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When I put a shirt on, I have to pull the hair in the back out of it :].
And another sad thing happened today: My nieces were diagnosed with MRSA. It seems their Father (my brother-in-law) had it really bad in his hand, and they've had it for about a week. It was misdiagnosed the first time, and then they found it out today.
Keep your hair growing. That's a good sign of making up for your hair loss back then.
It is awful to hear about your nieces and obviously, I am sure their father regrets it.
By the way, I came back from a soccer tournament. Look for my most recent post for more information.
Regardless
what does their father have to regret?
hope they get better.
and what on earth does the football tournament have to do with it!!
yea dude i been fighting off staph the last few months on and off the first time i had it ,it was mrsa the worst kind of them all and now i have staph again but its a lower form but still have to take proper action of taking care of it or itll just keep spreading and thats def not good for your body even deadly if left untreated but now im on medication for a long time because of it but itll be worth it taking the bacteria out of my body and that is awesome that your hair is growing back fastly keep it up brother :)
Yeah, and the Giants are having a terrible season this year and children in India are starving.
Every time you post, you are "sad" about something new. This is not a depression board, it is a hair board. Cheer up, man! Life is too short to be constantly worrying about one thing after another!
Bill
Ouch! Pretty cold, Bill. MRSA is bad stuff. It's running through schools and creating devastation. And geez. This is a community, right? Or, must we all behave by a certain code?
Bob
The issue here is not MRSA, Bob. It is a tough love comment about crying wolf too often. Bill S. has posted about one "sad" (his word) event after another. We really aren't equipped here to deal with continual depression, and he would be best served by seeking help from a professional who is. Our expertise is about problems brought about by having long hair, and we can chip in to help someone with occasional problems in other areas as friends often do. If problems are severe or ongoing, though, the sufferer needs the help of a professional. If you were to unload that quantity of problems on your friends in real life, they would tell you the same thing as just now said on this web board: Get thee to a professional.
You are a schoolteacher. If someone were having continual problems learning material for their classes and were asking for advice here, wouldn't you think they would be far better off talking to someone like you?
Bill
Even before Bill's post I was wondering how I might address this. As was said already it's one thing to announce a sad event and we'll offer our sympathy as friends do but another thing to bring up one after another after another. In real life if you do that with your friends soon they start to avoid you.
As time goes by Bill S or anyone posting frequent sad events will see less and less replies as people get worn down. wheather it's depression or just a rough patch in life maybe it's not a bad idea to speak to a professional.
Kevin
then they are horrible friends.
So, if you are concerned that someone is depressed or you are just tired of listening to them, a private email is very effective. Telling them in front of the community that you think they need professional help is pretty outrageous, if you ask me. I responded here as a member of the community. I didn't like that Bill S. was being addressed like this in front of everyone. If a student were behaving in a way that struck me as overly sad or depressed, I'd talk with him privately about it, never in front of the class.
That's all. There are ways to express genuine concern for someone in a way that doesn't expose them. Call it "tough love" doesn't make it any better. In the best sense, "tough love" is never done in a public forum.
BTW, I read this board every day. I am more inclined to believe Bill S. right now when he says he is not depressed, but I also wouldn't blame him if he didn't want to talk about such things here. On any given day, look at the range of things people talk about that are NOT hair related. Keeps things interesting.
Bob
Your entitled to your opinion Robert. You have your way of dealing with things and I have mine.
I guess I'm just a cold heartless bastard, but then we can't all be bleeding hearts can we now.
Kevin
Keep in mind that it was Bill S.'s choice to bring his mental state to the forum rather than to private e-mails. The choice of forum was his, not mine or Kevin's.
Realize that it may be beneficial to him to have made that choice, since he that way will get a variety of views, and those offering those views can see what others have offered and put in their own two cents to present a more broad and yet more coherent picture. For example, he likely would have not heard your thoughts at all, had the comments of others been sent via e-mail.
This is indeed a support forum, not a praise forum. Support involves telling it how it is, both good and bad; it is not telling the emperor he is clothed.
In your school you probably like to drag people off to secluded places to lay bad news on them, but my personal experience is that I've always suffered the most abuse in such places. Here on this board we've had to go so far as tell teenagers to NEVER let anyone drag you off anywhere alone. We've had users not only verbally but also physically abused in such places. I was twice beaten by so-called "authority figures" in such places when I was young, so this is not conjectural, Robert. After the second time, I learned my reply must be, "No, if you want to talk about that, you will have to do it here."
The light of day offers strong checks and balances, and taking it private fails to offer such.
Bill
Bill, it's a tragic thing that you were treated like this. I am sorry that those in my profession treated you this way.
I am, however, not those teachers, and it is outrageous for you to suggest and insinuate that I treat young people this way. To speak to someone privately, out of concern, is quite a different thing from dragging them off to a secluded place to mistreat them. You are the one who brought up my role as a teacher. I only used that by extension. Now you would insinuate that I like to abuse young people? Deeply, deeply offensive, Bill. So, is this about getting even with an old teacher?
I'll repeat. I felt like what you said to Bill S. would have been best delivered privately. No abuse required. Insinuating that I enjoy dragging kids off to a secluded place to treat them badly borders on slander. I'd appreciate an apology.
Bob
Ans who are you Robert, and perhaps it would be nice to see a picture of you. Of course your entitled to you opinion of course!
For me a don't air my dirt laundry in public and I've been through alot these past couple of years and people that know me on the board know privately anyway!
Cheers,
John.B
Really? I served on the Mod Crew with you for two years, and I have been on this board since 2000. :)
Bob
Yupp I have a bad memory and it didn't tigger anything!
Great! We hear you.
Starving kids in India don't have anything to do with this. It's not really the "sad" I'm emphasizing, it's the fact that it sucks when your nieces have to go through something this bad.
It's not my fault that so much stuff has gone on in my life. Also, I am not depressed. I'm a pretty positive guy, actually. I usually post things significant in my life, and it happens to be things of a darker nature in the last few months.
Wish them better from me mate.
Good news Bill! It seems your hair is growing very rapidly.
I hope you nieces and their father will be better soon.
Bruce
Congrats on yet another milestone, Bill! You're coming right along, and before you know it you'll be right where you left off.
Sorry to hear about your nieces. Hope all turns out well.
I wish you the best, Bill.
Joshua
P.S. To comment on the, heh, "discussion" taking place in this thread: Professional help? Depression? Guys, honestly! All he's said is that his grandma died and his nieces have MRSA. Give him a break! He's sharing a few problems with his "long haired family," and I'm sure he was looking for support, not advice to go see a shrink. Perhaps some would benefit from their own advice. . .