I was dissapointed with Calvin's post apparently mocking your condition or maybe just that you decided to share it (those that have been following Plook's thread know why). I suspect Calvin did that because of some hurt in his life. I remember Calvin shared his wife's battle with cancer awhile back and I don't remember the outcome of that or if he shared it. Hanging around this forum a long time I can tell that Calvin is, like me, somewhat introverted. Contrast that to Plook, who is very extroverted and comfortable with sharing his personal feelings about some very sensitive subjects on this forum.
The evolution of this forum has been interesting going from it being all about Frank and the music in the early days to being sort of a support group for some of us. Some genuine friendships have developed and I hope there will be more. I've quit the forum at least three times mainly because I was dissapointed and emabarrassed by some of my own posts. Too often in the past I've lashed out at (or mocked) people on the forum as a result of the anger, bitterness, and resentment I was feeling in my personal life. This has been especially true after I got a few drinks in me. Frankly, that is what got me kicked out of DZW - misplaced venting.
On my own personal health note, my check up a few days ago gave me a bit of a start. I've been dealing with high blood pressure and cholesterol with only half-hearted stabs from me at improving things. This time the Doc said I had CKD. He says my kidneys will last me the rest of my life but I need to take better care of myself (I guess I should have asked him how long I was going to live

). Anyway, it was a kick in the pants to get it together. I had already started a diet last month and I'm down twelve pounds so far. With this additional motivation I can clearly see myself getting down to where I want to be and in better health (physically and mentally) than I have been in years. Lots of fruits and veggies and limiting the beer to a few on social occasions. It's too bad some of us have to be hit in the face pretty hard to make changes for the better but just the same, I'm glad the Dr. hit me in the face this week.
In closing, I don't know if Calvin regrets his post or not but I can say that I've made plenty of regrettable posts in the past and to anybody I've insulted or lashed out at I apologize. I'm not perfect and never will be but I'm working at it.
NOTE: I just see Calvin made a new post before I got this up but I will leave it as written.