I am starting this in hopes of it becoming an ongoing thread for updates about our members who have not continued to post.
The contact we have with one another is a dichotomy in some ways. We're so close, but yet all it takes is a broken computer, a power outage, or our non-virtual life getting in the way, for a breakdown in the communication between us to occur.
Please, anyone who has pertinent information about a member, who's not been around as much as before; please, if appropriate, share it here.
Going back a ways, here is the latest information I have on some members, (some of this is not new news at all, but it has not, to my knowledge been posted before. This is only a short list, but one that I know its ok to be made public.
Grants44 husband did pass away. She is on facebook, and should anyone want to contact her, let me know, and I will give you her facebook name. This was not a recent passing.
Perplexed (Erica's) husband, it turned out had oral cancer, rather than bulbar onset of ALS. I have not heard how he is doing lately. I know he had gotten a PEG, and was undergoing treatment for the cancer, but with the error in diagnosis, the delay had impact on the effectiveness of the treatments. They have a young daughter...
Patricia1 I have not heard from, and Al also sent her an email with no response. She was friends with Liz, but as Liz is also gone, we may never really know.
Lostinlousville is OK, I had a message from her very recently. I do not know if she has received a different diagnosed rather than MS.
I don't know if anyone remembers SuzyQ, she did not post much, but she had been worried, as her father passed from ALS, and she had symptoms which were concerning to her. She was diagnosed about a year ago with fibromyalgia. She had a birthday recently, and I sent her a note, but have not heard back yet.
gimpydad'slady wrote to say that they have moved to a different state, and near to family. Brian, her husband and the PALS, is progressing, but she said they were coping with it.
Please, if anyone is friendly with Ahands, dsiple, or Quadbliss, it would be great if you could post about how they're faring. I remember that Ahands said he was getting a vent (?) I think.
Al has said he will send Tich1 an email, so hopefully there will be good news there.
A way that I've found useful to see if its just by chance I've been missing someone, or if they're really not around, is to look for when they were last online via the link on top of this page that says "Community". (scrolling down to"Members List+) One can search by user name, but it is also possible to search by Last Visit, Number of Posts, or Join Date. These headings are at the top of the opening screen, and are links when clicked upon.