Apology

I want to apologize in the group forum to anyone who found my posting yesterday offensive.  That was not my intent. 
My only intent was to state how I was feeling and reach out.  However, it seems in doing that, that I have upset some really special people.  That was not my intention either.  I have the greatest respect for all who come to this site.  Whether you post or not doesn't matter.  What matters is that you come. 
I am new and in no way do I begrudge anyone the friendships that have been found on here.  That is fantastic that people have found that. 
I sit here in tears knowing that I have offended anyone.  If anyone cound know one thing about me is that I am a very caring person. 
I cherish the advise I can get from people who have experience on this forum.  It is a priviledge and I treat it as such.   To be part of such a great group means the world to me.
Again, I do apologize for any hurt feelings... anything I said that anyone found offensive. 
From the bottom of my heart, please accept my apologies for any hurt feelings I may have caused.

Leah, I read your post yesterday but did not have time to reply. I feel for you in that you were not feeling accepted as I have felt that way on other boards. My experience on this board has been different from yours, but I can see how you might feel that way. I am a newbie also and looking forward to my surgery on Dec 17th. I don't know where you live, but would love to chat with you and maybe get together and become friends. I understand you were not trying to offend anyone, I'm sure that everyone reads things in a different light depending on what is going on in their life at that moment. I know that I can be very sensitive to things that are said to me on certain days when other days it wouldn't bother me at all. Hang in there and keep coming back. Send me a message if you'd like to get to know each other better. I'd love to have more friends who have "been there, done that."

Leah,

   Please dont worry about upsetting me because you haven't. I think we all value your honesty and insight. I'm sorry you felt like you did and if there is anything I can do to help you in any way just let me know. You can reach me on yahoo messenger also as slq98.

   I hope to get to know you better.

Stacie

Here's to hoping you contine to post on the board!
As for me, I understand, accept and nough' said!

Hope you are feeling better today!

Keep up the great journey that you are on, it is an amazing ride!

Hope to meet ya soon!

Hugz Dawn

Leah,

Honey, you don't need to appologize.  The great thing about a support group, is you SHOULD be able to say how your feeling, without the worry of being chastized by so many people.  I think it's a crying shame, that someone feels it necessary to send you a hateful email and call some of us "a bunch of whiners" (sp?)  This board belongs to everyone, not just one or two frequent posters who feel it is there duty to chime in and send you emails with their hateful comments.  I don't care if you've been here since the beginning of time, or joined yesterday, everyone deserves to be treated with respect.   

I have found several folks here whom I admire the opinions of, and a couple who "know it all" and I just tune them out.  I think most of us will agree, this journey has not been easy on any of us. Some of us have had a more difficult time than others.  This is a confusing and scary time for a  lot of us "newbies".  I know we can all use ALL of the SUPPORT we can get, and the last thing we need is the stress of worrying about what certain board members think.  Who cares what that one bad apple thinks honey.  Focus on all of the reassuring emails you got, and don't give your power to that one negative person.  We're adults and we can choose who we want to surround ourselves with and befriend. No one says we have to like everyone.

You know I'm always here for you.  Cheer up, keep your head up and have a wonderful day!

Big Hugs!

Jenn

Leah,

I am sorry you felt you had to apologize.  This is a support group.  If your needs aren't being met, we need to know that.  Why anyone was offended, I don't understand.  They are obviously getting their needs met in this forum.  As someone in response has already said 'nuff said.

Please let us know how we can help.  Be sure to ask any questions you have.  There are people here who can answer them or no where to get the answer.

Welcome to the forum and keep coming back.

Carol

Leah
Sweetie we all have days where are emotions get the best of us..(beleive me i know)my kids think im bipolar...
But please keep posting i love to read your post and my theory is the more the merrier..
Where is crothersville?
Are you coming to the oranment exchange?
Would love to meet you..Keep posting darling............

Leah honey, don't worry - you didn't hurt my feelings any!  I just hurt for you as you felt you weren't getting what you needed from us.  Just holler!

Please don't cry.  I hate to see anyone upset.

Just ASK if you need anything!

Hi Leah,

I don't post on here as much as some of the others, but I wanted to say that I'm sorry to hear that you got a hateful email from someone.  I wasn't offended by your post in any way and I think it was great for you to stick up for yourself and tell us that you felt left out.  I can understand where you might feel like that.  Until I started going to some of the gatherings and meeting people face to face I felt a little like an outsider.  I'm also a little bit of a wallflower until I get to know people so I figure that's a big part of it too.

It was uncalled for that someone called you and some others on here a "bunch of whiners" and I'm sorry you had to deal with that.  Most of us on here are here to support each other and to receive support in return.  My suggestion is to block the user that sent you the email so you don't ever have to read their posts again because you don't need a person like that to make you feel inferior or tear you down, you need people to build you up and encourage you on your journey.

Keep your head up and don't let a couple of bad responses get you down.  There are still lots of us here that have good intentions and would be happy to help support you.

Melissa