I've been posting notices for my Lung Transplant Blog over on GD...

And it dawned on me that this is where I became a true DUer.

When I first signed in I was overwhelmed by the level of political discourse on the main pages. I would tentatively post something and watch it sink faster than the Bismark...

and then I found myself in the hospital with ARDS and pneumonia back in 2004.

When I came back it wasn't that long until I discovered the lounge. I was tentative at first but by the time the 04 election was over, I was able to forget about all my troubles while learning how to post in Morse Code, why Chili is not Chili unless you add (please insert secret ingredient here) and to look forward to Shark week...

I remember an especially fun day when I was posting about what Cool Whip went good with...

It was a very long thread and it was fun although I can tell you Dill Pickles do not go well with Cool Whip...

Anyway, I am facing a lung transplant in the near future and it occurred to me that setting up a blog about what i am going through would help me get through it all...

If you care to take a look...

https://mylungtransplantyears.wordpress.com/

I promise there is no Cool Whip or Hersey's Chocolate Syrup anywhere to be found...

I posted this by mistake in here....

Count me out!!!


(In actual fact, WCGreen's blog is well worth the read - but don't tell him I said so. No Cool Whip, no endorsement.)

Even if there isn't any Cool Whip...;-)

I've become such a policy wonk, I hang out predominantly in GD, which is much less kind and a lot less gentle. I'm happy you're here.

Did the Lounge go away while I wasn't looking?!

At least that is my expereince...

I'm pretty emersed these days in GD but there was a time I spent lots of lounge time and loved the copycat topics and the when they opened the bar and the discussions about weighty subjects like whether cats or dogs are better and how. Yeah, I get it.