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Post by felixwillford on Nov 3, 2007 11:19:37 GMT -5
Go to Support Section on LB, her friend Patrick posted for her. She passed on October 29th. lymebusters.proboards39.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=support&thread=1194068968&page=1 QUOTED BELOW IS WHAT PATRICK SAID:I am a friend of skinmystic's (aka Karen) and am sorry to report that she passed on 10/29/07. One of her final instructions was to have news of her passing posted on this board. She was an unforgettable spirit and I and others will miss her. She treasured the connections she made on this board, and sent her love to all of you. Patrick Skinmystic ( Karen's website) virginmirth.com/You can listen to her songs there too!
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Post by toni on Nov 3, 2007 12:06:57 GMT -5
Thank you Kmarie, I just now had a phone call from Cindy, telling me this news.
I'm so distraught and saddened by this. God Bless Karen's soul, and we love you Karen in Heaven. I'm so sorry to hear this has happened.
God be with our friends and families. Love Toni
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Post by felixwillford on Nov 3, 2007 12:09:56 GMT -5
She will be free from suffering and with God and others.
Here is quoted from Karen (skinmystic) on September 7th, 2007:
[glow=red,2,300]"the heavenly choirs got upgraded just in time for Chas' arrival!
oh, i wish i was with them" [/glow]
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Post by abbienormal on Nov 3, 2007 12:24:29 GMT -5
I am very saddened to hear of this news and I am also horrified by it. Too many people are dying.
I don't know if Skinmystic had children or loved ones but my thoughts are with them and her friends.
This is truly a nightmare! I canot believe that this is happening in the United States of America. This is not the same country I was born and raised in. I am truly disgusted.
I hope that Skinmystic has found peace and I know that she is definitely in a better place than this.
AbbieN
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Post by grady on Nov 3, 2007 14:54:28 GMT -5
Was it Morgellons that caused the death? God bless this person indeed.
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Post by browncircles on Nov 3, 2007 15:11:36 GMT -5
This is tragic. If you haven't listened to her CD do so (there's a link on her webpage). She was very funny and had a great voice. Even "Weird Al" called her to say he liked her work.
I wish her peace.
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Post by Sidney on Nov 3, 2007 15:27:44 GMT -5
Like Abbienormal wrote, this is NOT the same country I grew up in. Yes, deaths, even suicides, have always been with us, but this neglect, the labels, the failure to listen and learn, the know it all attitude did not prevail in the world in which I grew up.
Karen Stern ended her suffering by taking her own life. She had apparently lost everything that had meaning. Sick, unable to work, unable to write the beautiful music she loved, unable to play her guitar and sing, she stayed the course as long as she believe she could stay it, then she gave up and moved on to what we believe is a better place where there's no physical body to hurt, no suffering, no sorrow, just peace.
Rest in peace, Karen, and thank you for all you contributed while you were with us. Your time was far too short and you will be greatly missed.
Physicians, hang your heads in shame. Listen, learn, feel compassion, do the job you swore you would do when you took that oath, and please, none of your First Do No Harm.
If you do nothing you will continue to be the biggest part of the problem.
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Post by abbienormal on Nov 3, 2007 15:36:17 GMT -5
Eloquently said, Sidney.
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Post by zabrubon on Nov 3, 2007 16:00:00 GMT -5
Good Bye Karen and may God bless your good friends that stood by you and loved you. We loved you too. May you rest in peace.
ChicagoBonnie
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Post by robertalouise26 on Nov 3, 2007 17:37:15 GMT -5
dearest Sidney what a lovely careing tribute you posted for Karen! Much love. Roberta.
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Post by liatris on Nov 3, 2007 18:11:15 GMT -5
Oh, this is so sad. I hope that she is doing ok where ever she is. I do not know where we go when we die and I do not know if this helps, but the Tibetans have a book called, "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" and they state that it really helps the soul if people pray for them (thinking good thoughts) for 49 days. It certainly cannot hurt. We have to feel sad and cry but we should also try to think postively so that the energy she receives and the influence she receives is helpful - peaceful.
Sending peace and love ....
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Post by godog on Nov 3, 2007 18:18:52 GMT -5
Speechless. I am very sorry to learn this.
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Post by robertalouise26 on Nov 3, 2007 18:42:25 GMT -5
Dearest Sidney what a beautiful post and tribute to Karen. You are such a lovely lady. Like you my country isn't the same as it was as I was growing up. I often think about it and realise that we took everthing for granted. Didn't appreciate it while we were in that space and time. My Dad had a large launch and for the entire month of Janury we cruised the harbour going to different places. It was just great. I wore a bikini the entire time. We did a lot of fishing and calling into small bays. Meeting people like the post master had all these tubes running to the telephone board so that he could pass the the telephone call for the people it was meant for. In those days I don't know wether you new that ever one had a party line and the only time that you could tell who the call was for because that each person on the phone line had a different phone ring. Much like morse code. In the winter school holidays and went to stay with my Aunt and Uncle who had glass houses to grow tomtoes and they had sheep. i remember most clearly walking up to the big shed about 5 minutes away where the cows were milked. I had a tin billy and it was filled to the top with warm milk and lots of cream on the top. I used to stick my fingers in it and sucked the lovely cream off. The cream was kept for us childrren my cousins and me for our morning breakfast. They were Golden Days which I don't think that we will ever see again. But we have our memories and how precious they are. Much love. Roberta.
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Post by hannah on Nov 3, 2007 19:45:37 GMT -5
This is very sad. Such a created and gifted person. Lovely words, Sidney.
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Post by lilsissy on Nov 3, 2007 21:04:52 GMT -5
This just leaves me feeling sick and so so sad.
We need to all remember to have hope daily . We all can and do get tired .
Thank you everyone for just being a click away may God give us strength .
May we see the things we do have ,
Hope, lilsissy
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Post by valerie on Nov 3, 2007 21:26:43 GMT -5
This is so tragic--and I agree the docs should hold their heads in shame....this is terrible--she was one of us...
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Post by robertalouise26 on Nov 3, 2007 22:10:53 GMT -5
Dearest Valerie yes it is very tragic about Karens passing I think it shakes us all up. I went down that path and it was not very pleasant at all. Valerie for the last few nights I have ben thinking of you and worrying about your situation and wondering how on earth I can help you Now if you have no money to buy all the creams and lotions that has been suggested to you (believe me Valerie I have been there] and things have been better for me since my new Doctor actually listened and prescribed the creams. But years ago Valerie when I had very very very little money. I dabbed warm water and salt into all my lesion and would put a plaster over the area. Leave it for at least 24 and I know that it will help. Do you have an aloe vera plant? or friends that have one. Well get as much as you can . Slit it side ways from the top to bottom and then squeeze it as tightly as you can and get all the juice out and apply the aloe vera juice to your lesions, again you have to rub it in very well so that it penetrtes to the layer of our skin that this "thing" rersides in. Please keep in touch and let us know how things are going for you. WE ARE ALL HERE FOR YOU VALERIE. love and best wishes. Roberta.
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Post by binarky on Nov 3, 2007 22:10:54 GMT -5
I did not have the chance to speak with her (Karen), but I do feel like she was one of us. I have felt so sad after hearing about her passing. As if she was a family member or friend. I have had some really low lows but I know we have to find strength. I will pray for her family and friends.
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Post by bannanny on Nov 3, 2007 23:40:27 GMT -5
I can't stop the tears and my heart is hurting so much. Karen and I had quite a few phone conversations and I made her promise to call me (no matter the time, day or night) if she ever got to the place that you're telling me she did get to....... you never called Karen, but I understand....... I love you, God bless you.
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Post by Sidney on Nov 4, 2007 0:15:52 GMT -5
I'm posting this for Barb of The Magic Cottage, who wrote this prayer in remembrance of Karen.
A prayer for Karen......from my heart. Dear God, please take care of our beloved Karen...she is your child of goodness and love. She can now play and sing with the angels in the gardens of peace. She could not bear the hurt, discrimination, and pain of this horrible disease any longer. No one wanted to treat her to keep her from pain, or even LISTEN to what she would say. Now, I know that your heart and ears are open; she no longer feels the pain - in her body, mind, or heart. Please ask the physicians of the world, to look inside their hearts (if they can find them) and treat people humanely, not with arrogance or God-like attitudes...Please tell them: "You took a sacred oath when you became a physician of medicine, you should be ashamed of what you have become: a slave to money, time, insurance companies, and have forgotten who you are here to treat. The sick, the hopeless, those with diseases that you haven't yet read about in JAMA. You are no longer the "respected physician", with all your trappings, but rather, a person like the rest of us, but you have blood on your hands." "The blood is from all those poor souls you have neglected, diagnosed with DOP when they had serious body infections, left them to die without hope or help." I am one of those people...but I will NOT let you treat me with disdain, discrimination, or less than human! We will fight to save ourselves since the medical community or our own government, will not. More people will die of this horrid disease, because you fail to see or listen to the patient who is living it. God Bless You, Karen. May you sing with the angels.
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