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Support does not need to be in your city: Meet @isadora2021 23 hours ago | By Teresa, Volunteer Mentor (@hopeful33250)Comment receiving replies
@isadora2021 Thank you so much for providing Mayo Clinic Connect with your interview. I appreciate that you shared your journey through your initial diagnosis to the present.
Like you, I stumbled on Mayo Clinic Connect and had been in some other on-line support groups. It did not take me long to realize that, as you wrote Mayo Clinic Connect feels safe. I have always chosen my words carefully online, including emails, and texts. So many times what one writes can be misinterpreted. And if I get frustrated? Well, I've learned to walk away from the computer. We are so fortunate that the moderators and really any one of us can report a posting that is "off" or appears nasty.
My closest friends do not live in the same city. We are so fortunate these days to have cell service, apps, and email to stay in touch with one another in a way that was not possible a few decades ago.
Say hi to your puppies for me!!
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@naturegirl5 You’re absolutely right. We may choose our words carefully yet can be misunderstood. I’ve learnt to step back too and seek clarification. So often it turns out we’re in “furious agreement” (an expression I loved and stole from one of my workmates!!)
It’s how we deal with each other that counts. I can’t comprehend how on some platforms people can be so awful to each other 🤷♀️ Just astounding. Each one of us sets the culture