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[tampa24]

I will also accede to letting Ms. K. have Chad. Providing of course that we are still allowed to flirt with him on occasion.

As long as I can have Blake and Colin. Is that too greedy? LOL Actually I should probably try to negotiate a time-share agreement with Mrs. Colin first. haha

 

[BlakeBennet]

I will also accede to letting Ms. K. have Chad. Providing of course that we are still allowed to flirt with him on occasion.

As long as I can have Blake and Colin. Is that too greedy? LOL Actually I should probably try to negotiate a time-share agreement with Mrs. Colin first. haha

Im down! lets do this!

 

[BlakeBennet]

You tease! LOL

I have been told that i am a really REALLY big tease

 

[chase3398]

Blake, you can tease all you like. I, as one of many, love your performances and your interaction here on the forum. You are indeed a treasure for us here and for the world.Since you brought up your efforts at the gym and the dinner table, I too am in the same boat as you. I eat like a horse and do so simply to maintain my meager 150 lbs. I still wear the same size clothes I wore in high school. It is frustrating to say the least if you are trying to gain weight. But. several years ago I had a talk with my doctor about it and he, who is over weight, just smiled, then laughed as he patted his own big belly. He assured me everything was ok and that, like you, I had a metabolic rate that was in high gear..nothing to worry about. So, since then I simply accept my "skinnyness" and take life as it comes along. We are what we are and who we are and I can only hope that people will simply accept others for what and who they are. Some like hot pizza and some like it cold..what the hell..but the fatty foods probably won't do much except cause problems later in life. So, be proud of who you are...you have so many outstanding qualities to share with this world and a pound or two either way won't change those cherished qualities. You are a wonderful young man and I thank you for letting so many of us share, in a little way, a part of your life.

 

[BlakeBennet]

Blake, you can tease all you like. I, as one of many, love your performances and your interaction here on the forum. You are indeed a treasure for us here and for the world.Since you brought up your efforts at the gym and the dinner table, I too am in the same boat as you. I eat like a horse and do so simply to maintain my meager 150 lbs. I still wear the same size clothes I wore in high school. It is frustrating to say the least if you are trying to gain weight. But. several years ago I had a talk with my doctor about it and he, who is over weight, just smiled, then laughed as he patted his own big belly. He assured me everything was ok and that, like you, I had a metabolic rate that was in high gear..nothing to worry about. So, since then I simply accept my "skinnyness" and take life as it comes along. We are what we are and who we are and I can only hope that people will simply accept others for what and who they are. Some like hot pizza and some like it cold..what the hell..but the fatty foods probably won't do much except cause problems later in life. So, be proud of who you are...you have so many outstanding qualities to share with this world and a pound or two either way won't change those cherished qualities. You are a wonderful young man and I thank you for letting so many of us share, in a little way, a part of your life.

Yes i would call this sharing a part of my personal life.

Thanks, i dont see it as a curse but really awesome blessing.

 

[Ms. Kianna]

Ms.K, I agree with your post totally with the exception of one thing, i.e. fighting over Chad. We gentlemen on the forum graciously give assent to the fact the Chad is yours.

But for those who would be foolhardy enough to challenge you, I devolve into gay stereotype-land to say that we are all "sisters" here so I note a few lines from the song "Sisters":

"Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister, but Lord help the sister who comes between me and my man".

Ms. K and Chad 4evr!!!!


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I will also accede to letting Ms. K. have Chad. Providing of course that we are still allowed to flirt with him on occasion.

As long as I can have Blake and Colin. Is that too greedy? LOL Actually I should probably try to negotiate a time-share agreement with Mrs. Colin first. haha

Im down! lets do this!

Blake, of course you are down with it..........you don't want CHAD.

 

[JLipps4u]

Well said Chase!

I too HAD that problem. I weighed 125# from the time I was 16 till I was 21. In college I did gymnastics, and I buffed up to 130#, mostly in my arms and pecs. I stayed that weight till i was 30, when my Diabetes kicked in, my metabolism changed and I ballooned to over 200#! Gone was that little gymnast body, never to return!

 

[Beth]

Actually I should probably try to negotiate a time-share agreement with Mrs. Colin first. haha

As I recall, from a photo Colin posted, you don't want to bother them on Mondays, that's the "gag and bag" day at their house!

 

[BlakeBennet]

Well said Chase!

I too HAD that problem. I weighed 125# from the time I was 16 till I was 21. In college I did gymnastics, and I buffed up to 130#, mostly in my arms and pecs. I stayed that weight till i was 30, when my Diabetes kicked in, my metabolism changed and I ballooned to over 200#! Gone was that little gymnast body, never to return!

Oh no.. Im sorry to hear that. was too much sugar intake the reason you got diabetes?

 

[tampa24]

I will also accede to letting Ms. K. have Chad.

As long as I can have Blake and Colin.

Im down! lets do this!

Woohoo!

I know you say that to be a tease. Yet it's still very sweet of you and much appreciated all the same. haha Any of us in here would be lucky and blessed to have you as our very own bff or significant other. XOO

Since you are so agreeable I would probably want to start off by getting together with you and having a marathon conversation like you did with Mark. haha Since you are straight I would settle for being able to hold your hand once in a while as we talked and just gazing into your eyes. With maybe a hug and a kiss on the cheek goodnight when we went our separate ways for the evening.

Blake says I can have him. Yay!

I can die a happy man. haha

 

[tampa24]

As I recall, from a photo Colin posted, you don't want to bother them on Mondays, that's the "gag and bag" day at their house!

I was thinking every other weekend.

 

[BlakeBennet]

Woohoo!

I know you say that to be a tease. Yet it's still very sweet of you and much appreciated all the same. haha Any of us in here would be lucky and blessed to have you as our very own bff or significant other. XOO

Since you are so agreeable I would probably want to start off by getting together with you and having a marathon conversation like you did with Mark. haha Since you are straight I would settle for being able to hold your hand once in a while as we talked and just gazing into your eyes. With maybe a hug and a kiss on the cheek goodnight when we went our separate ways for the evening.

Blake says I can have him. Yay!

I can die a happy man. haha

LOL no idea what to say to that.

 

[tampa24]

Oh no.. Im sorry to hear that. was too much sugar intake the reason you got diabetes?

I'm sorry to hear that also JLipps. I hope you are staying healthy at this point.

 

[JLipps4u]

Blake,

No it was not the sugar. I was actually Diabetic all along, but I was in a very small percentage of diabetics, who do not have problems till into their 20's.

 

[peterh6308]

Yeah Jlipps, my partner didn't even know he was Diabetic until he collapsed at work one day and was taken to the hospital. By the time I could get there he was being released with prescriptions for Insulin and needles (he was 23yo). His body metabolism never let him gain weight though.

 

[JLipps4u]

Hey peter,

I started having diabetic symptoms in my late 20's, even got checked out by our family physician. I remember distinctly him telling me that he checked for everything EXCEPT diabetes, he knew all my family, and he knew that diabetes did not run in my family. So, I went for 20 years having symptoms, and getting worse, but I was not diagnosed, or even treated till my late 40s. When I was diagnosed, I did finally loose wight, like 40#. But, diabetes had already ravaged my body. Still, I do okay now because I am in health care, and I have learned, on my own, how to take care of myself.

 

[BlakeBennet]

Blake,

No it was not the sugar. I was actually Diabetic all along, but I was in a very small percentage of diabetics, who do not have problems till into their 20's.

Im very sorry to hear that.. I just hope my question didnt sound ignorant.. we ask to learn right?

 

[BlakeBennet]

Hey peter,

I started having diabetic symptoms in my late 20's, even got checked out by our family physician. I remember distinctly him telling me that he checked for everything EXCEPT diabetes, he knew all my family, and he knew that diabetes did not run in my family. So, I went for 20 years having symptoms, and getting worse, but I was not diagnosed, or even treated till my late 40s. When I was diagnosed, I did finally loose wight, like 40#. But, diabetes had already ravaged my body. Still, I do okay now because I am in health care, and I have learned, on my own, how to take care of myself.

well, i live my life by my bros Moto: when one door closes, two more open.

not saying its a good or bad thing, just a whole lot of stuff happens for a reason, maybe the future of your health care was changed by fate when you started taking care of your body.. some people dont have that self control. and would kill to have it.

 

[peterh6308]

Hey peter,

I started having diabetic symptoms in my late 20's, even got checked out by our family physician. I remember distinctly him telling me that he checked for everything EXCEPT diabetes, he knew all my family, and he knew that diabetes did not run in my family. So, I went for 20 years having symptoms, and getting worse, but I was not diagnosed, or even treated till my late 40s. When I was diagnosed, I did finally loose wight, like 40#. But, diabetes had already ravaged my body. Still, I do okay now because I am in health care, and I have learned, on my own, how to take care of myself.

I'm so happy you have the knowledge now on how to take care of yourself. As sweet as my friend was, he was still a hardhead when it came to what he ate. So for 12 or so years he ate what he wanted and eventually took a toll on his kidneys. So not being diagnosed as in your case was almost the same as not caring in his case. Like I said i'm so happy you know now! As you know you have extended your life with caring on what you eat. This is a very yucky disease! I'm doing the annual "D" walk in Seattle in a couple of weeks, so now I have two "friends" to walk for. xoxox Peter

 

[tampa24]

I'm so happy you have the knowledge now on how to take care of yourself. As sweet as my friend was, he was still a hardhead when it came to what he ate. So for 12 or so years he ate what he wanted and eventually took a toll on his kidneys. So not being diagnosed as in your case was almost the same as not caring in his case. Like I said i'm so happy you know now! As you know you have extended your life with caring on what you eat. This is a very yucky disease! I'm doing the annual "D" walk in Seattle in a couple of weeks, so now I have two "friends" to walk for. xoxox Peter

I can relate to that. So many times the people who develop diabetes very young have all kinds of problems later. Usually problems with their eyes or their kidneys. When I was on dialysis the majority of patients around me were diabetics. I was not.

God had figured out a way to keep me from feeling self pity over my health situation. Directly across from me, about 10 feet away, sat a diabetic patient hooked up to the machine. He was about 65 while I was 29. He was such a nice man and so polite to everyone. He had had both legs amputated above the knee. His right arm was gone. He had two fingers missing on his only hand. As I say, how could you feel sorry for yourself, with everything intact, sitting across from him?

Then about 6 months after I arrived he confided to one of the nurses that the doctors had told him they would probably have to amputate his thumb and another finger. Fortunately before that happened he passed away. As all of us patients and staff stared over at his empty chair that first day, it was very difficult. We were both sad to lose him, yet there was also the sense of relief that he wouldn't have to suffer anymore in a body that could no longer support him.

Sorry for such a maudlin post.