Re: Making money from Java

Rick Smith wrote: 
"Judson McClendon" <judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am unable to "get used to it." I have an anxiety-related
illness known as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and
there has been nothing that, for me, triggers the anxiety
more than my relationship with government. It is the one
problem from which I can find no escape.


Rick,

No surprisingly, I have no idea what Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is, and very likely many others don't as well. But I wish you good luck and hope a cure can be found for your condition.

So often, most of us avoiding illnesses, just aren't aware. People in wheelchairs - how many of us see them in a shopping mall. Most often confined to an individual home, or if aged, tucked away conveniently in a nursing home. Apnea which Charles referred to, indicating severe apnea; only knew of it from a former sister-in-law who obviously had a milder version. Epilepsy - know that one, close to home, (not me). I remember ages back a young programmer flopping on the floor with convulsions, not strictly foaming but 'spitting' at the mouth. I was able to keep my cool, recognizing his symptoms.

Diabetes - Sri Lankan friends, both husband and wife have it, to varying degrees. Just over a month ago lost a beloved friend, a Scotsman I used to walk with down by the Bow River with our dogs. Us two old farts, he was '69, used to constantly sort out the world's problems railing against both Paul Martin and Dubya. He died from a combination of diabetes and heart condition brought on by the former.

Odd thing about illnesses - I got the impression that Charles' apnea occurred about the time of his mother's death. Attended above friend's memorial service. Both sons along with mother, gallantly seemed to take the whole thing in their stride. But the younger one looked a little tense. Me, I kept my cool through the whole thing until I shook hands with the youngest, (over from UK where he works); then I blew it - I sobbed. (And again brought some tears as I wrote this).

Small wonder that younger son looked tense - the circumstances triggered hemorrhoids, for which he had to have an operation before returning to UK. Mentioned it out of interest to my doctor on next visit. Sure, he confirmed, stress can bring on an illness. He had recently a 15-year old boy whose mother had died - immediately it brought on severe diabetes for the youngster.

Good luck Rick.

Jimmy
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