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How to Successfully Post a Message
(without really trying)
The following 10 suggestions are the
criteria we use when deciding whether or not a message is appropriate
for this forum.
We find it necessary to post this section
as the forum grows in size and popularity. We
ask for your help by keeping in
mind the following suggestions when
posting a message. After reading these suggestions, select the button at the
bottom
of the page to enter your message.
1.) Respond Directly:
If you would like to comment or
converse with someone from another post, please do so directly to
the person via their
email address link found in the message.
2.) E-mail Addressing 101:
Simply put, e-mail
is like regular mail.
It requires an address in order to be
delivered. If you post an incorrect or incomplete
e-mail address
no one will be able to contact you.
Please check your email address
carefully before hitting the Send Message button.
3.) Privacy:
This probably goes without saying
but, don't enter any information that you don't want the whole world
to see. Everything you
post on the Internet (be it here or another
forum) can be seen by everyone else on the
Internet. We
can not be responsible for
problems caused
from public or private information you choose to enter into this
forum.
4.) Selling:
Anyone who
prays on the ill and injured by holding
out false hope for profit are contemptible.
To protect patients and families from such
nefarious
acts anything even remotely resembling a
sales pitch will be immediately removed.
5.) Advice:
Feel free to write as much or as
little as you wish. There are no limits in length but, please try to
keep the information anecdotal. Please don't give advice about
medications or treatment unless you are a physician. Example:
"everyone should take 5mgs of this and 4 of these pills per
day" Say what worked for you but please don't try to diagnose or
dispense dosages to someone else over the Internet. You may very
well do more harm than good.
6.) SHOUTING:
Keep in mind that TYPING IN ALL
CAPITAL LETTERS in addition to being difficult to read is considered
SHOUTING on the Internet. Please use caps sparingly.
7.) Submitting:
Please click SEND button only once.
Clicking SEND more than once submits multiple entries of the same message. Your entry
is there, really, please be patient. It can take up to 24 hours for
your message to post for you to see.
8.) Formatting:
Please refrain from formatting your
message post. Formatting is using the return key, tabs, bold words,
colored text and other such techniques. Formatting is always removed before a
message is posted. Please show consideration for
everyone and don't format your message.
9.) My Message:
After submitting your information and
seeing the "Thank You!" screen. Usually
after about 24 hours you will be
able to see your submission at the bottom of the message page with
all the other messages.
10.) Mistakes:
If you make a mistake in your entry
like an incorrect or incomplete email address and don't
notice until after you post. It's no big deal. Really. Simply
send us an email explaining the problem and we will fix it
for you a.s.a.p. Most entries are
fixed within a day.
Make sense? If not feel free to
email us
with
any questions.
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