Cabel,

You are so right about getting much more back than one gives. I was so sick on Sunday that I had to spend all day yesterday in the hospital. The doctor let me come home under a strict plan on my insistence. But even though I felt sick, I felt so honored to be allowed to participate in the conference call and to speak with you on Sunday. I feel unworthy since I am not a sufferer and only the mother of one; and I feel bad about taking up time in the conference. My phone battery died, and I had to charge it for a while, but I came back later and listened to Arun.

I want to thank you for organizing the conference calls. It is bringing the various forums together and creating momentum. Your genuine caring for everyone is apparent in your actions and words, and everyone appreciates you. Thank you.

I ask everyone to please be patient with me because my health slows me down in my efforts to build a blog. This blog's goal is to unite sufferers and professionals to further understand all types of BO. There is so much information shared in each forum and blog out there, and it is very time consuming to be jumping from one to the other to get it all. Most people simply don’t have the time to do it. The purpose of this blog is for each forum to maintain in current function, but to also share their most important finding and concerns in the post for all others to see at a quick glance. We as sufferers can contribute data by (anonymously, if you prefer) filling out questionnaires posted on the blog by scientists, and the professionals can post some of their findings and latest theories on BO. It's a big undertaking, and my energy level is a 3 to 5 right now, but every chance I get, I'm working on it. Please be patient with me.

I do ask all the people that participate in this forum to please help me by reaching out with your support to each other by posting. I am not very strong physically right now, and I see all the hits of people reading the posts in this forum, and so few are actively participating by posting. By helping others, you begin to see how valuable indeed you are as a human being. You each have your own unique talents that we can all grow from, and from which we can all be comforted – something you may lose sight of with the social rejection you may be getting because of your BO. You each have so much to give!

Again, thanks Cabel for reaching out to everyone across the forums!

Have a good day.
mpdela

Hey well written post there man!

Hi Cable, I am DSL(jokeing)...I think that people who suffer from Body Odor (like myself -TMAU) have become "lazy" due to the Depression this disease brings with it. When we see how our relatives/friends/coworkers/strangers behave when we are around, it brings us down and drains any hope we gathered up.

You are the one exception to this rule and I think we should all try and be more positive like you if we are to survive this test from God! Keep up the good work buddy...


SM