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 Tulipant

 Thanks for taking the time to inform us about Don.  I may have missed
 some of the things going on back at that time.  Fido was more active
 then and my work schedule at times made me skip reading all the posts.
 In fact there are still times when it seems all the posts come on a day
 I have way to many things going on all at once.

 Anyway back to Don for a minute.  The two echos that I remember him in
 were this one Bluewave and also Qedit.  I gleaned several good tips
 from him for both applications and still use some of them even to this
 day.  It does not make it any better to have the info from you but at
 least it is better than just not knowing what happen to Don.

 You have a good day and a better tomorrow.

... Ben    

... Saw your name in a bowl of alphabet soup - F R I E N D.


 TG> Ben Carpenter -> Tulipant Gergely >>Don Alt<< {at} 13
Oct 02  22:15:40
 TG> 
 TG> Sorry about this off-topic, but the echo is pretty quiet, anyway.
 
 BC> I to am one that gleaned a lot of useful info from Don's post in this
 BC> echo and a couple other and have not seen his name in a long time.
 TG> 
 TG> He left Fido in the September of 2000.
 
 BC> Him and I had a couple heated discussions
 TG> 
 TG> Yeah. It was nice to argue with him.
 
 BC> Was his death recent or has it been some time?  Do
 BC> you have any idea how old a man he was?
 TG> 
 TG> My idea is about 47 y.o., but I'm not even sure he's ever existed.
 TG> :) He called himself a Vietnam vet, anyway. The below is the last
 TG> I've read about him. 
 TG> === Forwarded Message Follows ================================
 TG> 
 TG> * Originally By: Michael Nellis
 TG> * Originally To: Tulipant Gergely
 TG> * Original Subj: Don Alt
 TG> * Original Date: 23 Dec 00  10:31:00
 TG> * Original Area: International User
 TG> 
 TG> Hi, Tulipant.
 TG> 
 TG> Or should I say, "Hi, Gergely?" :-)
 TG> 
 TG> This message is to share a bit of sad news with you and with anyone
 TG> else who might still be lurking from the Old Days.
 TG> 
 TG> On 19 December 2000, Don Alt passed away.
 TG> 
 TG> Don had been feeling the affects of the HIV for several years, but in
 TG> the last year or two this infection caused his health to deteroriate
 TG> at an increasingly rapid rate.  Don died at his home with a few loved
 TG> ones to care for him and help ease his passing.
 TG> 
 TG> You don't have an internet e-mail address, do you Tulipant?  I'm
 TG> working on something in memoriam.  I can include your name on it if you
 TG> did a fair bit of corresponding with Don, which I think you did if
 TG> memory serves.  It's in electronic format at the moment but you can get
 TG> a hard copy of it made at a printer if you're of a mind to.
 TG> 
 TG> * SLMR 2.1a * "A pun is the lowest form of humor."  "Poetry is
 TG> verse." 
 TG> ! Origin: Juxtaposition BBS, Telnet:juxtaposition.dynip.com
 TG> (1:167/133)
 TG> ============================================================== 
 TG> Y'all could expect this, since he left some clue in this echo:
 TG> 
 TG> === Forwarded Message Follows ================================
 TG> 
 TG> * Originally By: Don Alt
 TG> * Originally To: Mslrfrg{at}aol.com
 TG> * Original Subj: Hi Cousin
 TG> * Original Date: 12 May 00  17:48:00
 TG> * Original Area: Blue Wave Mail
 TG> 
 TG> [...]
 TG> 
 TG> Anyway, I'm going through a battery of various tests.  I've
 TG> already seen about 4 physicians for several things, and yesterday I
 TG> stumped 5 dermatologists.  I've got a red/pink rash or
"something" all
 TG> over my body, including my face, that makes me look like I've been
 TG> badly sunburned, and that itches like crazy.  I've only got a few
 TG> "islands of white skin" left as the one dermatologist
said.  They they
 TG> can't identify it so they did two biopsies yesterday.  I find out the
 TG> results this coming Friday.  In the meantime I've got more body lotions
 TG> to apply all over than Max Factor makes! :-)  At least they finally
 TG> gave me something to stop or control that terrible itching.
 TG> 
 TG> Yesterday, in addition to seeing the dermatologists I also had an
 TG> ultrasound done on the large lump on my right testicle and I'll find
 TG> out the results of that next week, too.  But it's not testis. cancer.
 TG> 
 TG> Next week I have 3 more appointments with other doctors, and I'm
 TG> scheduled to see both a physiologist and a psychiatrist in the future.
 TG> My various appointments stretch into July.
 TG> 
 TG> As far as the you-know-what is concerned, I'm not in too bad shape
 TG> for not having any medication whatsoever the past nine years.  They
 TG> haven't started me on any meds, yet, but I've just started seeing
 TG> those doctors, who are specialists, last week.  I'm really not in bad
 TG> shape... could always be better, but I'm not too bad.  As of the last
 TG> blood test two weeks ago my viral load is 425,000 and my T-cells are
 TG> 236, which, for no medication isn't all that bad, even if it's not
 TG> great.  I'm sorta "middle of the road" as the one doctor
said.  I guess
 TG> I'll be living longer than what I thought when I had that urinary
 TG> infection and couldn't pee.  How I got that infection is a mystery to
 TG> me.  I never leave the house and go anywhere where I'd get one.
 TG> 
 TG> [...]
 TG> ==============================================================


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