I have been contemplating the value of online support groups and social networking sites. Value is not really the right word for it, but I am not sure what the right word is. My first exposure was to a yahoo support group for Fibromyalgia. It did not take me long to realize that it was not the place for me. Each person on there had a signature which listed all of their illnesses and health complaints. The longer the list the more clout you had. People were listing every trivial thing wrong with them in an attempt to make their signatures longer. I was really turned off to it, and it did not … [Read more...]