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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Display your Artwork |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2022, 4:58 pm
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Replies: 6,362
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Networking, giving up forever this time |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2022, 4:54 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 421
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| Thank you everyone. I'm feeling gradually a little better, seeing a little more of things that are going okay or good. Maybe the particular group of people at the convention I went to is just not my audience. But I do have an audience. They just weren't at that particular place, that's all. So I gue... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Networking, giving up forever this time |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2022, 6:44 am
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Replies: 8
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| Hi. I'm so very upset. My career (music) requires me to network sometimes. I'm terrible at it, and I've tried but besides the difficulties I've always had with knowing what the hell is going on, cancer has made it harder for people to recognize me, because in important performances, my hair has been... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: national flute association convention in Chicago, USA |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2022, 12:02 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Is anyone here by chance a flutist, going to the convention in Chicago? A couple of us are planning an aspie-flutist coffee, so we can get to know each other and maybe feel less lonely and overwhelmed, and have an event where we can all just be ourselves. You can pm me if you are interested, or just... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Networking |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2022, 7:36 am
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Replies: 3
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Wow, I'm glad you are cancer free.
I just wish I could "go with the flow" like other musicians, take jobs that conflict with other jobs without worrying that the world is going to fall apart, and meanwhile killing everyone's enthusiasm in the process of working it out. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Networking |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2022, 5:07 am
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Replies: 3
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| Hi. It's been a while since I posted, I had cancer. I'm better now, for now. Hopefully I am ok. But am feeling overwhelmed by things today, extra concerts I've been asked to play, which change my schedule around and cause me to be absent from my regular jobs. I worry too much about this, as my regul... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Does anyone live near New Hyde Park, NY? |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2019, 9:14 am
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| I have a surgery in a few weeks and I have no one to release me from the hospital. They won't let you go home alone, I know because I tried once and it was an ordeal. I just need someone to come into the hospital (I'll pay your parking) and walk me out to the bus stop. It's at LIJ/Northwell in New H... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I've decided to drop my cat off and then drive into a tree |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2018, 11:00 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 986
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I have to decide whether to reduce the chemo dose or keep it the same.
I made a list of things and thought through it. I think I've come to a decision, and will think another few minutes then call. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I've decided to drop my cat off and then drive into a tree |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2018, 10:00 am
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Replies: 32
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I still didn't decide, and today is the day I have to call the doctor.
I just distracted myself for two days instead of thinking. How do I decide? |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I've decided to drop my cat off and then drive into a tree |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2018, 7:30 am
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Replies: 32
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| SabbraCadabra, I take Neulasta and the first round was awful because it didn't occur to me to take tylenol. The little pains were coming so fast from every direction on every body part. I couldn't count them. Crazy awful. But I've taken tylenol for the last 2 rounds and it helps so much. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I've decided to drop my cat off and then drive into a tree |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2018, 7:24 am
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Replies: 32
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| BeaArthur, congratulations on 7 years! Also, thank you for that site, I'm going to join it today. Did you find it hard to communicate with doctors and nurses? I'm a pretty decent communicator these days but my oncologist and I are usually not on the same wavelength so to speak. She gets impatient wi... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I've decided to drop my cat off and then drive into a tree |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2018, 3:20 pm
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Replies: 32
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| Chronos, I was also wondering, since you are so knowledgeable, whether I iced too much and that in itself caused nerve damage. I put ice directly on the wrists and all the fingers inside oven mitts for the entire infusion...so approximately 4 hours with only a ten minute break during Herceptin. The ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I've decided to drop my cat off and then drive into a tree |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2018, 3:04 pm
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Replies: 32
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| Thank you everyone for your messages. I'm in a better place today. I feel like my problems are too big these days so I don't reach out to other people too often (not that I do normally anyway, but even more because I feel like I depress people by talking about it. But I felt so alone yesterday, and ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I've decided to drop my cat off and then drive into a tree |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2018, 9:44 pm
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Replies: 32
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| I've decided to drop my cat off and then drive into a tree. There's no reason to continue. All the doctors watch out for themselves and no one would even notice if I was dead or if I quit my job. I have to decide between the two by Tuesday. Either continue chemotherapy and destroy my hands (peripher... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have lack of attention |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 12:21 pm
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Replies: 8
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| I just noticed another strategy I developed so that I could read. I keep the "look-up device" (the device I look things up on) off to the side, and the thing I'm reading in front of me. So I remember that the main goal is to continue forward in the reading. Otherwise, it's easy to get more... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have lack of attention |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 10:04 am
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Replies: 8
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| Also, I want to mention that sometimes I reread a sentence or clause ten times before my brain pays attention, depending on the day, how much is on my mind, etc. I look words up all the time, too. It relieves the need to "go do something else" so it replaces the social media urge. And it a... |
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