The Daily Rave

[SiouzQ.]

I finally have my appointment at the Clinic for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome at Washington University School of Medicine - June 13! Which was way sooner than I expected, so now I am scrambling. I need a flight, and a rental car and a place to stay - Iris Lillies, are you still willing to offer me the use of of your condo for a few days? I'll totally understand if it is not feasible on such short notice or if you've changed your mind.

Yikes!

[iris lilies]

I finally have my appointment at the Clinic for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome at Washington University School of Medicine - June 13! Which was way sooner than I expected, so now I am scrambling. I need a flight, and a rental car and a place to stay - Iris Lillies, are you still willing to offer me the use of of your condo for a few days? I'll totally understand if it is not feasible on such short notice or if you've changed your mind.

Yikes!

yes that was fast.

The dates leading up to June 13+ work for me because I don’t need to stay there until the night of June 16, and even then I wouldnt really have to if it didn't work.

It is good you’ll see this condo before you have actual surgery because you can assess how well it will work for your recovery. The building itself is disability-friendly because it has elevators and you can drive right up to the back door and get on an elevator. That is why we have people in wheelchairs and with walkers living in the building.

The downside is that there is a a single bed and a couch in my condo, neither very comfortable for surgical patients. You can see how it will work out for you, hope it does.

I will send you logistics in a private message.

Cheers!

[SiouzQ.]

Thank you, Iris Lillies!

I am looking to fly in on Wednesday May 12 and leaving the afternoon of Friday May 14.

[happystuff]

Wonderful news, SiouzQ. Best of luck with it all. And a wonderful thing to do, IL!

[catherine]

This is so cool!!! So glad you are getting very quick medical treatment and what a great thing that you can use IL's apartment!! The dynamics of this forum are so interesting. Here we are a tight "band of brothers and sisters" after decades of revealing so many aspects of ourselves to each other and getting understanding and respect in return, without even knowing each others' real names in most cases. I would expect that this is highly unusual in the world of internet superficiality.

[rosarugosa]

I second that, Catherine. This scenario makes me feel extra good about our little community!

[nswef]

Yes, IL and Siouz Q give hope to forming friendships even on line! I'm glad Siouz has good news about at least finding out what might work!

[iris lilies]

About these online relationships:

more than 20 years ago, we had Jonathan Allen and his wife visit us in St. Louis. I can’t remember why they were in St. Louis.

I casually remarked to a friend of ours that I was going to be seeing “a guy I met on the Internet”. My friend stared at me in horror because that was code for getting scammed or robbed or murdered. Haha!

[SiouzQ.]

All this got me to thinking about when I first joined the forum; I know I was on the previous incarnation of the Simple Living. Forum. Does anyone remember when that started? I'm trying to think back to when I first got on the internet - I didn't have my own computer for a long time until I got my MIL's old one, but I cannot for the life of me remember at all when that was...is there a way to find out?

I was looking back at my old messages and saw that I met "Float On" in person when she came through Madrid about a year after I moved to New Mexico! I wonder how she is doing?

There are so many people we don't hear from anymore! I hope they are off leading good and fullfilling lives out there!

[catherine]

I was going to say late 1990s, but to check myself I googled Simple Living Network, and Dave Wampler's closing post is still there. He posted the end of his 15 years hosting the website on New Year's Eve 2010. He started it in 1995. I feel like I started regularly visiting in 1998. There are so many people I still remember.