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Posted 9/27/2011 3:31 PM (GMT 0)
We get lots of new members all the time.  Of late we have some folks who work in the medical field who have joined recently and a few who have been here awhile.

Just want to remind you all of the forum rule #20:

20. Do not use the forum to give professional medical advice. If you are a medical professional, please remember the forums and chat are for patient support and not to be used for distributing professional medical advice and/or using the forum to represent your professional services.


This is a support forum so please keep your replies to a supportive role.  Do not give medical advice, or state you are a medical professional.  I have been seeing some posts stating "I am a ..................."  This is not allowed.  

 

And, I would also ask that if you know a member is a medical professional, don't ask them for medical advice.  They are here as Crohns sufferers too, and just looking for support like the rest of us.

 

Thank you for your understanding:)

Posted 9/27/2011 10:38 PM (GMT 0)
I'm sorry Nanners, I wasn't aware that stating I was a medical professional was against the rules. I hope I haven't violated the rule of dispensing medical advice. I've tried to be supportive, while explaining the oral effects of Crohn's and medications when the dentist side of me took over. But I guess the line for dispensing advice and giving support/explanations can get blurry. Having already "outed" myself, it looks like its time for me to become just a lurker.

I wish you well.
Posted 9/27/2011 10:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Tooth,
Please don't be just a lurker, we like hearing from YOU!!! You can avoid the medical advice if it is against the rules, but the rest of your insight would be highly valued. I didn't realize it was against the rules either. Thanks for being here
Posted 9/28/2011 2:40 AM (GMT 0)
I second what Gumby said! We would miss hearing from you.
Posted 9/28/2011 4:12 AM (GMT 0)
Tooth - You have been so helpful in the past!! PLEASE don't become just a lurker. Many times moderators put up reminders of a general nature because one individual has caused a problem. Please don't take this personally. I have been gone and don't know what has been going on lately but am sure this was not directed at you.
Posted 9/28/2011 4:20 AM (GMT 0)
Ohhhh crap , now I have to throw away my Voo Doo doll and my a chicken foot . Tooth , don't you become just a lurker , I have a spell for that and I ain't afraid to use it . I'm a crohnie on the edge .
Posted 9/28/2011 1:23 PM (GMT 0)
Hey, Sniper!!!

Rastus Henry Johnson kept a gettin' poor and thin
He thought some wicked Voo Doo put a voo doo on to him
So he went to see a voo doo who could drive the spell away
So the folks to say

The voodoo lady said a rabbit's foot you need to set you right
So she took him to the graveyard in the middle of the night
Just as the clock was strikin' twelve a bat flew 'round his head
Then the voodoo lady said:

Can't you hear that plinky plunky tune
Played by the ghost of the Banjo Coon
Spooks rise up and they all begin to croon
'Cause they know 'tis the ghost of the Banjo Coon

I don't remember the rest of the song but there's a moral in it for you somewhere, Sniper, - or I wouldn't have remembered this song from my childhood. My daddy used to sing it to me.

Posted 9/28/2011 1:32 PM (GMT 0)
I also apologize If I seek doctors advice here. I was just seeking for word of wisdom, some tought, sugestion.
Posted 9/28/2011 2:01 PM (GMT 0)
Tooth, no, no, no, don't you go anywhere. You are actually one of the medical professionals who has kept their profession for the most part under wraps. You have mentioned you are a dentist, but never tried to give medical/dental advice. Also, remember you were one I had to remind someone else to allow you to just be a fellow HW member and get the support you were seeking not trying to pin you down for advice.

The problem is we have a few new folks who have been throwing out there they are a >>>>> and saying "they should know, because they are a >>>>>. That was where I was reminding folks. So you stay put, you have done nothing wrong. Hugs!

PS: I am sorry I did not get back on here sooner, my BIL is in the final stages of life and I spent all day yesterday sitting at the hospital with family.
Posted 9/28/2011 5:57 PM (GMT 0)
Tooth, I enjoy your posts, so don't be a lurker. ;-)
Besides, that rule sounds more like for med. professionals who are here to give medical advice or get new patients or promote their products, etc. We all give and take advice, suggestions, support, etc.
Posted 9/29/2011 12:34 AM (GMT 0)
Haha, I'm sorry to cause drama! I hadn't been on for a few days and I know I posted last time I was here stating that I was a dentist. So I thought that was directed towards me for that comment. Sorry, haven't been up with all the newest posts.

I appreciate that you guys don't mind me sticking around. Guess I'm not going into lurk mod. I really, really do like having a place to come and talk to people about Crohn's. I can't really do that with a lot of people in real life!
Posted 9/29/2011 12:54 AM (GMT 0)
If there's a problem with just one member, we'll usually email them privately, Tooth, especially when they're nice and understanding, like you. I'm glad you're not going to lurk.

:-).

Ivy.
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