Two stories about medicine that trouble me.

[Twisterdog]

Lobodeb, thank you for that honest and informed post. It was brave of you to post that insightful look into your family's private world.

[Lobodeb]

Lobodeb, thank you for that honest and informed post. It was brave of you to post that insightful look into your family's private world.

Thank YOU for recognizing that and you're welcome. I don't speak of my brother often because I'm not always sure of the reaction I'll get. I learned the very hard way that people are cruel. I can't tell you the number of fights I got into as a child defending him because someone thought it was funny to make fun of him. I'm not ashamed of him in the slightest. It's more of a way to protect myself and protect him as a human being.

[Pam]

I really wasn't going to come back to this thread because it is one where I didn't see a side where I could throw my support 100%. I did just now read Lobodeb's post and I agree with Twisterdog's post below:

Lobodeb, thank you for that honest and informed post. It was brave of you to post that insightful look into your family's private world.

God bless you Lobodeb and your family as well. No one knows the heartache of turning loved ones over to someone else's care. My mom was faced with that situation with my dad after caring for him after his stroke for many years. We all knew that if she continued on that way we would be burying both of them. We were supportive of whatever she wanted to do. I don't think, until I am in someone's situation, I have the right to judge.

I will say, though, that I do enjoy Richard's posts. He is an intelligent man with a good sense of humor. Sometimes he has injected that humor into threads that were about to boil over and that has been a good thing. Let's all just say that debate is good and that is what this is. Richard please do not feel that you are being ganged up on. Your opinions are respected because they are your own based on your own personal life situations and you have a right to express them here and anywhere as do we all. End of sermon.