshe2]

13. RIP csziggy.

[chowder66]

16. I'm so sorry.

[Clouds Passing]

17. csziggy

[Dem2theMax]

18. I really enjoyed her posts.

I just made a reply in the original thread, the one that her husband posted to.

How sad that only now have we heard this news. DU'ers always show up to support each other, and their families. I hope her husband and her family see this, and will know that we are thinking of them.

For csziggy

[Scrivener7]

19. Oh, no. I'm so sorry.

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. RIP.

[Solly Mack]

21. I am so sorry, csziggy. Sorry I didn't know until now. Sorry you're gone.

[Jarqui]

22. So sad

I remember her as well.

Hopefully her husband finds out that we appreciated her

[Kali]

31. he will

I found the address and will send a card tomorrow.

[Jarqui]

46. Thank you

[littlemissmartypants]

23. ...

[Bluethroughu]

24. Rest in peace

[KT2000]

25. I remember her and it is sad

we lose another good Dem. RIP csziggy

[blm]

26. So sad to read this.

[Renew Deal]

27. I'm sad to hear this

Her name always stuck out to me

[Kali]

28. I haven't seen the post looking around tonight

but I recall that it was a horse's registered name. pretty sure.

[Kali]

52. well, I found this

the grulla mare in second image, but I was pretty sure she actually explained the name in one of those "explain your username" threads a while ago. haven't come across it yet.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=741720
here is the image -

[Iggo]

29. .

[LeftInTX]

30. Ah...she was always so nice and respectful here on DU.

She would talk about her life in Florida.

Perhaps election busyness distracted people from reading the post about her passing.

[Kali]

34. the thread and her last post was from June

he replied "as her" to her OP in October. I am pretty sure by that time the thread was "archived" and wouldn't kick back up to the top of the Lounge so nobody would have seen it until actively looking for her last post. when I tried to send a PM to her I didn't check that thread, just saw she had last posted in June but had done some recs in October. several have now replied to his post but the thread isn't on page one of the Lounge because it is out of range to be kicked back up.

[area51]

32. RIP.

[area51]

33. RIP.

[Donkees]

35. 🌸 Please arrange to have her name added to the In Memoriam page

May it be beautiful before me.
May it be beautiful behind me.
May it be beautiful below me.
May it be beautiful above me.
May it be beautiful all around me.

Above and below me hovers the beautiful
I am surrounded by it
I am immersed in it

The mountains, I become part of it
The herbs, the fir tree, I become part of it.
The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters,
I become part of it.
The wilderness, the dew drops, the pollen
I become part of it.



From the doorway of rainbow,
The path out of which is the rainbow,
The rainbow passed out with me,
The rainbow rose up with me.
Through the middle of broad fields,
The rainbow returned with me



With the rainbow hanging high over your head, come to us soaring.

With beauty before me
With beauty behind me
With beauty above me
With beauty below me
With beauty all around me

It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.

[Kali]

36. was actually just doing that!

wanted to edit in her old photo, check OP again.

[Donkees]

38. Thanks for adding the retro photo thread, revisiting all those names and memories

[Hekate]

37. 🌈💕 Donkees, that is an incredibly beautiful tribute to csziggy

May her family be comforted. May she rest in peace.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

47. Beautiful post, Donkees

So thoughtful

[Niagara]

39. I'm always devastated reading about any DU'ers death

Rest in Paradise, csziggy.





Thank you for letting us know, Kali.

[Fla Dem]

40. cziggy's last post before she passed. She is missed. Always got a chuckle from her DU Name.

She had been in the hospital for heart valve issues.
So sorry she has passed. I did see the original post from her husband.

This is cziggy's last post that I could find.

csziggy (34,189 posts)
Thu Jun 6, 2024, 05:58 PM

Saw my cardiologist today and got news and bad news - and good news
The back story - Last December I had an echo cardiogram which had my doctor send me for a CT scan. They found a thrombus (aka clot) on my aortic valve - which had been replaced via TAVR (TransArterial Valve Replacement) in 2017. So they put me on warfarin to dissolve the clot.

The night of January 5, I couldn't breath when I laid down to go to sleep. My husband headed us towards the hospital but on the way we stopped at the local fire station and they called an ambulance. I passed out before it got there. I woke up in the hospital the next day, intubated and doped up. Spent four days total there.

While there, to cardiothoracic surgeon who oversaw my TAVR stopped by. He told me about 10-15% of TAVR patients get clots. If the clots don't respond to warfarin, they have to do open heart surgery since they can't take the chance of breaking the clot loose which could cause havoc somewhere else in the system. Goody.

Yesterday I got another echo cardiogram. Today was the followup to all of that. The good news is that the clot is gone. The bad news is that the aortic valve is no longer working right and leaking so I am back to where I was before they replaced it.

The other good news is that they can do another TAVR and put in a new aortic valve! But I have to get additional tests before that can happen. So I am not sure when anything is happening

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=2019806

[Kali]

42. her last recs were the day before

that thread was from June. she passed Oct 7.

[mountain grammy]

41. She was going full speed when I arrived

Always enjoyed her. May she Rest In Peace

[berniesandersmittens]

43. RIP cziggy

[Nevilledog]

44. So sad. My condolences to her family and friends. She will be missed.

[LuckyCharms]

45. csziggy was always very pleasant to me. I'm so sorry to read this.

May she Rest in Peace.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Sad, Indeed

I sent a note to Earlg linking this thread so she will be appropriately entered into the In Memorium page.

[Evolve Dammit]

49. So sorry to hear of her passing. Thanks for letting us know. Great remembrance picture.

[Phentex]

50. Thanks for letting us know!

So sad to find out his way. I remember the talk about her heart issues and was hoping I’d just missed seeing her around. She posted in C & B back in the day. She will be missed!

[Orrex]

51. Oh, no! A name I've known for so many years!

Rest well, csziggy.

[XanaDUer2]

53. Oh no!

[Wicked Blue]

54. RIP, csziggy

[Kali]

55. kick

found address and finally got card in the mail yesterday.

[hlthe2b]

56. For some reason, I thought to check the memorials as there are several DUers I haven't seen. csziggy among them....

So very sorry I did not see this earlier. I really enjoyed her and hope she passed as peacefully as possible and best wishes to her husband, who invited her to become more political.

To csziggy, You are missed.