Opportunities of this entire site!

Hello to all

Since I first became a member here about two weeks ago, I have come to the conclusion that this site has and holds the greatest opportunaities to really become one of the greatest pain communities on the net.

It's come to my attention that I don't think that everyone has either realized the potential of offers here or maybe they have not had the time, as I have to paruse and investigate the entire site.

Is everyone aware that there is a spot for an individual web-page for each and everyone of us on this site?  Your page can have pictures of you and your family, you can create a journal and add entries at your will on what ever topics you'd like to journal about, you have the ability to share your journal or you can click on the box that only allows yourself to your entries.

You can send invitations and invite all your family and friends, so they will have a quick and easy access to your health issues and how your feeling at just a click and a short read.

You have a section on your page to make announcements, doctors reports or you can annouce family fuctions, results of your recent tests or what ever you choose to annouce.  You also have a section to place your needs in writing, this feature can really be  great spot for your family and friends to view what types of things they can help you with, whether it be household chores, shopping, watching the kids for an appointment or giving you a ride to a doctors visit.  I have supplied a link to my page for you to view and then you can see at the top of the page at Care Central you can create your own page and name it what every you'd like.

http://www.carecentral.com/bettys-pages-on-pain/

I'm not sure if everyone knows that they can have a home page here at the Chronicpainconnection.com  you can create your share post, read others share post, add pictures of yourself and also create a profile for others to view and know who you are, I would assume that you all already know about this part, but wanted to add it and share my own just incase someone is reading the sharepost and not yet been able or knew they could create their own home page.

You can also send messages to others who have a membership and correspond and make friends with new people on the site.  Here is my page for someone to review, just incase they were not aware they could do this.  http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/25343/home/

The other part of this site that I really feel we could vastly improve and could be an active community if some or all where aware of it, I ran into a few people the other day that have been creating share post and replying to them for some time, but did not know about this other feature.

From what I have been able to understand, the forum here is somewhat new addition to the site.  Everyone is welcome and certainly excepted with open arms to come out and visit on the forums.  You can check them out here and by all means, please join us, this is such a great opportunity for support and friendship to grow, for a great many of us, that have kind of shut ourselves off from the outside world and I know I cannot be the only one struggling with the issue of isolation and home boundedness.  Here is the link to view the forum community here at the Chronic Pain Connection.  Please come join in the discussion, ask your questions and just share your thought's concerns and what makes me feel joy with us.  http://forums.healthcentral.com/discussion/chronic-pain/forums