*ENS member accounts need updating*
I'd encourage you to please consider updating your account to provide us with your city and state you reside. Offering this geographic info will offer us an even greater sense of unity among site members. I'd also encourage you to update your email address if it has changed. Now that I have sent an email to all members, I know which ones are out of order. If certain email addresses have not been updated and the member has never posted or only posted once or twice without substance relating to ENS, I'm thinking it would be appropriate to delete those particular accounts. Thanks, Chris

hi cris, i just join the group. I live in south america, and speak many languages. I a dead sure that there are many many people suffering ENS in South america, like i do. i strongly sugest that you make a Spanish Forum. what do you think about it, ? I have seen maybe 100 otorhinos doctors in my life, and only a few month ago, one told me that i have ENS. There is a major lack of knowledge down here. regards, nico

Hi Nico, I'd be happy to start a spanish forum - and just created a spanish-speaking forum under the "forum francophone" on the forum homepage. Check it out. We have a french forum here, and I am sure a spanish forum would be of great help to many. If you are willing, you could help raise awareness considerably among the spanish-speaking people by considering doing the following. Creating a wikipedia article in spanish. Translating the wikipedia article on empty nose syndrome (there is both a french and english one) into spanish would be of great help. You would translate the English one because it is the most updated article on empty nose syndrome. Such a translation could be of great help for empty nose syndrome since everyone turns to wikipedia for information. You might also want to take a look at this article from researchers, who are from South America, and feel free to contact them: http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/103/3/1082 Doing a www.youtube.com video testimonial in spanish - or however many tongues you are able to do it in! Seriously. Go to www.youtube.com and search for empty nose syndrome to see videos. Browse through our www.youtube.com video testimonial campaign part of the forum. Your efforts in helping raise awareness among the spanish speaking people could go very far and would be greatly appreciated. Unfortunately, I don't know spanish so I would not be able to help with translation. Because you know many languages, your contributions would be of tremendous help. Let me know what you think.

Nico, I think the wikipedia article and a brief youtube video are going to be key in raising awareness for ENS among the Spanish. I think you could do the youtube video with the help of family or simply the guidance on this forum, and you might be able to do the wikipedia translation solo because it involves primarily translation. If you do the latter, just do your best in the translation of the wikipedia article - it shouldn't take too long if you know these languages and it will be of great help. Thanks for your post in the spanish and french forum as well. Let me know if I can be of help. Chris

I have a request from all posters on this board: Please enter your "Profile" button and update your personal details, in particular - your location. Most of the veteran members who signed on three years ago did so, but since then hardly anyone has. Including some basic details about yourself - like where do you live and what are your interests and occupation - can help increase communication and sense of familiarity and comradeship. Thanks.