Keep healing

and I am glad you are doing better. 2017 was a bad year for you - may 2018 be a million times better!

So glad to see you here, Bill, and on the mend.

I really missed you.

I don't see how it can get much worse (knock wood). Be careful and take things as they come. You seem to be doing well handling what has been dumped on you. You are obviously very resiliant. You will need your strength for the midterms.

I'm gearing up for the midterms.

We are all hoping that 2018 will be better. We just have to keep on hoping and keep on movin' don't stop no.

Thanks!

I don't want to be funny, just give you a hug and tell you that you were missed Bill.

I missed our late night chats.

I can't believe you did Hurricane Irma in a walker. Love your brother that brought you to shore.

Have missed your sane & sound reasoning.

I'm sorry about your hard year. I too hope 2018 is better for you.

Yes, let's hold hands and jump into that blue wave that we both know is coming.

So good to see your name again.

Did you see this down at the beach? It's gonna be fun - and you know what payback is!

I can relate

Glad you're on the mend and back again.

BlueWave!

Look forward to chatting with you again.

I took off for 5 months from July to December.. and an all news Blackout. It was blissful.

So glad you're back and healing!

is the worst year of his miserable, selfish life!

Sending positive vibes your way, William.

Have a heart! We may not always be on the same side but that does not mean we cannot be friends. Here is hoping for a better 2018 for you.

.......I was so glad to see your name. Happy Valentine's Day, too!.......

Here's hoping that 2018 will be better. Esp if the mid-terms go our way.

I heard you were in the path of the hurricane and seeking shelter. Glad to see you back!!!

I ended up hunkering down (I won't ever do that again).

I'll be helping riding it.

always liked your posts

Speaking of Middlesboro, I remember the year S.E. Kentucky flooded in the mid 70's. I also remember numerous tornadoes back then.

That was the last year that I lived in Kentucky.

I know a number of people here were wondering where you'd gone, and now you've explained it.

Great that you're on the road to recovery (physically AND mentally!) and looking to get back in the fray.

For what it's worth, at about 11 PM on Election night I turned off the television and couldn't bring myself to watch news of any kind until sometime in March, when all the scandals started breaking out.

2018 has to be better. I refuse to accept anything less.

It's really great to see you again.

We're glad to have you back!

(I thought 2017 was a pretty sucky year for our family, too. Was glad to ring in 2018.)

Here's hoping your 2018 is much better than your 2017. Still dealing with Irma issues as well, slowly but surely.

The Blue wave has already started here in Sarasota.

was hard for me, I am so sorry for all these tribulations that visited you in this last year.
I'm glad you are back, according to the Buddha if you get knocked down 7 times you get up 8 times. And you are coming out on top, stronger and better.
Thanks for writing.

Thank you.

May 2018 shine for you William769

You really had a trying year! I know broken metacarpals intimately. Having broken my 4th and 5th twice before in the same foot in different places, but I didn’t do it back to back! How you must have suffered! I’m so very sorry you had to endure that. I wondered how you were often, but I never imagined how tough things were for you.

I’m so happy for you to finally be feeling a bit more like yourself again. If you’re anything like me, you’ll never take your feet for granted again and be hyper vigilant about protecting them from here forward. My family laughs at me over how careful I am with my feet now!

Now I know. Thanks for the update - Now let's go kick some ass, to November and Beyond!

I am crossing fingers on both hands, and toes on both feet for you. I can not pick up anything or walk around normal. Still, it is like my family doctor said to me "We do not want to see all of your bones going brittle. Please take care of yourself". And so it goes.

What doesn't kill us, doesn't kill us. Glad you're on the mend. Stay well and happy you're back.

just by wandering into our space. We need all hands on deck as this is going to be a banner year for team BLUE.

That's a rather arduous journey you've had. Sounds like you've personally paid enough purgatory time to cover 20 people. I hope it's over and you have some smooth sailing ahead. And, like all the rest of us, may it be riding a rising tide of true blue!

Voice like yours are badly needed.

I understand the mental meltdown all too well. Fortunately, I was not afflicted by your other ills.

But like you, I will never see events in the US again as I once did before November 2016. The Women's Marches and the success and determination of so many good people to take our country back from Trump and his minions are the only things that keep me going.

Stay well and healthy!

Take good care of yourself (or, as best you can). DU hug -->

It sounds like you've been through the wringer recently -- I hope you are on the mend and by next November our whole country can start to recover.

You've really been thru hell but you're a real survivor!

I can relate William , as I also fall and get hurt. Hope this year is the greatest for you, and keep getting better. The blue wave IS coming, and it WILL get better. Stay positive.

For me, DU has been both a blessing and a curse, but overall, it has anchored me in the need to RESIST.

Being around like-minded people has been a comfort. Welcome back! To your returned health

November, my friend.

Missed you!

I hope that 2018 will be a better year

get our country back on the right track.

You were here for a lot of us when we needed you.

I hope we can all support each other through the rest of the nightmare times that are still unfolding.

Here's hoping for a better year for you and everyone else in our poor, besieged country. We MUST smash them in the midterms. You are a real trooper - hats off to you!

Sent a heart and I want to add a wish for 2018 being better.

but for you it was really bad! Glad you're OK.

Hopefully, Trump will have a worse 2018 than you did a 2017!

hoping you were ok. That sounds like a hell of a ending of the yr. Good to see you.

You always brought me back from the brink.



P.S. Thanks to all that have responded that I have not answered. This thread got a lot bigger than I had expected. What a welcome back!

but I guess the opportunity is lost <3

And may 2018 be better for you, and for us all...

Sounds like you had a truly horrendous year. May this one be better.