My son has offered to help me set up a Google page, or blog. He just opened a blog for himself as a matter of fact.

Recently I sadly discovered that BrainTalk is now blocking links from there to here. I was posting a little over there and linking to informational posts here that I have, and now bingo...this is not allowed.

Maybe this is the time to start my own place for information? I will still be here however, as usual. I guess my biggest decision is what to call the blog.
On the internet now for 7 years I have been mrsdoubtfyre. I've sort of moved on to mrsD, now, but many links on Google use my old handle.
I don't want to use my real name for liability/harrassment issues. Some of you know I was harrassed heavily on Braintalk and I don't want that in my private life. So up til now I have refrained from a blog or Google page.

Here is the link to my son's new blog...he is using it mostly for photos that he is now concentrating on. We gave him a digital camera for his birthday last summer, and he has developed a huge hobby as a result. He will be 26 this June, and it is now obvious to me, he is officially an adult now with adult interests! He was here a couple of weeks ago and took that picture that he is using as his banner for his blog. I am tickled to see that! I had no clue.
http://thekevinmonster.wordpress.com/

So what say you all? To blog or not to blog?

Mrs. D,
I think your blog would be wonderful! I always enjoy the info you post and you have so much to give to the world. Medically and otherwise.

I went thru a lot of the photo's on your son's website and he is a very talented young man. I think some of his photo's would make art pictures or prints. Has he thought about doing this? He's really got a good eye and I love his offbeat sense of humor.

Billye

You know my husband is the "writer" here.
And I am the artist/scientist.

Looks like my son inherited BOTH! My hubby also does photography as a hobby, and my son was exposed to that while growing up. But in contrast hubby is not hot for our new digital camera...yet...I am working on that!

I too, enjoy my son's comments to the pictures. He is funny in real life too.
A bit off beat typically as well.

I don't know if you ever saw his picture?
This one is from high school... but is very typical. When he came with me on vacation every summer, we always had a very good time.

He really didn't do photos until I got him that camera last summer. He offered to help me with my new digital camera...to replace the auto Olympus I had, and when he got into my Sony Cybershot... he became "hooked" then. So we got him a Canon (smaller less zoom).. and off he went. I think it is the computer techno connection. Digital cameras give instant results and feedback.. which I think appeals to my son. Waiting for film to be developed seemed to frustrate him, and it can be expensive too. Since my son is a computer/techno fiend...the digital opened alot of doors for him creatively.

Thanks for the comments! They are greatly appreciated. We are going to my son's place for Mother's Day dinner...so then he can explain how much time/effort a blog would take. But I think I am ready now for it.

You know I just thought of something!... my son was born blind...and we got glasses for him at 8mos...it was very experimental in those days 25 yrs ago to fit glasses on infants. I just realized that he is most excited with the CLOSE-ups his camera does. He seems to favor that nearsighted point of view. When he was tiny he examined everything that way... seems to be a character pattern now!

Mrs. D.

With much enthusiasm, I went through all the photos that your son took. How talented he is!!!! Our sons are exactly the same age. Unfortunately, you know how my son turned out.

You however, have been blessed. The colors are absolutely gorgeous and the flowers, the pinks, the yellows. They just bounce off the screen. And the photos of the food, I had to laugh out loud, Made me think of when I took pictures of my patatas and muffins.

Very professional if I do say so myself. Is he a professional photographer??

If not, he should think about it. He's good!!!

Anyway, what to call your blog???

Well, if the name is not already in use why not simply call it

MRS DOUBTFYRE'S INFORMATION JOURNAL or MRS D'S THOUGHTS AND WORDS


How cool, you'll have a blog, and we get to see it.

Best of luck and kiss the kid.

Melody

He is also a cook... loves to cook. I taught him the basics and he zoomed off and now is far beyond me. I think we will have ribs on Mother's Day..that was the offer, along with some exotica. Sometimes I just can't handle the exotica, so I think we will have the ribs, and a nice salad. He makes a nice ginger dressing I like. Right now he is grooving on homemade ice cream. He made a fabulous egg nog ice cream for Xmas. I wonder if I could get him to make a peach one for Mother's Day

When he was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD, on the "autism" spectrum.
And getting him off meds (he was on Ritalin for 5 years) with EFAs was my first experience with alternative preventive medicine/treatments. That was over 10 yrs ago, and he is med free, but does use fish oil, and vitamins still, and magnesium and zinc.
That magnesium and EFA thread here is a desendant of the ADHD board at BrainTalk (all my work there on nutrients was lost when the crash occurred and I don't think the archives will be brought back--so it was a huge loss).

Basically he is a computer geek..works for a small software company in Ann Arbor Michigan, after he graduated university. We don't know where the techno genes came from, as neither of us is very handy that way.

I am sorry about your son... it must be unbearably painful, for you both.

Edit to add... I see he has our vacation last summer on that Flickr... as well as his Saturday Band jam...
The Band Jam is new. My son plays the bass, guitar and keyboards, and is starting up this band with some new
friends he has made. Music was always his first passion. But the camera seems to be moving up there now too!

Your help has been ennormous for me,i have only been here at NeurTalk
for a short time..I'm sure we all would be happy to share you .

What a great bonding experience between your son and you..Your
son is very creative,he really showed us the beauty from within,with
the Tulip shot,i just loved that..It also brought back some very fond
memories of Ann Arbor,it was a nice place to work,as well live.

Yes,do it please,i know how empressed my Dr. was maybe she can pass
it on and there you go Drs.learning outside of those hospital walls.
I'm going to pass along your son's site to my oldest son's he's very creative
as well. There both very handsome as well!! Many blessings Sue

I could hardly believe it when I read about you son, the ADHD, and the ritalin.

So was my son. When he was about 6 or 7, we had him evaluated (no one even mentioned the words Aspergers back then). All they said was ADHD, put him on Ritalin, put him in Special Ed..... So we did. In 6 months, they said "no, he doesn't have ADHD, take him off the ritalin, he doesn't need it, he has Oppositional Defiance Disorder. (With all the accompanying rages, meltdowns) Ultimately when he was 10 or so, he decided to "get out of Special Ed". I had nothing to do with it. He said "I can control my behavior" and control it he did.

Unfortunately, when he became an adult, after graduating college (full scholarship), he just left home and that was 5 years ago. He became a compulsive gambler and is now on SSI.

How different our sons turned out. You are indeed blessed.

This thing with our son, well it kind of destroyed our mental health, and our physical health. It affects the family. It really does. No other way to say it. And I won't bring it up again. It just does something to a mother's heart.

I have had to make a lot of adjustments in my life. Perhaps that's why I turned to food the way I did. Thankfully, that is all behind me. I no longer self medicate with food. But the consequences of that behavior, well, I have diabetes, and now diabetic neuropathy. I just have to deal with this too!!!

It would have been nice to have a son to come for dinner on Sunday, with children, to have a house full of kids running around, calling me Grandma.
But with his having aspergers and not evening calling us to inquire about us. (its been a long long time since we've even heard from him), well, it does break one's heart. Never thought this would happen. I only wish we could have known about the aspergers (or one of his therapists, when he was younger, maybe if one of them had said "your son has aspergers disorder, well you know me, I would have been all over it, getting information, etc.".

We didn't catch a break in that department. The stress would definitely have killed another person. How Alan and I have survived the past 5 years, well I don't know. But we have and we will continue to do so.

All I want to do is deal with MY neuropathy right now.

So I wish you and your darling son all the best. And he cooks too!!!! Oh how devine is that!!!! Alan wouldn't know his way in the refrigerator. He can't even turn on the stove. I tried years ago to teach him to cook something in the kitchen. I would say "what if something happens to me, what will you eat??" Alan's reply, "Cereal, or I'll go around the corner and ordered steamed chicken from the chinese takeout".

See, these men survive, now don't they???

lol
Melody

I would read it, Mrs. D. as I already read your postings. Looked at your son's photos and they are lovely and he makes very interesting comments to each photo. This is an interesting young man. He was born blind? He must see now?

Shirley H.

YES! Blog!!!!

Hooray!!!!!!!!

YES, MrsD, I agree with the rest of the folks here. You are such a great help and inspiration to others. I know from your advice to me that my feet are feeling much better now that I have added additional supplements to my daily intake.

I look forward to reading each and every installment. I have not looked at your son's pages yet, but I will as soon as possible.