[Melusine]

Originally posted by Grojlach: Aargh! Spare me with those smilies! They look so... so innocent, so happy it's almost sickening. Anyway, still watching from the sideline and I don't intend to change that for now; I only tried to cheer up Lord Shield a bit, but for the rest... I only think it's sad some people still can't drop the insulting part... And for the rest? Finally know what made me end up in the hospital 7 weeks ago... It turned out I had glandular fever (ziekte van pfeiffer) and a normally harmless flu escalated things completely... Still recovering from it...

What's wrong with innocent and happy??

I am so glad you found out what happened... I remember the post on MH about your illness.... it sounded so serious, esp. with the menigokokken epidemy! I was really scared, even though I didn't know you at the time. I know what glandular fever is...how scary that combined with an ordinary flu it can make you so ill, huh? Maarten, a word of warning here: PLEASE be VERY VERY careful, go easy on yurself. You've just created the ideal circumstances to get M.E. (myalgic encephalomyelitis) and believe me, you DON'T want that. I don't want to sound like your mom and I know you probably know this already, but please, it is imperative that you don't do anything until fully rested and cured! You can get M.E. from a neglected glandular fever, and the chances are heightened even more when you've had a flu. Trust me, you do not want to be stuck with a stupid, debilitating, frustrating disease like that so be careful OK? Rest rest rest.

About the other thing: comforting people is all I try to do as well...I'm sad that friendships are being destroyed/damaged by this... I'm glad some of us have the sense to stay out of the insulting games



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[This message has been edited by Melusine (edited 09-27-2001).]