> I had one more thought. When a new person comes on this board, do
> you think we should direct them to the archives or should we answer just
> a little bit of our experience? I think we had a couple of new people
> during that last ruckus and Bill and I didn't even really properly read
> their posts because there were so many posts.
> If I were a new person on here, I wouldn't want to have to read the
> archives with no answer at all. I don't know.....this is just a thought.
>
If someone asks a question I can help with in some way, I'm glad to answer,
though I might not if someone else already has adequately. But I think it
helps to refer someone wanting real extensive info. to the TMA web page, where
a lot has been written out in great detail. And a lot of new people want to
"compare notes" with others -- I really did at first, wanting to hear about
others' onset, symptoms, and recovery -- but I think that's probably best done
by browsing through the members' stories archives rather than all of us re-
writing our stories over and over here. But yes, I do think new ones need a
welcome and a personal touch rather than, or in addition to, just a referral
to another site.
Barbara H.