by FluppyPuffy » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:28 am
Welcome to the forum Angie, sorry to hear you have been dx'd with FM. There is a lot of info and advice on here, and we try to help and support each other with how FM turns everything upside down.
As the smilies are causing you a problem, I haven't used any here. They are used purely to add a little more emphasis and expression to the posts. In the time I have been on the forum, there have only been 2-3 people who have found that the smilies can cause them problems. To try and help with this, we point out that the smilies can be turned off if wanted. When you next make a post, if you scroll down the page, you will see 2 tabs. On the options tab, the 2nd choice down is "Disable Smilies". If you click on this box, it should stop all the smilies appearing in posts. All that should be visible is the name of the smilie that has been used and not the smilie itself.
Hope that makes reading the posts less problematic for you.
If your dog doesn't like someone, then you probably shouldn't either