quote:Originally posted by citruslyme: [ i think this is a scam as we never hear from lynn at all, sure she's tired but can never get to a computer, you never see her face nothing.
shame on you and all the people who have donated, i travel alot on business and will be in pennsylvania next week, let's meet shall we? i'll make the time to meet LYNN
Hi Karen Look up above your post and you will see I posted two updates.
sorry for not writing earlier I just felt too sick after beginning my treatment. I am sure we've all felt that way before when starting abx.
You never PMd me ????
And the fact that you live 15 min from me is newws!!!! Why didn't you tell me? I don't know anyone with lyme here so it would be nice to have support right at home.
WE could have saved on my plane ticket and I could have gone to PA with you if you are driving.
Karen I can mail you a copy with my Western Blots which would have my full name and address .lol They are CDC positive --can't be anymore obvious.
I am very grateful for all the help everyone has given me. My aprents are both very ill and my dad is dying in the hospital. I need to go visit him for a few days and this will enable me to see him and come back. God Bless Lynn
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wait a min-- you live in Uxbridge Mass. .............. Where is that? it is deff not 15 min away from my home in Toronto?
As a matter of fact I don't think it is anywhere in my Province --nor even several hours or even Canada.
Hmm now i think we have a troll here?????!!!
and I've never heard from you either??
Nor has anyone who has stepped in to help me.
Had we known , you could have been of use living "15 min from me".
Both my parents are very ill and we certainly could have asked you for help with groceries etc or even driving me to PA for you"business" as it would save us.
Furthermore I am dubious of the fact that you are travelling on business as there is a Lyme conference in PA for OCt 17 and MANY people are going.
And I post here! How can I show my face as per her request if lymenet does not offer that?
Anyhow I juts wnated to make this clear to all those who helped.
No shame-- But be proud of yourselves because you are helping change my life from all the injustice we face each day.
no more comments as I myself am questioning the validity of this poster.
p.s the threat of "checking me out" made me nervous. I am very ill and how can I trust this person if they don't even state the truth. I am very sick and stress like this is bad for me. . I need to rest now. have a headache and tach. I should not reply here and try to prove myself as I am too ill for this.
Those who wish to help God Bless and those who don't that's fine but please don't threaten or harass me.
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For someone to think that a person would scam for what Lynn has asked for,is terrible in my book.People called and talked to lynn,on the phone.My family picked her up at the airport she can tell you the day and flight number as i forgot it.YOU are not a very nice person in my book.I would like to call you something alot worse but i dont want booted off here.When she asked for help,and i went back and read theough her past posts,trying to tell what type of person she was,she talked on the phone for 2 months to my family,before she came.She is a very polite girl,who is very ill like the rest of us.
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Someone mentioned donating mepron. This is a public forum and I am sure everyone here knows that sending prescription drugs to a person other than the one for whom they were prescribed is illegal. In future, it would be a good idea not to post such things on the board, as there are trolls. Be careful what you say and do. Don't want lymenet shut down because of thoughtless posts.
Would the person who made this remark, please go back and edit the post?
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lymie tony z
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Lou is absolutely correct on the mepron or any prescriptions....
Especially with the creaps that have been around here.
Some have asked me what I think....
Here's what I think...why not search for citrus lyme and see when she first appeared here.
I'm pretty sure she has been here awhile. If this were a scheme by an unscroupulous woman or man like that thing on 20/20 and her selling her baby...how would any of us know for sure.
We would'nt....It's Strictly a matter of Faith...
There are those that would defraud Mother Tereasa,Ghandi or even Jesus...for the almighty buck.
BUY A LOTTERY TICKET and save our schools! I've heard that crap all over the country.
Look what the govt does with our taxes...sheesh...
I personally sent her a email and was sent the address to send stuff right away...that was some time ago long before the trolls showed up here in the numbers that have been here lately.
All the folks that this Massacheusetts person says are responding to her pleas are persons that appear here every day helping....
That person would know that if Massacheusetts were'nt a Troll him/herself...
I don't recognize the monicker...
So if anyone is a fraud....I know which one I would choose!
In closeing...I'm sending a little money her way... Even if these folks that are asking are fakes(which I truly believe they are not) and are just poor...
It isn't gonna cost me much and may help a whole lot...
And let God be the judge!
OK I'm done....Ya'll do what you want... I know what I'm gonna do and who I'm gonna believe.
zman
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I just spoke directly with Brian. What he and his wife have done for Lynn is nothing short of a miracle.
We have great power on this board to save lives (literally)... It can also be said that we have the power to truely hurt each other.
When we are desperately ill and confused, a lymeneters words can lift and comfort or belittle and abuse.
Let's try to have faith in each other and if we aren't sure of someone's validity, check with the moderators or scroll on by.
Lynn, it is a privledge to have you share your darkest times with us and having the opportunity to help you through this has given me purpose and strength as I battle through my own ordeals with lyme.
(I am sending your package to Canada tomorrow instead of PA.--some warm clothes, and supplements, goodies...)
Hugs, Kim
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Kim I couldn't express my gratitude . and thank you for your support it means soo much.
And the offer with the delta air lines sounds incredible if anyone still wishes to help with this. I need to stay with my family and travel back and forth as my parents are ill and I don't have anyone else. I need to see my dad in the hospital who is very ill. So the air miles would help a lot. I can also bus it to PA and back to Toronto for $59 we checked. But the bus is more painful for my achy bones than the plane is.
Tony yes it is a good idea for those who don't believe to check my posts. I have been here for 2 years . The person who questioned me only has 60 something posts. And I've emailed you[old hotmail email] 2 years ago I think it was about ketek and herxes and you gave me your tel to call you to talk about it. I still have it in my old email [proof I've been here a while ].
sooo I will PM your tel, who else would know it? Actually your friend Ann was the first person who ever replied to my post for help on LN two years ago and gave me your email as she said you were on ketek............
My comp broke and I had to change my user name from lynliz to citruslyme one year ago.
If anyone wants to know more about me either look up citruslyme or lynliz.
I would have a total of around 170 posts or more and a 2 year stay here.
Notice lynliz has no posts since September 2005 and has the same profile info as me--student, Canada.
And here is a link from when I asked Gigi a question and
Again God Bless for all those who have helped -don't know what I would have done without you. Brian and his family and everyone who is supporting me are angels. Lynn
trails
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PEOPLE: do not give in to the dark side.
and by this I mean:
LYNN is REAL and her life sux really badly right now and she needs any help you can muster up. I have emailed with her many times and have offered my home for her to stay in if she needs to be on this coast.
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lymie tony z
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Hi Lynn,
Thanks for the pm of my email to you...believe it or not I did'nt need it as I remembered you.
Believe it or not I remember about the phases of the moon and that very email and the one Ann sent me about you.
So you did'nt have to convince me...
zman
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sometimesdilly
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Hi Lynn-
have you checked into whether or not you are eligible for the free humanitarian flights?
Dilly
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bettyg
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Hi Lynn and Brian, Glad to hear your goal is getting closer, but disgusted to read about the one person questioning all of a sudden vs. back when it started?!
fyi, Administrator LOU BACHMAN gave his blessings here for Lynn and the courage it took for her to post what she actually needed!
Since he has his tracking equipment, he would have called her a troll IF SHE WERE ONE; but she's only a figment of your imagination.
Continuing to pray for you Lynn/family on everything that is going on in your personal life that you do NOT discuss openly here in public. Bettyg
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hi sometimesdilly yes I think Brian is looking into that--thanks for the suggestion. Not sure If I have to be a Us res or not for that. and the delta idea sounds great too
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Hi Betty thanks so much for the support and yes I am NOT a troll!!
We just made it a bit over our goal of $300 thanks to one generous person. Woohooo. I'm real happy by this. Just wanted to thank all those who helped even with small amoutns like $5 , you made a difference. God Bless. It's wed so just gonna keep this post up till friday if anyone wants to make any last minute donations. But I am more than thankful to my lymenet angels. all is going towards getting me better .
today is an okay day. a little achy all over but I have hope and faith that things will be ok and God is looking after me and my family and kind gestures and support from everyone here is what keeps me going.
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well sorry i'm not a troll just a person questioning authenticity of people asking for money over the internet when i personally have email this person and pm'd this person since i am from mass, which is where i grew up, i travel as a nurse every three to five months all over. i think stating i'm a troll means i'll never get to meet the person because "i'm at risk" whatever, that's definately not the case.
however, to help lynn's plight, i know a very good friend who is a reporter near lynn in pennsylvania, i think a human interest story on her behalf would generate alot of income for her plight, if people see a picture, read a story, they'll send donations so lynnn can continue to recover and she can travel back and forth in her illness to see her ailing parents.
so no i'm not a troll but people sending drugs to people is illegal....by the way...and shouldn't be encouraged and also by the way, i received 14 pm's from people also questioning the authenticity of this saga which continues to just ask for money, money, money.......
strange isn't.
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Just to close off-- wanted to say a heart felt thank you to everyone who helped --we reached that goal and we are very pleased.
The saga goes on just to ask for emotional support and prayers over the internet at this point which I don't believe requires more than a humabeing to do. I am still ill as are my parents so just any positive energy and support is appreciated and is priceless.
To firepipe--it is illegal to stalk people as well by the way LOL
and nowhere here did we mention getting unprescribed meds . Brian bought me Bicillin that was rx by an MD just to make this clear.
p.ps also got Pm's about you considering you only joined in July and wish to track me down and take my pic , quite creepy to be frank
And didn't you say you lived 15 minutes from my home in Toronto??? That's more like 15 hours and another 8 to Brians. Ok no more comments.
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Lynn, Don't bother yourself with this. You don't need to use all the energy defending or proving who you are. You need that energy to get well. We all know what a drain it is expending just the littlest bit of energy.
love to all, Connie Posts: 81 | From NJ | Registered: Mar 2005
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I, like so many, am sorry to see you feeling that you have to defend your position and prove your need to only one person who has questioned.
Some people doubt everything; too bad they can't be optimistic and positive as you are, even in times of dispair.
I'm glad to know that your account balance is rising. Having had corresponded with Brian, I feel that he and his wife are doing a wonderful thing for you to be taking on expenses that even they did not anticipate, and you have done a wonderful job of showing them, and the donors here on Lymenet, your appreciation. We all enjoy hearing from you and knowing how things are going so that we can share the joys and the sorrows. We care!
It is good to know that my husband and I might have been able to lessen the stress by just a little with our small contribution. I'm sure that others who have given feel good about being able to help, and I hope that more, who are able, will find it in their hearts to do the same. In this case, "able" means anyone who can send just a little, and it will add up to help you meet your needs.
Love and peace, Nancy
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Michelle M
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quote:Originally posted by firepipersnurse: did anyone notice there are several of the "same" people replying to the post each time it's sent........
i work hard for my money, if i don't meet lynn, i will let everyone know as i've made myself very flexible to meet this very sick girl..
karen
I gotta admit, Karen, you got me here. I'm part of the scam. Yup -- me, Human, Trails -- you know -- those "same people" who keep replying on Lynn's posts. It's one a those scams where someone earnestly, desperately needs help. Someone big-hearted jumps in - Brian in this case -- and gets the ball rolling. Then the caring just kind of pays forward.
Y'know?
Well, maybe you don't.
However, if I was Lynn, and I had this kind of greeting from you, I would be turning off my porch light fer sure.
Lynn, you're doing a commendable job to rise above all of this.. For a 19 year old it's pretty amazing. Don't let it get you down! Thanks to all the cool LymeNet people for caring.
Michelle
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bettyg
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Lynn, what wonderful news you made the $300 goal you set to fly home to spend quality time with both of you sick parents; what a trio you 3 are!
We will pray for all of you; each going thru your own illness. Keep up your faith.
Good job defending yourself; but don't wear yourself out either. Bettyg
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Yes it is wonderful isn't it? now i can travel between LLMd and family !
Been having awful cramps in my tummy and loss of appetite that doesn't seem to go awya for two weeks now and just nausea.
It worries me. dunno why ? I started taking acidophils for the first time in a long time a few weeks ago thanks to a kind person who sent me some. I am beginning to think that maybe they are helping my tummy and that's why I have cramps?
came back home a little while ago to see my parents and I'll be back for my next LLMD appointment in Nov. dad's quite sick. Just wnated to thank those who helped and enalbed me to travel back and forth as it means a lot to spend time with family and get the help I need.
I would like to write out thank you emails to everyone who helped and is supporting me when I get a bit stronger. Just know that your help has been awfully appreciated and kindness has touched me.
All the cards you sent are aligned right by my computer and make me smile and your supportive words give me courage.
And Brian and his family are just angels--so kind. I feel blessed by all the love here !
still awfully frail and have days where I'm a bit better and then herx real Hard!!
I caught a bad case of strep . I got off abx for several days b/c of my tummy cramps and I did some candida detox and boom. I catch a Horrible type of strep!..and i have an abscess in my throat, pain and fever in bones, headache, heart inflammation/pain and some blood in my urine.I can feel my bp going up and down!
I was thinking about going to the ER today but changed my mind......I will see how i feel in the morn and if it doesn't get better i'll just go to a walk in clinic or somehting.
Got back on the bicillin which should clear things , but I am real scared and worried that it may have done some damage based on all the pain I'm in and the abscess! I never had one before and its rigth near my tonsil
things are real sucky right now the lyme lowered my Nk counts and iGA levels so i've been coming down with colds etc. The LLMD said I'm using up all my NK to fight the Lyme!
Been taking the supplements some very thoughtful and geenrous friends here sent and they helped--I got to the comp--
Ordered a bottle of transfer factor plus thanks to the help here. I am happy about this as I read it is the best thing to boost NK.
love to all and cheers to better health. gonna go get some more bed rest and keep hydrated.too weak to write more, wore myself out! doing awful.awful. awful right now. prayers/ positive energy is appreciated.
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BLOOD IN YOUR URINE - GET TO THE WALKIN CLINIC ASAP!!! (and yes, I am yelling). This is NOT to be taken lightly - a kidney infection is dangerous and not something you can self treat by taking something homeopathic.
Call your LLMD and tell him about your self medications - he needs to know about this and your subsequent downfall.
I care - please don't be stubborn about this..
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Michelle M
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It's great to hear an update, Lynn! I know how relieved you must be to see your parents.
However, it's NOT so great to hear how you're doing.
I'm with Julie.
Does your LLMD know all of this?
Please DO call him.
I bet he will echo her advice: Go to your local clinic. The blood thing is not to be messed with.
Keep your chin up - you knew it was going to get worse before getting better.
It's great to hear updates from you. Please keep us posted. I'm sending prayers and hugs.
Love,
Michelle
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the lyme lowered my Nk counts and iGA levels so i've been coming down with colds etc. The LLMD said I'm using up all my NK to fight the Lyme!
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