emptyplate
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- Type of diabetes
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I looked at this forum having stumbled across the main website, between my initial diagnosis and my very first HbA1c that confirmed the diagnosis.
I was and always will be eternally grateful for the helpful information I discovered within this forum.
Initially, I lurked. Eventually, I joined and was given a friendly welcome which I really did appreciate at such a personally difficult time.
For some months I tried to give back to the forum by sharing my experience and signposting new members to relevant (to them) areas of the forum.
I found my initial experience of the forum remained with me for many months. Then, it seemed there was a steady rise in what I would describe as tension - there seemed to be a few determined trolls. I even experienced some nasty personal comments directed at me. This did shock me as it was contrary to my experience within the forum up to that point.
I tried to resolve the differences with the troll using PMs to no avail. So I reluctantly used the ignore button - I'd have rather resolved it but, sometimes you have to accept that people are people.
Due to other extenuating personal circumstances at that time. I found I had decreasing time available to spend engaged with the forum. I became frustrated as I found it more and more difficult and time consuming to get through the non constructive debates to find pertinent and constructive dialogue - eventually leading to me being a lurker once again.
I still lurk here and there but, find little worthy of the precious and little time I have available to spend in the forum. I do feel guilty about not being there for new members as much as I would like but, hey, that's life and relates to my personal challenges as opposed to my desire to help.
I'm not sure how any of that helps or contributes to the original post but, that's my experience and I thought it was worth sharing.
For me personally, I'd like to find some way of sifting through the forum to the pertinent information - of course, what is pertinent to me is not necessarily pertinent to someone else. My problem is in interested in all aspects of Diabetes.
I would add that there are a lot of very relevant posts on this thread.
I was and always will be eternally grateful for the helpful information I discovered within this forum.
Initially, I lurked. Eventually, I joined and was given a friendly welcome which I really did appreciate at such a personally difficult time.
For some months I tried to give back to the forum by sharing my experience and signposting new members to relevant (to them) areas of the forum.
I found my initial experience of the forum remained with me for many months. Then, it seemed there was a steady rise in what I would describe as tension - there seemed to be a few determined trolls. I even experienced some nasty personal comments directed at me. This did shock me as it was contrary to my experience within the forum up to that point.
I tried to resolve the differences with the troll using PMs to no avail. So I reluctantly used the ignore button - I'd have rather resolved it but, sometimes you have to accept that people are people.
Due to other extenuating personal circumstances at that time. I found I had decreasing time available to spend engaged with the forum. I became frustrated as I found it more and more difficult and time consuming to get through the non constructive debates to find pertinent and constructive dialogue - eventually leading to me being a lurker once again.
I still lurk here and there but, find little worthy of the precious and little time I have available to spend in the forum. I do feel guilty about not being there for new members as much as I would like but, hey, that's life and relates to my personal challenges as opposed to my desire to help.
I'm not sure how any of that helps or contributes to the original post but, that's my experience and I thought it was worth sharing.
For me personally, I'd like to find some way of sifting through the forum to the pertinent information - of course, what is pertinent to me is not necessarily pertinent to someone else. My problem is in interested in all aspects of Diabetes.
I would add that there are a lot of very relevant posts on this thread.