Welcome New Members

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Dear " ibdcomfort " and " pharmainfonet1 " ,

What a nice to surprise to have you both join our erythema

nodosum group. I left messages for you at your sites inviting you to

look at our group to see if you could gain value from our group and

if you would list our link on your site.

I have the Welcome letter sent automatically, but if you didn't

receive it, here it is:

Welcome to the New Erythema Nodosum Group!

Welcome to our New Erythema Nodosum Support Group! I'm so happy

you have chosen to join us.

On our " Files " you will find a folder of " Member Case

Histories " . I encourage you to look them over and see how you compare

with the rest of us. While everyone's EN is different, we do find

some similarities and that can be useful. When you get a chance,

please tell us your own EN experience and I will post it along with

the others.

Our Group now includes a " Cured Members " File. These members

have achieved long term or permanent remission have graciously agreed

to remain in our Group as " Resource Members " to help the rest of us.

We also have lots of informative " Files " and " Links " . I like to

think of our site as " One stop Shopping for EN and Related

Conditions " . Our members have such other conditions as Sarcoidosis,

IBD, IBS, colitis, Crohn's Fibromyalgia, Allergies, PG, and the

Depression that often accompanies chronic conditions. No topic is

off limits here as long as members are treated with respect.

We also have a " Photo " section, and you are welcome to add some

photos of your own.

We recently posted a " Poll " , to see if our members

experience " stress and hormones as a contributing factor in their EN

flare-ups " . Please go to " Polls " to " vote " . If you change your mind,

you can always change your answer until the poll is closed. It is an

ongoing poll and is totally anonymous, so no one (including me) knows

who voted or what your answer was.

Since our group was formed, we have discussed many EN related

topics. You are welcome to read all our old messages and feel free to

reply to any of them. If you wish to start your own discussion on

something of interest to you, that is great.

To save you time, if you wish to find out what the group has

posted in the past on a particular issue, we have a " search " feature

in the " Messages " section. Just type in the topic and up will come

all the messages with that word in the text. (You probably can figure

all this out, but I like to mention it, as it is so cool).

Our EN Group now has a webpage, the URL:

http://www.geocities.com/erythema_nodosum/Home_Page.html

appears at the bottom of our Group Homepage for easy access.

I hope you will enjoy it. It is a condensed version of our EN

resources and you will find a brief description of my life with EN on

the " About me " section.

I hope you will participate to the level that is comfortable for

you. We have a very friendly and helpful group here, so don't

hesitate to post even if it is just to say " Hi " .

Thanks again for joining us, and I hope you will gain value for

yourself as a part of our Erythema Nodosum Group.

Have a great day!

Love,