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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1612282" data-attributes="member: 438800">Dear fellow forum members.I have decided that the original title of this thread, "Short, Disgusting and Painful," while accurate in describing how the ancient Greeks viewed the disease, was a mistake and inappropriate.This is because, although those of us who have lived with the disease for a while have had a chance to acquaint ourselves with the history of the disease and know what is being referenced, this is not necessarily the case for newly diagnosed members.To see that phrase as the title of a thread now strikes me as insensitive, for those who could have been just-diagnosed and are looking for support. That is not to say that we should not have a no-holds-barred discussion right here, but I now feel the "shocking headline" was in poor taste and counter-productive.(Edited to add: Unfortunately I may have been influenced by my history, in a former professional life, as a print-news reporter who used to write headlines and was supposed to make them catchy!)The forum software is amazing by the way. This is the first forum I have been a member of that gives an average member like me the choice to change the title of a thread after it has been created!</blockquote>

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