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| START HERE: Get to Know us, Read the Guidelines, and Much More! | ||||
 | ERC FORUM GUIDELINES: Required Reading-Start Here! Start here to check out what's expected of all members who participate in our forums. Don't post until you've read! | 2 | 5 | |
| ERC is "More Than Just This Listserv!" Get to know us. Are you new to the ERC? We are an established, 501(c)3 non-profit organization leading the international community in Endo awareness, research facilitation, support and advocacy for over a decade. We are the ONLY FREE Endometriosis foundation in the world. Click here to get to know us and learn how we've been helping the global Endo community on both the lay and professional sides - and let us know how can we assist YOU! | 1 | 1 | |
| New to Endometriosis? Start here with the ERC's helpful resources and information designed to give you encouragement, empowerment and education on this puzzling disease. "If 7 million men suffered unbearable pain with sex and exercise and were offered pregnancy, castration or hormones as treatment, Endo would be a national emergency to which we would transfer the defense budget to find a cure."-Nancy Petersen, RN, ERC Advisor | 4 | 6 | |
| Welcome to the ERC Listserv Main Folders! Please Navigate the Following Areas to Find a Topic of Interest | ||||
| MAIN ERC ENDOCHAT: Open Forum - Members Only Click here for support and all on-topic discussions about ALL aspects of life with Endo in a mature, safe setting with those who care and understand. Surgery, drug therapies, other treatments, frustrations, successes, disappointments, questions, concerns...you name it, it's in here. Can't find it? Start a thread! | 377 | 2034 | |
| Hysterectomy Discussion - Members Only Members have requested an easier-to-find, hysterectomy-specific folder. Here it is! Ask questions and read about info related to this topic. | 55 | 354 | |
| The ERC's Research & News Center - Members Only Click here for our research recruitment notices, as well as academic info, research news, media coverage and clinical Endo discussions. | 33 | 56 | |
| EndoDocs - Members Only Find, share and discuss Endo docs here. Know of a good local doc? Have you traveled to a specialist? Need to find a doc to help you? Click here and share your personal views on docs who treat Endo. | 73 | 243 | |
| Sex & Endo - Members Only Painful sex, intimacy issues and much more are often discussed by Endosisters. This is the place for frank, mature discussions related to this topic. | 14 | 76 | |
| Infertility & Endo (ABSOLUTELY NO PREGNANCY NEWS PERMITTED HEREIN out of respect for those in this group, please!) - Members Only Infertility is a heartbreaking consequence of this insidious disease. We've created this safe haven specifically for our members who may be suffering from primary or secondary infertility - or pregnancy loss - to come and be with those who understand in a forum dedicated strictly to the aforementioned topics. | 6 | 33 | |
| Pregnancy/TTC Forum (Please - NO Infertility Posts, Thank You) - Members Only Trying to Conceive? Have Pregnancy News to share with us? Need "Baby Dust" sprinkles from your Endosisters? This is the spot for pregnancy discussions NOT related to infertility. | 8 | 41 | |
| Alternative Therapies (Diet/Nutrition, Herbs, Massage Therapy, TENS Unit, Supplements, etc.) - Members Only You can share this type of info in the regular forum as well, but if you've got some specific questions or some alt.tx. info to share, post it here! | 26 | 86 | |
| Lupron/GnRH-Good, Bad or Indifferent? - Members Only Of course, you can chat about Lupron and other GnRHs in the general forums as well, but this discussion is such a hot topic that we decided to give it a dedicated area. If you want to post about good or bad experiences (preface "positive" or "negative" in your subject header, please!) or find out how others did on GnRH and GnRH-A drugs, here's your area. | 14 | 62 | |
| Young Women & Endo: Girl Talk - Members Only We haven't forgotten about our young women and girls with Endo! The ERC's Girl Talk Forum is just for you, ages 25 and under. Click for more info on how to access our Girl Talk forum and program. | 1 | 1 | |
| Women2Women Endometriosis is not a disease of discrimination. It can affect any woman or girl of any background, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or sexual orientation. Unfortunately, because the medical community at large assumes heterosexuality when treating patients, Lesbians and Bisexual women and girls with Endo often face unique challenges when dealing with this already-difficult illness. The ERC began our Women2Women program in early 2002, then the only organization at the time to do so, in order to acknowledge and support the perspectives of our Lesbian/Bi members living with the disease and to advocate for them across those barriers presented by the medical establishment. We are providing this folder NOT to divide the Endometriosis community, but rather, to unify it and give those who may need it a frank, open and *safe* area to discuss with others who understand - all aspects and unique challenges presented within the Lesbian/Bisexual Endo community. The ERC believes all women and girls have the right to be free from pain and to be informed, educated partners in their healthcare, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual preference, etc. While this topic is also always welcome and encouraged to be posted in the general forum folder, feel free to use this category as well for a more directed dialogue. | 1 | 4 | |
| SURGERY STARS Leave your surgery dates in here and gather the much-needed support of your Endosisters. All procedures are welcome to be included. | 0 | 0 | -- |
| Endo Awareness Initiatives & Fundraising News | ||||
| Ways you can help the ERC - for FREE! Want Endo clothing, accessories, designs - that help raise money for the ERC? Like to search for websites - and raise money for the cause? Like to shop online? All of these and more help raise funds to support the ERC, the world's only free Endo foundation. Learn more here. | 2 | 3 | |
| ERC's Awareness Forum - Members Only We are globally recognized for our vast awareness efforts, including - but not limited to - media outreach (and yes, we've campaigned to Oprah before!) and the establishment of Endometriosis-related legislation. For example - did you know that the official, national "March is Endometriosis Awareness Month" campaign exists at all because of the ERC's work with Congress in passing H.Con.Res. 291? Want to get involved? Click here to learn how and make suggestions. We're looking forward to hearing what you have to say! | 19 | 108 | |
| Special Fundraising Events - Members Only This is the spot where we will post specific fundraisers that are held throughout the year. Want to host an event? Let us know! | 7 | 18 | |
| Endo & The Military (dependants, retired, active duty, etc.) | ||||
| Endo & The Military For all Endosisters associated with the Military, this forum serves to address the unique needs and challenges presented by dealing with a chronic disease in that specific setting. All related or interested parties welcome. | 1 | 4 | |
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