I am discouraged

Hi Elina,

I am glad you didn't leave earlier, I needed you a lot.  But I completely understand.  Some of the newer people seriously irritate the hell out of me, and I myself feel like I am without a place as well.  I am not a maintenance patient, but also not a newb.  I can't understand how someone that is sooooo new to surgery and the board will post like they know everything.  The advice being given lately is so far off field and against most sound advice that I am quite lost.  I remember the old saying "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."  I am quite often feeling this statement and have to truly sign out and just walk away.  What used to be support and give a feeling of community is now full of whining, excuses, bashing, ignorance and a lot of rude people.   So I sort of feel like I am losing my base - I don't post on other websites, and felt that was my support "home".  *Sigh*

I am thankful for your posts, and glad that you didn't leave.  I do find myself in the same type of feeling - and more and more often I find myself just walking away from OH; because otherwise I start researching the possibility of inventing a device that will *****slap someone through the internet. 

:P

Angi