what brought you all here?

[Happy2girls]

How did everyone find their way to Medhelp?  I came here because of heart palpatations.  My journey took me from the heart disease forum (that was the only heart forum they had when I signed up), to the anxiety forum, to the dieting forum, to the gastroenterology forum and on and on and on.  I probably spend too much time on here but I find out a lot of cool stuff and I enjoy seeing others' perspectives on things.  

[jollyman069]

i found the sight researching chronic pain and the use of meds.. i am on some strong pain meds and was worreied about addicition, found out i am not abusing i take as perscribed and that there are many more in my poistion. withou the meds life would unbeaqrable, lots of good and smart ppl here i love it

[margypops]

Needed help and others perspective on a few problems I tried to look at other options but found MedHelp the best, I have some knowledge of children and try to help there, I have Allergies so I go for help there I have a relative at the begining of some dementia problems so when I panic about how I will get through it I look for answers on the Alzheimers site. Past knowledge of Anxiety and Panic that I got over,so I poodle round the differant sites, great people with a lot of answers, has trly helped me I look forward each time I log in to naswers for me and hope I can help someone else.

[Quinns momma]

I came on Med Help orig in 2005 and was known on the maternal child forum as Harley-girl. Was trying to get pregnant and had questions. Now years later I have my beautiful daughter who is 21 months and thinking about another!! ;)

[Linzola1]

I came on here in September 2007 because I had a miscarriage and my husband and I decided we would like to try agian. Needless to say I got pregnant in Oct 07 and now have a beautiful baby boy that is 3 months old!  I love this place you make new friends and the interaction is wonderful. This particular forum is nice because you can get to know people that you would not find in the pregnancy forums and chit chat! Im looking foward to making some new friends on here!

[crabby70]

A boy committed suicide in the neighborhood... Got really depressed and started having anxiety....Which led me to the Anxiety and Depression Forum.....My daughter has Cerebral Palsy so I found that forum and all the other great forums...

[ziggysgrl0724]

I came here in 2005 when I wad diagnosed with a complex ovarian cyst and feared it was cancer.  I found the woman in the ovca forum very helpful and they really eased my worried(there wasn't an ovarian cyst forum then).....turned out to be only a cyst and went away, but since then I have since become a regular visitor on the pregnancy and maternal forum and I usually venture to lots of other forums whenever I have a question or am curious.  The pregnancy 18-34 and the fertility forum were great when DH and I decided to TTC, and now I have a 11 day old daughter!

[amberd5191]

I came in May 2007 trying to find some answers. I was told I had a blighted (sp) ovum pregnancy. Lone behold they were wrong my daughter is now 8 months old. I love the community; they got me through many tough moments.

[Momto3]

Found MH doing a search regarding heart problems (PVCs, cardiomyopathy, mitral regurgitation).  Like Happy said, there was only one heart forum back then (actually an expert forum) and it has grown leaps and bounds since then.  I still love it here!

[ChitChatNine]

In Oct 2006 @ a routine annual exam, my Dr. found 2 thyroid nodules .. I had to have a FNA Biopsy done .. not only did I not know what a nodule or FNA Biopsy was, I didn't even know where the thyroid was or what it did in the body!

The members at MedHelp taught me all I know today and have helped me go from diagnosis, thru surgery, thru med adjustments, thru acceptance and healing 100% and this has allowed me to help others.

Many of the original members who helped me in 2006 are still on the thyroid community helping so many people.

That is special stuff.

C~

[peekawho]

I don't even remember how I got here.  It was actually 6 years ago.  Probably just a link to a link to a link landed me here.

The site was very different back then.  Just a few forums, and plain old questions and answers.

[JoyRenee]

After giving birth to my youngest daughter things were a bit "strange" and I came here seeking answers about my body! I landed in the Pregnancy Community and was asked to be a CL a few months ago. My username says I've been here since Jan (I think) but I've been here longer under a different username. I changed it so it was more easily recognizable.

Phew... probably TMI but... who cares?

[Abbey40]

A friend told me about MedHelp. I liked the animal forums, they have good advise there.

[April2]

I don't remember how I found it but I came here because I was having heart palpitations. I found out it was PVC's. After the Heart forum I moved to the Gastroenterology forum when I started having GI problems and had a mass removed. When they believed I had Crohns I moved to the Crohns forum. I also liked the Maternal forum and just meeting and chatting with people. I've learned so much here!
I've been on here now for about a year and a half? Time flies when you're having fun! :)

[Myown]

I stumbled upon the forum after I was diagnosed with HCV. Glad I did because I found out more info about the disease from forum members then what my doctors told me. But not only me, this seems to be the case with everyone who has hepc. We learn more here than anywhere.

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Hi April2,,,,,hope all is well with you.

good night all, I am beat, time to go to bed.
take care,
MO

[Trialanderror]

I found MedHelp while mulling over child behavior. Just reading through all the questions made me realize my son, his progress, my life was nothing out of the ordinary and nothing to worry about. At the same time I felt I could add some of my own experience to the mix. So I stayed.

[kitty51]

I was looking up fibromyalgia and next thing i knew i was here.have a bad memory and found this all to o confusing and still do LOL  :)

[FEOT]

I found MedHelp searching for Pregnancy information. I been a member ever since, i believe it was march-April of this year.

[dominosarah]

I found Medhelp searching drug withdrawal.  I looked over the posts and decided to take the jump and get off pills.  I went cold turkey in April 2008 and just celebrated my 5 months clean mark.

[msgorgeous]

I found medhelp through a google search for implantation bleeding which was infact a m/c, been here since feb 08

[lostdreams]

I found MedHelp through Addiction, i had been 'clean' many months before finding this place, but was struggling real bad as i didnt have anyone to talk too about my addiction.
Finding this place has saved me in so many ways!

[pocketsize]

I've found this by doing searches to find online mood trackers. I have had all my moods written in paper for a while, but it's good to have them on a computer, especially for the graphs.
Then I went "oh, a social community I can be in instead of working!", and here I am.

[pcarsey]

I had a tubal reversal in March 07 and beforehand was looking for others who had it done and then had a successful pregnancy (trying to help make up a decision) . So from very early 2007,  I lurked around for a couple months and then when I found out I was pregnant I made my first 'actual' post.

[mayflowers]

I found MH b/c I had an abnormal pap due to high risk HPV.  I googled HPV and one of the links led me to Medhelp.

[justice6920]

I found Medhelp with a google search on pregnancy back in july or august and everyone has been so helpful! This site rocks!