What a great community this is! I was reminiscing back to its humble roots:
This forum must surely be the world's foremost site for anecdotal information about the combined topics of sport and valve disease. The quanitity and quality of informational and moral support provided is terrific, ever more so as new members come on board. Add to that the spirit of community that is evidenced through group events like the VT marathon relay and the Indy half, and you've got to acknowledge this site is truly wonderful. As they say in the infomercial TV adverts - "but wait, there's more!" - some of the posts are highly entertaining as well.
Thank you, Ross, for setting up the seed crystal for this amazing and valuable forum.
Everybody else - take a step back and admire the the great body of knowledge and community you've built through your enthusiastic, compassionate and thoughtful contributions. We've all been around the web and have seen examples of forums on other topics that are full of misinformation, insulting posts, etc. No doubt that Ross has had to quietly excise some nasty stuff along the way, but this forum is nevertheless a shining gem on the WWW.
Keep up the great job, friends!
Regards
Hey you fitness and exercise junkies...
There are several of us who engage in regular cardio sports - cycling, running, mountain climbing, etc. What are your thoughts on usefulness of a new forum category "Active Lifestyle" or something to that effect?
There's really not a published body of knowledge around exercising with valve disease, guidance on recovery and training, etc. I was thinking it might be useful to have a place where we can ask each other our personal experiences, share articles, whine a little bit and do some occasional shameless boasting about our progress and accomplishments.
Whaddy'all think? If there's interest, maybe we could talk our friend Ross into setting up a forum topic.
This forum must surely be the world's foremost site for anecdotal information about the combined topics of sport and valve disease. The quanitity and quality of informational and moral support provided is terrific, ever more so as new members come on board. Add to that the spirit of community that is evidenced through group events like the VT marathon relay and the Indy half, and you've got to acknowledge this site is truly wonderful. As they say in the infomercial TV adverts - "but wait, there's more!" - some of the posts are highly entertaining as well.
Thank you, Ross, for setting up the seed crystal for this amazing and valuable forum.
Everybody else - take a step back and admire the the great body of knowledge and community you've built through your enthusiastic, compassionate and thoughtful contributions. We've all been around the web and have seen examples of forums on other topics that are full of misinformation, insulting posts, etc. No doubt that Ross has had to quietly excise some nasty stuff along the way, but this forum is nevertheless a shining gem on the WWW.
Keep up the great job, friends!
Regards