Welcome New Members

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A big welcome PtPpurple@... and zocaloslv@...

You have become a member of a very large and growing netowrk of others who

are living with Pancreatitis. The volume of mail generated by the members of

this group can be up to 150 a day. I would suggest that you choose to

receive your mail as a daily digest. That way you can open up a little mail

at atime, and the volume of mail will not fill your mailbox.

You have found a site that I am sure will help you in many ways. Please email

if you are confused with all that the Pancreatitis Support Network has to

offer you. As a member you will be receiving many email posts from those

suffering with and living with this disease. You will hear stories with many

similarities as your own. Please never feel that you aren't as sick as others

and that you don't have much to offer. We all benefit from what everyone

shares. Ask as many questions as you like. You will, more than likely receive

as many different answers as those who respond.

We are not doctors and what we share is from our heart; it is our own

experience, strength, and hope. Our goals is to improve the quality of our

lives; to become survivors of this disease, not the victims.

If I can be of any help please feel free to email me privately at any time.

It will ensure that I receive your post and respond. Sometimes I don't feel

well enough and get behind on responding to all the posts like I would like

to.

However, the question, issue, or concern, is probably one that someone else

has but maybe reluctant to ask.

Please spend time browsing through the home site. The URL to the main page is:

/group/pancreatitis

Visit the site frequently. There are frequently current polls being

conducted, I encourage you to participate in them. It can be a way to get to

know one another better, as well as provide insight towards research of this

disease. There is a substantial and growing list of resources and links to

provide you with additional information. There is a member profile which you

can fill out; this is entirely optional. We have a large component of AOL

subscribers who communicate via IM, however, there is a chat room within this

home site, as well.

There are three ways to receive e-mail posts:

1) Receive individual emails (This may be many as the group is active)

2) Receive daily digest (This will deliver all the e-mail posts into one

group which you receive daily)

3) Do not receive any posts directly via e-mail (This way you can go to the

main site and read the posts directly off the messages on the home site)

You may respond and send a post regardless to which method you have chosen.

So, with that, I again say welcome, and we are glad that you have been

directed to and found this site.

Karyn

KarynWms@...

Indianapolis

Local Support Group

Every Tuesday Evening 7PM to 8PM

North United Methodist Church