Welcome

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      Your subscription to the GUAIGROUP list (The Guaifenesin Protocol / Fibromyalgia Treatment Discussion Group) has been accepted. Please read this entire message so you will understand our few rules. Please save this and subsequent "welcome updates" for future reference.

      GUAIGROUP is a very narrowly focused discussion forum and online support community for people with fibromyalgia who are using or seeking information about Dr. R. Paul St. Amand's Guaifenesin Protocol. GUAIGROUP is not moderated, and messages are not submitted to anyone for approval before being publicly posted. It is important for everyone to comply with the following standards in order to avoid possible conflicts.

      Topics are restricted to Fibromyalgia, the Guaifenesin Protocol, and their effect on your life. Humor is acceptable if it is brief. Spiritual, religious, inspirational or political topics are not allowed in any form. Members should be considerate at all times and refrain from unnecessarily dominating the conversations - an action that can inhibit the supportivness of the group.

      We encourage you, the new subscriber, to send an initial message introducing yourself. This is an easy way for other members to welcome you and provide whatever immediate help you need. The list is actively monitored by our admin team. They are all unpaid volunteers and multi-year veterans of the protocol. Information posted to the list is not intended to be used as medical diagnosis or advice.

     We have only three rules:

•      It is mandatory that you preserve the confidentiality of this group and NOT repost, copy, or forward anything posted by our members to any other group, list, forum or person without the author's explicit permission. The author of each message owns copyright to posted messages.
•     It is mandatory that you extend to all our members the same courtesy, kindness and respect you wish to receive from them. BE NICE.
•      Product endorsements for the purpose of generating profits are not allowed.

     Infringement of these rules will unfortunately result in your removal from the newsgroup. In order to preserve the supportive nature of this list, the list owners may remove any subscriber who is found to be disruptive.

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•       Do NOT reply to the DIGEST format. Start a new message, then cut and paste the subject line of the post you are addressing. Changing the subject line is essential. It is critical that we keep the message volume manageable. Please follow these guidelines:
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     For more information on The Guaifenesin Protocol for Fibromyalgia Treatment, please see Dr. St. Amand's Fibromyalgia Treatment Center, Inc. website at www.fibromyalgiatreatment.com.