Were you the starter of the thread, or was it on a thread started by someone else?
If it's the former, I think it should appear in your home page, in "My Recent Activity."
If it's the latter, your post should be visible only by you in the page of the thread, where it'll say Edit, Post etc.
i tried to save a game anaylsis so i could edit it later, but when i hit save forum it deleted all my stuff. im not sure it saved but if it did where would it be? is there any way to recover it?