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Welcome and getting started

Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

New here? Welcome to the SANE Forums! We are so happy you found us and have joined our wonderful community. There are lots of people here like you, who can understand what you might be going through and offer valuable peer support.

You may see members reaching out to share their stories, asking questions about mental health, looking for others who get it, seeking support and offering support. We hope you find this a supportive and welcoming space to be.

We want to get to know you, and introduce you to other members of the SANE Community.

To get started, you can simply post here by clicking "reply" to introduce yourself and a fun fact or two about you.

Or, you can introduce yourself to the community by starting a new discussion thread! How to do that you ask? Follow the below steps to create your first post.

  • Click back into the Welcome & Getting Started topic area
  • Click the ‘New Discussion’ Button
  • Type in a subject title
  • Enter your post (there are some helpful tips on how you can introduce yourself below)
  • Then click post!

Feel free to check out our "how-to" video here: https://youtu.be/y9y-b7q43eQ?si=79nIOvHs5Qxm7w0j

You may see our Peer Support Workers welcoming new members in this space, so please reach out if you have any questions, or if we can help you get started 🙂 We are always happy to help! To reach us, @moderator or email us at team@saneforums.org. We look forward to getting to chatting soon

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hi @Shaz51 @Mikee

has the issue been resolved now with regards to being able to reply to @Mikee post?

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Hi @Tracey5 @Rebmevon @Mikee - Welcome to the forums!

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Welcome newbies!

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Great to see you too @BipolarRich 🙂

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@tyme

Been so grumpy and pissed off as I think my back surgery has failed a I have lost sensation in my left leg again

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Awww hun @BipolarRich . So sorry to hear this!

"Again"? Does this mean it has happened before?

Happy if you want to start a thread so discuss. It sounds incredibly hard. Would love to connect with you more and so others can also support you too.

No pressure of course, but if you want to start a thread, and don't know how, we can also support with this.

Looking foward to hearing from you.

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I was crushed between a forklift and the side of a truck 12 years a go and had a list of injuries a page long. Three fractures to my lumbar vertebrae and two ruptured discs.

I lost sensation in my left leg and was successful with the first op but I think the second on has failed 🤔😡🤬🫤

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Awwww mate. That's tough. It brings me back to a friend I had who got injured at work and lost sensation in her arm completely. She never fully recovered. That was when she was in her early 20s and just starting her career. She's in her 40s now. It's really affected her quality of life.

Hence, I can see how hard it is for you. We all only have one back. Walking, eating, sleeping... is all affected by one's back. I can only imagine the pain that comes with it.

Any chance of recovery in the future? Or is it too hard to tell at this point? @BipolarRich

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@tyme

I am only going to be getting worse as time goes on.

I also had my left femur snapped in half, torn left ACL, coccyx fractured into five pieces, both kidneys bruised, bleed on the liver four muscles torn in my upper back and a partial ligament tear in my left shoulder..... should be able to explain the anxiety and PTSD

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Absolutely hearing you. I guess I can't 'fix' you physical challenges, but any thoughts about how we can support you emotionally through this deep valley? @BipolarRich

What things do you do to stay 'well'?

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