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Post by ouchy on Jan 11, 2007 20:44:14 GMT -5
The thing that I'm confused about now is that if we will be deleting boards w/ very few posts such as "Progesterone" and "Financial Advice"...should we even add any boards if there is the high potential they will be under-utilized? Should we give the new rooms a "test-run" and then at the end of 2 or 3 months if there are not enough posts then delete them?
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Post by cherry on Jan 11, 2007 20:49:57 GMT -5
I think a basis of trial and error is best. Tho the boards may be deleted due to under use the threads can easily be moved so people can still revisit the old threads if they like. This way you get the board with the best sections and a fresh feel if it's constantly under review.
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Post by normadesmnd on Jan 12, 2007 9:34:05 GMT -5
i am not usually a nit-picky kinda person. perhaps it is the temporary state of menopause i am in. 'false' menopause vs. 'real' menopause? how 'bout temporary menopause? i am going through exactly the same thing any woman in menopause would go through. perhaps the way i got there is different but the results are the same. is someone in an induced coma still in a coma or would you tell them no?
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Post by ouchy on Jan 12, 2007 10:15:34 GMT -5
^actually, checmically-induced menopause, both from what I've heard and read, is usually a LOT harsher than actual menopause.
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Post by normadesmnd on Jan 12, 2007 12:08:03 GMT -5
you may be right ouchy. possibly cuz the side effects of the medicine combined with the symptoms of menopause. i guess what i am trying to say is that at what point do you stop sub-dividing everything? a woman in perimenopause has symptoms of menopause. does that group need their own section? if a woman is having a hot flash, it shouldn't matter from what, she should be able to share that with other women having them. when i found this site and board, i was excited to see a mature group of women sharing their thoughts, feelings, and experiences that have to do with this disease. a group of women coming together in a forum to battle a disease. i just don't want to see that one major commonality become so diluted and segregated that we forget why we came here to begin with. i know i came here to be included with women living their lives with this disease. i don't want to feel excluded (or anyone else for that matter) because i may not fit into a labeled section. hope that makes sense without seeming witchy.
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Post by cherry on Jan 12, 2007 12:41:42 GMT -5
I think the whole point of it is for organisation and also when you come on you see immediately the different aspects of it. There is a worry that too many unnecessary forums would segregate us, but the point is to cater to the major groups within this. It's like indexing. The whole point of the menopausal thing was that the experience of women going through menopause, when doctors claim it all should stop, is different. Probably upsetting in that they still don't find relief from the endo and it's related problems. The worry I had was that there may be a lot of threads relating only to the induced menopause, which is a treatment (and believe me I know the hell you are going through) and therefore catered for in the treatments section. Obv it would be good for the members on treatment to ask advice of those going through the menopause for definite, cos I know my doctors were reluctant to take my side effects seriously, probably cos it was only a 'false' menopause. It woulda been good if i could get advice and tips from someone who was 'there' permanently and had experience in what works!
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Post by erzulie on Jan 12, 2007 13:16:55 GMT -5
I've been worried about the dividing of the forum too, but only because I think it can go too far, not because I think there should be no divisions. The teen room is at present the only room that only certain people can post in, and so far I have no intentions of changing that. As we've been discussing in this thread, none of us really sees the point in putting ground rules in the new sections that have been suggested. The point is anyone can post there, but it's geared towards a specific aspect of the disease. I don't post much in the "Drug treatment" section because I'm not using drug treatments, but I know I'm allowed to post there and don't resent the fact that it exists. The extra sections we are considering are intended in part to make the forum more diverse. When we first put up the teen section, we had no teen members. Now we have several and will hopefully get more. My theory is that they may have felt more welcome on this board having seen that section, instead of thinking, "well there are only adults here so I won't fit in." Most of our teen members post in all sections that apply to them--it's not like they're just holed up there where no one else can talk to them. At the present moment, we have only one known lesbian member and no known active members who are post-menopausal. I belonged to a group previously that had plenty of post-menopausal members who were still having symptoms--and a few who weren't but still wanted to provide support. My feeling is, establishing those sections may help us to recruit more lesbian and post-menopausal members, which would give us more viewpoints and, therefore, more support. You are perfectly free, norma, to post in either of those forums if you want to, should we add them! Both forums are intended to stay on-topic. They aren't supposed to be like smaller versions of the general board or anything like that.
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Post by normadesmnd on Jan 13, 2007 9:33:56 GMT -5
i would LOVE to hear from post-menopausal women. i bet most of us would like to have an indication where things might lead as we get older. i have questions as to if the disease gets easier to deal with or what. i would be great to hear from some ladies in that situation. i agree that the more groups of women we hear from, the more knowledge is gained. that's what makes a great board.
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Post by erzulie on Jan 13, 2007 13:24:20 GMT -5
Well, I think adding a section for discussing menopause and post-menopausal symptoms will help with attracting more women under those circumstances, and because we are all heading there someday--and some of us have already been there in some form due to medications--I don't see the point in limiting who can post there. The only concern I can see would be if people started putting Lupron threads there instead of in the Drug Treatment section, but if they did ouchy and I would just move the threads the same as we do any time someone puts a thread in the wrong section.
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Post by ouchy on Jan 13, 2007 13:41:53 GMT -5
The only concern I can see would be if people started putting Lupron threads there instead of in the Drug Treatment section, but if they did ouchy and I would just move the threads the same as we do any time someone puts a thread in the wrong section. Actually, there are already existing threads, so we could just lock the new Lupron threads w/ a link to the existing thread.
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Post by erzulie on Jan 13, 2007 13:51:27 GMT -5
Well, yes, in most cases that is probably what we would do, although I believe there *are* situations in which we might allow brand new Lupron-related threads, so long as they are in the right section.
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