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[TIP] How to Use Connect: Step-by-step Instructions

Posted by Colleen Young, Connect Director @colleenyoung, Oct 25, 2017

We've updated how to Get Started on Connect.

These step-by-step instructions with illustrations will help you get the most out of Connect. Find tips on how to:

  • Follow a Group(s)
  • Take Part in a Discussion
  • Start a New Discussion
  • Mention Members
  • Send a Private Message
  • Add and Edit My Profile
  • Set Notification Preferences
  • Subscribe or Unsubscribe from a Discussion
  • Stop or Restart all Notifications

Connect FooterThe Get Started on Connect instructions can be found any time on any page on Connect. Simply scroll down to the footer on any page. In the footer you can also read:

  • About Connect
  • About our Moderators and Mentors
  • Community Guidelines
  • Disclaimer
    and more...

Let us know what instructions you would like to have added to the Get Started page.

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Just Want to Talk Support Group.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 26, 2017
In reply to @techi "I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there..." + (show)
@techi

I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there in another group can you respond. Because so many of us have more than one Illness and either want to know more or want to give experiences you went through

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@liz223 members talk about sciatica in both the Brain & Nervous System group and the Chronic Pain group, and even in the Scoloisis discussion in Bones, Joints & Muscles. @10nsmom and @janovr were you also looking for a group for sciatica?

See this discussion in the Chronic Pain group: Sciatica pain - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sciatica-pain/

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 26, 2017
In reply to @techi "I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there..." + (show)
@techi

I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there in another group can you respond. Because so many of us have more than one Illness and either want to know more or want to give experiences you went through

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Hi @robinson,
I see that you are following the Lung Health group. That is where discussions about IPF are taking place. You mention that the posts are from 2016, but in fact this thread about IPF started in 2012 and continues to be active today with posts as recent as this week.
Pulmonary Fibrosis https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pulmonary-fibrosis/

Please also see this discussion specifically about stem cell therapy and lung conditions:
- Stem cells for Pulmonary Fibrosis https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stem-cells-for-pulmonary-fibrosis/
- COPD and stem cell treatment https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cop-and-stem-cell-treatment/

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 26, 2017
In reply to @techi "I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there..." + (show)
@techi

I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there in another group can you respond. Because so many of us have more than one Illness and either want to know more or want to give experiences you went through

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Hi Charlie,
I encourage you to follow the Lung Health group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/lung-conditions/ and introduce yourself to members there.

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phillrachel | @phillrachel | Oct 26, 2017

Is there a group for liver hemangioma or liver resection. That is why I'm coming to Mayo in a couple weeks and would like to connect with people who have had the surgery.

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Lisa | @techi | Oct 26, 2017

Colleen is there a group on liver disease because l was going under digestive disease but l am seeing you have so many different groups so l didn't know where that fit?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 26, 2017
In reply to @techi "Colleen is there a group on liver disease because l was going under digestive disease but..." + (show)
@techi

Colleen is there a group on liver disease because l was going under digestive disease but l am seeing you have so many different groups so l didn't know where that fit?

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Liver discussions are found in the Digestive Health group: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/digestive-gastrointestinal-problems/
You were correct to post there. 🙂

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 26, 2017
In reply to @phillrachel "Is there a group for liver hemangioma or liver resection. That is why I'm coming to..." + (show)
@phillrachel

Is there a group for liver hemangioma or liver resection. That is why I'm coming to Mayo in a couple weeks and would like to connect with people who have had the surgery.

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Hi @phillrachel, I recommend that you start a new discussion about liver hemangioma in the Digestive Health group. We will help connect you with others. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/digestive-gastrointestinal-problems/

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kibwezi | @kibwezi | Oct 27, 2017
In reply to @techi "I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there..." + (show)
@techi

I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there in another group can you respond. Because so many of us have more than one Illness and either want to know more or want to give experiences you went through

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Thanks, I will try that.

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kibwezi | @kibwezi | Oct 27, 2017
In reply to @techi "I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there..." + (show)
@techi

I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there in another group can you respond. Because so many of us have more than one Illness and either want to know more or want to give experiences you went through

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I still could not figure out how to start a new group. Only how to find existing groups. I want to start a group about hyponatremia.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 27, 2017
In reply to @techi "I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there..." + (show)
@techi

I just want to know if you have another diagnoses or had those symptoms but there in another group can you respond. Because so many of us have more than one Illness and either want to know more or want to give experiences you went through

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Hi @kibwezi
You can start a new discussion about Hyponatremia in the Endocrine System group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/diabetes-and-endocrine-problems/

We have several members talking about hyponatremia and it would be good to bring them all together in one discussion. As the activity and membership of that discussion grows, we will be able to open a dedicated group.

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