Hello @teresax5, welcome to Connect! Actually, by typing the message you just typed you have subscribed to the group. By doing so, you should receive email alerts any time a member posts in this discussion. If you are looking at this message via email, I suggest scrolling to the bottom and clicking on the blue box that says VIEW & REPLY, this should take you to the full discussion on the Mayo Clinic Connect website.

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