To all friends of the STTM forums
August 16, 2007
Dear Friends of the STTM forums,
We want to thank you so much for your patience while we took a week long break. 
I personally went to a reunion of friends I knew 10 years ago, and had SO much fun. Others worked in their gardens, made changes in their houses, or just plain relaxed.
But something unexpected occurred during our break, and the biggest change occurred in ME. Namely, it became clear that I wasn’t going to be able to maintain my two forums soon. Why? Because I’m taking on another real life job that was going to make it almost impossible to adequately answer posts. Additionally, I have become concerned about my blood pressure which has risen the past few months, and knew that I HAD to make some changes to lower it. But my biggest issue was the new job and lack of time.
So, I called a powwow of the moderators during our break. And to my surprise, I discovered that several others were feeling the pinch!! It wasn’t just me! One has a job that is turning into out-of-state travel; another badly wanted to return to a hobby that had gone by the wayside since the advent of the forums; another has a job which was requiring 60 hour work weeks; another is making a major move; and another would be making a move in the future.
Bottom line, we discovered that several of us had situations in our lives that were going to make maintaining certain forums impossible.
So…a difficult decision was made that the forums which are now closed, would stay closed. Additionally, it was decided that since I couldn’t be as available because of an additional job, and since others were also having conflicts, the entire STTM forums will need to cease to exist within the next week so several of us can do what we need to in our personal lives.
BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS! Deborah of the General Thyroid forum felt like she had the time and desire to create a forum on another URL—a totally separate place not affiliated with STTM, but where you can still talk patient-to-patient with others concerning everything that STTM represents. She is working on that as I write this. So, though this announcement gives you the sad news that the STTM forums need to be gone so several moderators can take care of their lives, a new one will be formed. And I will be announcing it’s location to you as soon as it’s ready.
Additionally, STTM will have a page of any and all groups and/or forums where you can go and which we think are fine places to get the patient-to-patient interaction that you desire and benefit from.
So I’m sending all of you my very best wishes, and I hope you will think of all of us! Stay tuned for links to where you can go. And don’t worry–you will hear from us in other places occasionally. We love all of you!
Janie
