Jaynee wrote:
> 
>     You don't have to help out. I am a non-diabetic who, because of my
> husband's diabetes and multiple complications, has taken on Diabetes as my
> research focus in getting my BA and Master's degree. I have submitted one of
> my papers to University of Minnesota's Diabetes Institute for Immunology and
> Transplantation for publication. If my research helps out one person, it
> will be well worth it. Your harrassment is unreasonable. I never attempted
> to force anyone to do anything. I asked if anyone would be interested.
> That's all!

Well, we are aware that we don't have to help out, and that we don't
need your permission not to.  I think that perhaps you stretch the word,
"harassment" way out of shape in the above statement.  
> 
>     My husband has been diabetic since age 5. By the age of 27, he had over
> 25 laser coagulation surgeries for diabetic retinpathy and 2 vitrectomies.
> He had a kidney transplant (living donor from his father) in July
> 1991because of diabetic nephroplasty. He had a heart attack in July 1995 and
> was diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease as a result of his diabetes. He
> has had numerous stress fractures presumably as a result of the steroids
> that he is on post kidney transplant. Last July, Paul had a pancreas
> transplant and is at last free from hypoglycemia and elevated blood sugars.
> He feels great and would do it again in a heartbeat.
> 

Did you provide this information in your original request for
assistance?  My server did not get the first request to me.

> I thought that this group would be warm and welcoming. Obiously, I was
> wrong. Sorry if I disturbed you. I will bow out now, and not contact anyone
> unless I am contacted first.

If you knew how many people drop in here with a "research project" or
"survey", or an "article to write", then perhaps you might have handled
your original request differently.  Unless requests are handled with a
lot of finesse, it is awfully easy for me, and I think others to have
several reactions:  one, someone is trying to achieve some advantage
from my dis-ease, and/or two, I am a freak that needs to be studied.  

There are also a fair number of critters who check in here looking to
sell something, or promote some rant, and it is usually hard to separate
out the legitimate people from the riff raff.

So that is why folks might tend to be suspicious and impatient with
people who roll in with a little project they want to do.  Now, do you
understand?

Richard



> 
> --
> Jaynee
> Wife to Paul, diabetic for 40 years
> kidney transplant  7-91
> pancreas transplant  7-00
> 
> "Mack"  wrote in message
> news:nkfnit0c4ba71hupfniimmdaf5og0kdkto@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 18:58:56 GMT, "Jaynee" 
> wrote:
> 
> >We are not given school addresses. I am attending Concordia College in Ann
> >Arbor Michigan and we are not given school e-mail.
> >
> >Jaynee
> >
> 
> you could at least put up a webpage on their webserver which students
> are allowed to do.  Host your questionaire there.
> 
> Derek
> Type 1 since 1975
> Minimed 508 Insulin Pump
> http://www.diabeticnet.com
> http://sweetblood.org
> http://www.insulin-pumpers.org