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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.

yayaaz | @yayaaz | Jun 18, 2018
In reply to @jakedduck1 "Thank you, couldn’t have done it without all your help and kanaazpereira’s help. Thank you both..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

Thank you, couldn’t have done it without all your help and kanaazpereira’s help. Thank you both for your patience. I wish there was a users guide for dummies on here but I’m probably the only one who needs it.

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NO! You are NOT the only one who needs it. Because of this site I am now aware of liver issues! My 89 year old aunt won’t be taking the Big 3, but the doctor has put her on Doxycycline. She is still coughing though. However, reading information from here I’m having my aunt ask her doctor about probiotics.

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barbarn | @barbarn | Jun 18, 2018
In reply to @jakedduck1 "Thank you, couldn’t have done it without all your help and kanaazpereira’s help. Thank you both..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

Thank you, couldn’t have done it without all your help and kanaazpereira’s help. Thank you both for your patience. I wish there was a users guide for dummies on here but I’m probably the only one who needs it.

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lot of us in same boat!!!

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marylou705 | @marylou705 | Jun 18, 2018
In reply to @jakedduck1 "Thank you, couldn’t have done it without all your help and kanaazpereira’s help. Thank you both..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

Thank you, couldn’t have done it without all your help and kanaazpereira’s help. Thank you both for your patience. I wish there was a users guide for dummies on here but I’m probably the only one who needs it.

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Don’t worry, @jakeduck.  I don’t know what I’m doing either!   You have provided us all with a lot of answers.  MaryLou 

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deyo5656 | @deyo5656 | Jun 19, 2018

I would like to add something about bursitis and/or hip pain. But I couldn’t find anyplace to put in a question.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jun 19, 2018
In reply to @deyo5656 "I would like to add something about bursitis and/or hip pain. But I couldn’t find anyplace..." + (show)
@deyo5656

I would like to add something about bursitis and/or hip pain. But I couldn’t find anyplace to put in a question.

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You put the discussion about bursitis in the perfect place in the Bones, Joints & Muscles group, @deyo5656
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/bursitis-and-hip-pain/

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Jun 20, 2018
In reply to @jakedduck1 "Thank you, couldn’t have done it without all your help and kanaazpereira’s help. Thank you both..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

Thank you, couldn’t have done it without all your help and kanaazpereira’s help. Thank you both for your patience. I wish there was a users guide for dummies on here but I’m probably the only one who needs it.

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@yayaaz, I am glad to hear that your aunt will not be put on the Big 3. I hope they keep her on a monthly antibiotic to keep the mac down. My dr swithed bi-monthly Cipro and doxycycline for three yrs,; and now on Cipro and tobramycin. So far, it has kept me going and cough free for several years now. I hope that your aunt will improve.

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sheikham1 | @sheikham1 | Aug 24, 2018
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@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 i have been dignose liver hemangioma since 2010 after i had my baby in London 2009 at that time was 13ctm size since i moved here with my research I end up mayo clinic with me no symptoms i had 2 embolization surgery but it didn't shrink now the size increase to 21ctm I have no choice i had book for surgery september if god will . Have faith and pray may god make easy for everyone who suffer with any sicknesses

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jan 1, 2021

Hello @joybringer1, Thanks for your private message. I really like your member name joybringer - I'm hoping 2021 will be a joy bringer also. We all can certainly use some...joy 😊 I thought I would answer your private message in this discussion - [TIP] How to Use Connect: Step-by-step Instructions. If you click the VIEW & REPLY button it will take you to this post and if you scroll to the top of the discussion, I think it should help you answer all of your questions. If you still have questions, feel free to ask. We have a lot of folks that will be happy to help you find an answer.

You mentioned you were having trouble posting and could not like a post but can reply OK. When you are reading the posts in a discussion, under each post is a REPLY button and I think this is how you have been posting. If you don't want to reply, just scroll to the bottom of the discussion and type your new post message into the box above the POST REPLY button and then click the button when you are done typing. If you see a post you really like, all you need to do is click the small heart on the left side under the text of a post and it will turn blue. The person who typed the post will receive a notification that you liked their post.

Happy New Year to you also!

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ess77 - Elizabeth | @ess77 | Jan 1, 2021
In reply to @johnbishop "Hello @joybringer1, Thanks for your private message. I really like your member name joybringer - I'm..." + (show)
@johnbishop

Hello @joybringer1, Thanks for your private message. I really like your member name joybringer - I'm hoping 2021 will be a joy bringer also. We all can certainly use some...joy 😊 I thought I would answer your private message in this discussion - [TIP] How to Use Connect: Step-by-step Instructions. If you click the VIEW & REPLY button it will take you to this post and if you scroll to the top of the discussion, I think it should help you answer all of your questions. If you still have questions, feel free to ask. We have a lot of folks that will be happy to help you find an answer.

You mentioned you were having trouble posting and could not like a post but can reply OK. When you are reading the posts in a discussion, under each post is a REPLY button and I think this is how you have been posting. If you don't want to reply, just scroll to the bottom of the discussion and type your new post message into the box above the POST REPLY button and then click the button when you are done typing. If you see a post you really like, all you need to do is click the small heart on the left side under the text of a post and it will turn blue. The person who typed the post will receive a notification that you liked their post.

Happy New Year to you also!

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Good directions, John. You're a great addition to my life with your wisdom and kindness.....Blessings in 2021. Elizabeth

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jan 1, 2021
In reply to @ess77 "Good directions, John. You're a great addition to my life with your wisdom and kindness.....Blessings in..." + (show)
@ess77

Good directions, John. You're a great addition to my life with your wisdom and kindness.....Blessings in 2021. Elizabeth

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Thank you for your kind words Elizabeth!
Happy New Year!

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