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I feel a little like Aretha Franklin here. But we do need to respect one another on the forum and we usually do. Thank you so much, members! We all suffer from chronic pain and we all have some crummy days but it is extremely important to be kind to one another.

We don't usually have arguments on this forum and it's not going to start now. We are a family in this forum and it will remain that way as long as I'm a mod. So please be mindful of one another. I will delete any posts that attack or flame members.

Now let's get back to supporting one another and learning how to live successfully with fibromyalgia. It can be done!

By the way, the Natural Museum of History was terrific and then my son and I stopped for lunch at an ethnic restaurant where I had a huge stuffed cabbage roll, some pierogi, and I brought home chicken paprikash for dinner. YUM! Have a great evening everyone.

Aretha aka Sherrine

I love Aretha Franklin and that song, while supporting women, would be great to remake for all humanity today. I was involved in an

EDITED: (brain fog, so so sorry) "UN"intentional (wow that sounded so very wrong, I sincerely apologize for this)!! I am still recovering for almost 2 years of post concussin syndrome and words get trapped inside my brain and don't come words or on paper correctly.
(sentence continued from unintentional here) -way in the disagreement you discuss today. I really didn't understand how I was included, or why, but I wish to say to all members here that it was very sad for me. I wish everyone here the best of intentions and hope we all find our ways to living as Well as we can
I am sitting in my house in the middle of a intense heat wave, surrounded by fans that aren't helping much :*. Yesterday, I did a bit of much needed weeding and the heat this week gives me a chance to deal with some much needed weeding out of my household items.
I found this link and thought I would add it here also. My father bought one for me several years ago and it really helps. Forgive me if it is already posted in resources or facts.
http://www.fmnetnews.com/fibro-basics/treatment/self-help-strategies
It is my intention to share the "Fibromyalgia Treatment and News" (fmnet's) resources and tips about the Theracane, although there are there additional tips here, Healingwell probably has them in this forum's resources above.
I am fairly sure that most Peers also know about other resources like "Fibromyalgia Treatment and News" sites. It is not my intention to promote other sites on this forum; just felt the Theracane might assist others as well.

I'm glad you enjoyed the museum, Sherrine, and lunch afterwards.

My day was pretty good overall, too. I subbed in a high-school class with some bratty kids, but so far the stress of it hasn't smacked my body around ;) We'll see tomorrow.

Great reminder about respect!

Debbie

Good morning, Lucinda.

I hope you won't allow another person's opinions to bring you down. This is only an online forum and it can be too easy to be misinterpreted. We should try to not allow what others say to affect us.

I look forward to reading many more of your contributions.

Sherrine,
Glad to hear of your great family visit! What restaurant was it? In Cleveland? I'm going to have to give it a try. My favorite for now is My Thai in Chesterland. Hmmmm... I'm getting hungry now.

I agree about respect here. It seems lately the healing well fibro board is getting more stormy than when I originally joined. I sort of , well, feel like the forum rules are not followed as closely as before. I apologize if I'm offending! I just want to understand! I'm not a moderator, but I do feel that certain posters, severall, are getting away with things like diagnosing others, touting their medical expertise. And those who are getting offended by those are not getting the comfort and understanding when that line is getting pushed. This, and understandably so, would increase frustrations. I just recall, earlier on, that certain (supposed) medical expertise members would get a warning at least, and got booted from the forum when they continued. Has this rule changed? Where am I wrong?

As the flavor of this forum becomes more "I'm an expert in the field, my way or the highway, etc.", I feel less inclined to come on here. I feel bad saying this. I'm sorry! (((Hugs))). I just feel there would be less flaming if the I'm An Expert postings were maybe more judiciously monitored? My two cents... Thrown into the wishing well.

<ignore> helps, a little.

Respectfully submitted.
T

Post Edited (tangodancer101) : 9/9/2015 11:01:16 AM (GMT-6)

Tango, Inspiration, and others, I am on top of this. Our forum rule states, "If you are a medical professional, do not use the forums to distribute professional medical advice and/or promote your services." This has not been going on in the forum that I have seen. We do have a member who states they were in the medical field...not they were a professional. They could have worked in a medical lab or cleaned bedpans at a hospital. The thing is, on forums such as these, we really can't know for sure if what people write is true or not. Since we are all adults hopefully we will take things with a grain of salt, check out other things to test their accuracy, etc. We can't take things at face value.

I also haven't seen anyone promoting their services or distributing professional advice. No one has said "I am Dr. X and you have "x" illness and need to do this and that." They would be banned immediately.

We all offer advice as to what we take and also some even tell newbies they have Fibro. I try to remember always to tell people to see a doctor...we are not doctors on this forum.

We allow varied opinions. If a member keeps posting about something you don't agree with, you can use the thumbs down icon and you will not see any of their posts. Also, I have found if members just don't respond to the threads that they don't agree with, the posts ends up on the second page quite quickly. You don't have to respond to everyone because we do get some strange opinions on here since the doctors don't know what is causing this illness. Some members do a lot of research but you can take it or leave it. For me...I am leaving my treatment primarily in my doctors' hands because I was careful to get good doctors. I still might check out medications, etc. but I am not delving into the cause of Fibro. I will leave that to the true professionals.

Lastly, I hope I have clarified this situation. No one has stepped out of bounds yet but I do pay attention to such things and I keep files at home. I'm on vacation right now and don't have access to them but will check them out after my vacation. I do need to be fair to all members...even if I don't agree with their opinions.

Sherrine

Thanks, Puppylover! You not only made me smile but also made my morning.

Sherrine