User:DocOfSoc

Mini Bio
I grew up in Montebello, California, second generation Angeleno. My great grandparents emigrated from Germany in the 1800s. I represented California in "The Federation for Peace" conference in South Korea & in India. I have Cubital tunnel syndrome, and after 2 surgeries it worsens, so please forgive numb hands and typos.;-) Graduated Summa Cum Laude from California State University in 1996.  I work part time in a mortuary.  Gallows humor is a survival mode often used to lighten the load of the work that we do.


 * In my work as a Hospice Minister, I am often unavailable for several days at a time. Please take this into consideration when attempting to place a time limit on any request for a response.

What is the difference between God and doctors? God doesn't think he is a doctor.
 * In March of 2013, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. After a partial Mastectomy I am still battling due to the HER2/neu.  Chemo Brain Post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment (VERY misleading Title!) is definitely NOT fun! Chemotherapy left me with Diabetes and peripheral neuropothy. I am still quite weak and it will be a long recovery. October 2015: Recovery is slow I am still quite weak from the cancer, Chemotherapy and Radiation. I am in remission but the murder of my police officer son, Shaun,  has slowed recovery considerably.

I am continuously learning the intricacies of Wikipedia, NOTHING should be this complicated; trolls are the epitome of evil. Baseless accusations still stun me. You are NOT paranoid if they are REALLY out to get you!
 * In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the stakes at issue. Sayre's law


 * Please feel free to shorten my name to "Doc" not DOS. UGH. That is so  PC and I am so MAC! ;-) TY Pablo!
 * In deference to Doc #1 please make that Doc #2 ;-) And Yes, I do have a Doctorate.

My other personal project is to educate people about Ovarian Cancer It  Whispers  - so  listen carefully. . . Watch for  -
 * IF ONLY I HAD KNOWN...
 * Pelvic or abdominal pain or discomfort;
 * vague but  persistent gastrointestinal upsets such as gas, nausea, and  indigestion;
 * frequency and/or urgency of urination in the absence of an  infection;
 * unexplained weight gain or weight loss;
 * pelvic and/or abdominal swelling, bloating and/or feeling of  fullness;
 * ongoing unusual fatigue; Do NOT chalk it up to depression!
 * unexplained changes in bowel habits.
 * If symptoms persist for more than 2 weeks, ask your doctor for a combination  pelvic/rectal exam and
 * and trans-vaginal ultrasound. A CA-125 blood test is not infallible. More on new test as I find it.

A pap test WILL NOT detect ovarian cancer.

'''When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity- but actually it's about losing people you love...''' ( Joyce Carol Oates)

My Twin Baby Sister died 02-24-10, My heart hurts, please be patient with me. August 15, 2010 siblings seem intent in killing me off too, more hurt... August 19, 2010. Tes said: "I want to live until your Birthday, so we can go to Disneyland!" It would be today... September 16, 2010, Grief will steal your brain, sigh...Loss & Grief changes who you are, forever... 9 December 2010, You get used to the pain, a part of your everyday life...but it NEVER stops... 11:54, 9 January 2011, it's a long long way to acceptance  — DocOfSoc • Talk  •  08:33, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * A heart of gold stopped beating, Two shiny brown eyes at rest, God broke my heart to prove, He only takes the best ♥ R.I.P. TES
 * Give sorrow words the grief that does not speak:
 * Whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.--Malcolm, Act IV, DocOfSoc (talk) 06:47, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

On October 29,2014, my SWAT policeman son was murdered while on duty. He was given a hero's funeral rivaling that of Kennedy's. The flag was flown at half staff in Sacramento and Governor Brown attended his funeral] Please google "Shaun Diamond" for the details. I am destroyed. See List of American police officers killed in the line of duty October 29, 2014. I thought God broke my heart to prove, He only takes the best ♥ R.I.P. TES He proved it beyond belief when my son was murdered. He was MY best and I am lost without him.