Slowly getting better.

[Angela M...]

Samantha, sorry to hear you gave it up and started again but I know it is hard to quit. My mother did try to quit in her 30's and 40's and 50's but then said to heck with it I enjoy it too much. Dad never smoked much that I remember but did come back from the war with a pipe and that tobacco smelled rather nice but then he stopped even that. Mom said she started smoking because of the war. My sister and brother and myself never started in part because we hated the smell so much and cleaning stale ashtrays was the worst.

[Angela M...]

I guess if I am to be honest, my vices were collecting and wearing panties, tights and girls things and plastic panties of which I have lots and lots in my collection. I once thought of how much money I spent in my lifetime on my hobby but then decided I did not want to know.

[samantha1]

angela
It is  only when you start thinking how much you have spent that you changed your mind and donot want to know what u spent ,what you donot look at is what you have exsperenced and enjoyed over this period,that has got too be more enjoyable than what u spent.Do u still wear all of these things ,as i said i am nearly  63 and still enjoying wearing and going out in my special outfits.You must be about my age .I  have recently bought more outfits on ebay

[Angela M...]

Hey Samantha, yes I still wear all of these things and I only have one pair of boy undies for doctors appointments. I wear panties everyday and tights all the time in the winter. I love pink or white tights the best but have all colours in my collection and fleece lined ones for extreme cold days and nights. I am 66 years old and been wearing panties and other girls clothes since I was about four years old when I would wear my sisters clothes all the time. I had long blond curly hair when I was young but when my father caught me in my sisters dress and panties with ribbons in my hair I was whisked off for a haircut right away and even though my mother loved my long hair she would not say anything to my father about it so I became a boy again. I have also been wearing plastic panties since I was about 10 or 11 and would often wear them under my clothes at school until I got caught by a girl in the desk behind me. Then I slowed down a bit but never lost the love or lust for plastic panties and rain coats and other plastic wear. I also love rubber wear and panties and found an old photo of me as a baby in England in 1950 wearing real rubber pants. I asked my mother about the photo once and she divulged that if my nappies were drying in front of the fireplace she or my aunts would often just put the rubber pants on me to prevent accidents so I believe my love of rubber may be due to those times in my life just wearing rubber pants. We spent the first few years of my life living at my grandmothers house with my mothers 3 sisters while my dad was away working. Needless to say I was a very spoiled little boy/girl.

[Betty]

My brother's been in the hospital for over a week. I just found out that a biopsy of lymph node shows cancer. Don't know yet if it's lymphoma or recurrence of lung cancer. Doc says lymphoma is better than lung again. This is his third battle with cancer in about a year.

Asking to send prayers.

[Angela M...]

Hey Betty, I am sending prayers your way for your brother. If this is his third battle he is a strong guy and could beat it again. I have a brother and sister also and have lost people to Cancer in the past. The last friend passed away last week after his battle. Sure wish after all the millions donated to Cancer research there would be some kind of cure by now.
Prayers sent your way.

[Betty]

We lost one of our most popular celebrities, Mary Beth Sanford to cancer as she fought it for over a decade... At least I think she's gone now. Every few years she turns up again when she can get privately on a computer & is well enough to type something, so who knows? But it's been a while since we heard from her again.

My brother isn't very tech savvy. I can't imagine being stuck in bed or in the hospital for weeks or months, without buttons to push to pass the time, do something with, keep me entertained, or to communicate if I can't speak. And with lung problems, frequently, you can't speak.

Especially this day an age, if you're elderly, ill, or disabled, you need the technology to survive more than ever. I can't understand anybody physically challenged or disabled not to wanting to try to learn how to use a little tech. One could even research your own condition so you can form an educated opinion as to what treatments you want rather than trust an opinion of 1 doctor or hospital who likes your insurance money more than they like you.

[andyg0404]

Hi Betty,

Sorry to hear about your brother and hope he is able to weather this storm as well. We have to hope that someday science conquers cancer and all the life threatening diseases.

Andy G.

[Betty]

My brother is only 8 years older than me (I have 4 brothers & a sister). His problems started out with COPD like I have. But after a few years it got to be 1 battle with cancer after another. I have another brother, the oldest, 2 years older than him who is having typical age related problems, but is doing good enough.

Up until recently no male on either side of my family ever survived past 65, although most of the women lived longer. So both these brothers lived longer than any male in our family ever did, & are currently the oldest living male members of the entire family. But I have quite a few Aunts, & female cousins much older.

The brother just a couple years older than me only lived to 46, the one a couple years older than him died just before 60. Now my sister has arthritis, diabetes, & high blood pressure, but gets around better than anybody else in the immediate family. She's the only relative that doesn't live way too far away, & is able to make it into town to see me once in a while.

I turn 61 in 8 days. So I guess I beat the odds a little in that I lived older than my father, both grandfathers, most of my uncles, & 2 of my brothers.

We all lived relatively healthy lives, eating healthy food, & getting plenty of exercise. But as we got older something always got us. The trigger for me was catching the worst flu of my life, & having it almost totally destroy my lungs. Before that I was running, jumping, climbing, swimming, & bicycling better than most people half my age. Then in just a week, a flu destroyed my health permanently & almost killed me.

My brother needs chemo again, but is physically weak and malnourished. The doctor is concerned that he may not survive chemo, but he will not survive without it.

Please send prayers.

[samantha1]

my second cousin died of cancer when he was 35,and my mum and dad died at the grand age of 89 and 92.My sister suffers from arthrites and soarises and is 5 yrs more