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Re: Is Being Fat a Disability?

Less Than Human? — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:29:24 GMT

You have no idea how powerful and unbeatable genetic defects can be. You are lucky. I have genetic obesity. By 10 years of age I was so big that they put me in a research hospital and starved me on 400 calories a day. My fat burning is so subnormal that they "simply could not believe that I lost so little weight" and they accused my mother of sneaking food to me, which was BS. I can tell you that weighing over 600 pounds, being bedridden and waking up suffocating is a miserable existence indeed. And, unlike most disabilities, the genetically obese do not receive care and compassion, we get a lifetime of ignorance and prejudice. Your blog is just one dose of poison among more than I could possibly count.

“I Am” Hosting the 50th Disability Blog Carnival! – The Life and Times of Emma

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Re: Give me $1 million and I'll help get the economy moving

lorabonnet — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:48:34 GMT

I am feeling what you are saying about the economy and the stimulus checks. It didn't stimulate me in any way. The money came in time to pay for a little more grocery and buy children school uniform. It was a joke, but I guess someone did get something from this stimulus checks, but it's never the break we really need, like how about rasing the salary up. It's a joke. If they want to see long term effect they have to start with doing thing that will last and keep the money moving.

Re: Give me $1 million and I'll help get the economy moving

Stacey Plymale — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:18:56 GMT

I really like this idea. I believe that it would be a BIG help to the economy. That amount of money could help those of us that are barely hanging on from paycheck to paycheck to pay off our bills (even some of those WAY overdue medical bills because we have no insurance), help me get an accessible vehicle so that I could go back and forth to work in order to earn more money in a month, and I would be able to buy a home instead of rent the only apartment I could find that I could make wheelchair accessible (partially). The more I think about this idea the better I like it!!

Re: Give me $1 million and I'll help get the economy moving

Mshores — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:18:05 GMT

Shoot I'd like to see them make those people cut back the credit cards and loan interest rates to a reasonable level. Then if they just gave us each a few thousand it would be better then giving it to these people who only know how to take-take-take so they can make more and live better then the rest of us do. In Some ways this is like the American Revolution all over just a different set of "royalty" and old wealth we are trying to get out from under to live a better life with different beliefs then they like.

Re: WooHoo! It Belongs to You

Poetwoman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:55:31 GMT

AMEN to all of it! I am so proud and so hopeful. President Obama sounds beautiful to me too! I am so proud do have volunteered for this campaign. I was so lucky to have election headquarters for President Obama in my hometown (of Peterborough, NH where McCain spoke on Sunday night). It's cool to live in a place that so many candidates want to visit during a campaign. Obama was here (I didn't get to see him I had to work) and so was Michelle (I saw her for a few minutes before I had to go to work--she hugged me! You can see that story in my blog). I am proud of this country today.

Re: WooHoo! It Belongs to You

Nanal — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:00:03 GMT

I agree ! For the first time.......in a very long time.....I have hope for our country........hope that we can become a whole people...........hope that we can become a whole country........hope that we can finally......begin to become.............whole............peace and love.........Norma

Re: WooHoo! It Belongs to You

Debbie — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:04:58 GMT

i'm glad that you had a great night.:) heres to the future! (holding a glass to you :) xoxo

Re: An extra hour of sleep is a wonder

Whitney — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:19:49 GMT

Shadowlands is a wonderful play and I highly recommend it to anyone. The movie with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger is fab as well. If you haven't seen it, Sue, I highly recommend that one too.

Re: Thriving, Not Just Surviving

Ginger — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:17:31 GMT

There will always people who don't understand disability... disorders... addictions... diseases... and, not to put them all in the same category, because they are each different... but there will always be people who just don't get it if all they have lived is the typical, healthy, average, safe, "normal" life. I think it's important to continue educating the public, because they won't understand unless they have to deal with "it" personally (whatever "it" may be), or if they know someone close to them who has to deal with "it."... and so having blogs, or being open about issues that we are informed about is very important... because otherwise, how will people ever learn? For me, Attention Deficit Disorder is my challenge... and it leads to other challenges at times as well... however, learning to cope with life's sucky things is the only way to not just survive, but to thrive. I believe we all have a purpose, and gifts... and to give into the negative thoughts is often very easy to do... and what good can we do then? And so, educating ourselves so that we can continue to grow, and we can help decrease stereotypes when we increase others' understandings will only make it an easier world to live in. My brother-in-law and a close friend of mine still don't "get it." But I'm trying to educate them. Sometimes focusing on helping others is better than focusing on my "WHY DO I SUCK!?" thoughts. At one point last year, I learned of a friend's experience that really moved me. 15 years ago, he felt led to pray over his severe food allergies, that he would be delivered from them. And then... almost all of them were gone... making his life SO much easier. I thought to myself, "I want that to happen to me! I haven't ever asked God to get rid of my ADD!"... and so, I talked to God about it... and I was "discussing" it with him for not even too long when I realized... i would not be who I am without this disorder... I would not have the same gifts... and I would not be able to help others in the same way. I would not have the same personality, or beliefs, or faith. And I cried because I realized all of these things. And I said, Well, that really sucks a LOT that I would have to give up all of those things if I never had the disorder... and I still have to deal with this STUPID disorder everyday. ARGH! But fine... I'll deal with it, and I'm gonna make it a good life. And yes, I get down sometimes like you, but I totally agree with you-- we have to be positive... because we could make our lives worse by simply being negative. (Is that what she was referring to, perhaps...? That we can "disable" our potential by being negative?) I hear you, Auntie. It is a good thing that at least we are not alone in this world.

Re: Daring to Hope

Ginger — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:46:11 GMT

I came across an old email of yours, with the link to this blog! Thought I'd stop by! You know, I'm pretty nervous about the election too. I really feel it could go either way, and of course we always want our candidate to win, and I hear good and bad things about "how things could go" for either candidate. It will be a VERY interesting election, and I feel on edge. I think there will be a lot of angry people in the morning if people are expecting "MY candidate is going to win!" Last election, I honestly thought Kerry was going to win because of the debates, and because of all the anger at republicans. Well, Obama is the better speaker, and so I feel that he won two of the 3 debates.... and as you and I know, as Comm people, that public speaking is a big seller to some people. But last time Kerry won the debates... and so what does that really mean? The polls show that Obama is going to be up, but I was also thinking that a lot of the conservatives I know are much less "vocal" than the liberals I know... so are the conservative voters going to just come out of nowhere? Or, will the better public speaker win this time around? I don't like the tension, and I think that's why I'm nervous... because we're all really hoping the candidate we vote for will win, and we have no idea how the heck it's going to turn out in the end, because we are realistic as well. Might I add to your, "Get out and vote".... to Sue's blog readers!: Make sure you are an educated voter... know your candidates' (local and presidential) policies and ideas... and know his/her opponents' policies and viewpoints. There is a full day left... if there is anyone who has not at least spent 5 minutes on a factual website to inform themselves on the candidates, they should do so. Yes, there is only one full day left before the vote, but I encourage anyone to not be a lazy voter. "Yeah, I'm just voting for so and so because he/she is a republican/democrat... (OR) because I learned on this political commercial that the other candidate is NO GOOD!" You have one full day left... to take only 5 minutes at least. You have 5 minutes. I feel it is our MORAL RESPONSIBILITY to be educated... and not just by listening to the opinions of others. Soldiers have died for us to be able to vote... and when some people simply check a name on the ballot they have not researched... what good are they doing our country? So that is my encouragement to anyone else reading this! You will be putting someone in local and national offices... do the soldiers who died for you, the entire country, and yourself the favor, and make sure you have spent a very minimum of 5 minutes educating yourselves. Here are some websites I'd like to promote: votesmart.org glassbooth.org Good post, Sue.... we'll both be holding our breath on November 4th. I'll make sure not to email you the day after this time... unless of course you're in a good mood... ;)

Re: Thriving, Not Just Surviving

beckywatson49 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:09:01 GMT

Suebabe Thanks for the blog and God bless and keep you as you snap through life. It is amazing what life throws at you and how if you ask and decide...the ways out of the dips. i was 39, pregnant and found i had double cataracts....now i was too old for one and way too young for the other. One cancelled out treatment for the other. i was looking at being a new mom and not being able to see my child. Prayed about it and while didn't like the outcome...delt with it. Lost the child at six months of pregnancy (not correctly developed) and got my sight back on Christian holiday of light , Ephifiany (sp). Grieved the loss but was able to say thank you for the blessings of sight. Other things have hit out of the blue and if release them in prayer have found ways out. yes they were painful and would rather not have delt with them but as a Christian I have been taught "for ALL things give thanks and the Lord God will use it for good for those who believe in Him. How and when I don't always know but He does.(Don't mean to be "preachy" but faith is base of dealing with life) blessings

Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight

gkd — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:41:59 GMT

My mom used to quote this Japanese proverb about falling down and getting back up to me (as a kid Ihad

Re: Thriving, Not Just Surviving

KimD — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:48:18 GMT

I think this is a really important topic, SueBabe, because I've always debated (mostly with myself) whether personal resiliency is inherent to one's personality, or can be learned as, say, a set of emotional "tools." I would love to know what other people think about personal resiliency - is it something to stive for, something you have or don't have, something you can learn? (And if so, how?)

My Grocery Delivery Almost Back to Normal

suebabe — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:45:36 GMT

A few months ago I mourned the sudden loss of our local grocery delivery option, SimonDelivers. During