when you go MIA here or at other sites do you let people know?

Wow! I hope he's feeling better soon, moon! I learned a little trick from my doctor decades ago that I still use today to clear my lungs when they get congested. Either use a vaporizer or heat water until it's steaming, then put a towel over your (his) head and breathe in the steam (as deeply as possible) for a few minutes. He'll cough like crazy for a minute or so, but it'll break up the congestion and remove the fluid in his lungs. Honest! This really works! My doctor told me to do this or he was going to put me in the hospital so you can be sure I did as he instructed! I was pneumonia-free in no time! Anyway, to answer your question, I don't usually say anything because I never think I'll be gone for long. Sometimes, it turns out to be long, as it has been lately, though. I just haven't felt much like responding so have responded to only a few posts in the past 3 or 4 days. I guess my problem is quite a bunch of things that are piling up and making me more and more depressed. I haven't heard a word from Social Security about my disability case and it's almost a month since the deadline for me to send any additional info to the judge or to ask for another hearing (that'll be on the 11th) and I was certain I'd hear from them by now. Also, my husband knows I'm ready to leave his butt if he doesn't make an appointment with a counselor and GO (he's notorious for cancelling appointments). As a matter of fact, I just IMed him at work and asked him if he's made that appointment yet (marriage counselor) and he hasn't responded. Also, there's the issue of ALL THIS RAIN!!! I'm never feeling as good as I can when it rains and we're now under the second flood watch in under a week! This rain is insane!!! (See the photo I've attached of our pier last Friday... normally it sits at least a foot above the water level.) So, I have some issues that are depressing me and I feel so powerless right now to "fix" them and that has affected my desire to be here much. But, I do poke my head in every now and then and respond to one or two discussions, just so, if anyone worries, they can check my profile and see when I last logged on. I hope things calm down for you soon and your hubby is back to normal as fast as possible! Take care of yourself!

If I am well known on a site either by popularity, or by the amount of activity I've done on that site, and I'm going to disappear for a while I'll always find a way of posting something to let them know where I'm going, or where I went, if I had to disappear suddenly.

I do usually post a discussion that I will be gone.....and I was wondering where you were at....hope hubby is on the mend soon!

The two times I was gone from lot I forgot to let people know. Usually my absences stem from life picking up and having less time for mylotting. I learned my lesson and next time I'll give notice if things are getting busy (in case I end up offline for a long duration).

Nope, I know people, but really don't know or connections have faded so I don't let people know when i'm here or not. There is a tight circle of friends that I do have and online at that, but we talk pretty much everyday so they know. I guess from that perspective I guess I do let them know, but i look at it more of a friend not social networking. Honestly I know them enough to know their families and we're all meeting up this summer. So I guess I look at them as everyday friends, not online ones. Weird.

i'm afraid i treat sites like this as occasional but if something awful happenned to someone on the friends list i'd get phone straight away

I try to let people know - if i do go missing someone from my instant messanger usually knows where i disappeared to...here the person to ask would be darkjedi. If he doesnt know he knows who to ask where i went!

When we moved, I did tell people to expect me to be gone for a bit. But then earlier this month I just got busy with other things. I did go on a short, 4 day trip, and after that was just not too interested in Mylot so stopped starting discussions. I did respond to a few via e-mail, but that's all. I didn't tell anyone what was going on.. it just happened. One of my friends messaged me to make sure I was okay and still around.

Hi Moon, No worry. Take your Time and take good care of your husband. That is your first duty and about the rest of the thing they could be well handled later on as well. Just take your time and join us at your convenience.