JANUARY 2009: WE HAVE A NEW SITE WITH INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS: PLEASE VISIT http://ozbraintumour.info

Welcome to OzBrainTumour, a community of support for Australians dealing with brain tumour. We also have members in other places, in NZ, Asia, etc.

We have all had to start from zero learning about this. Have no fear of asking questions or expressing feelings. There are no wrong questions.

Try to give a clear 'subject line' to any message, to attract answers that meet your immediate concerns. 'Hi, I'm Jane' is better than 'Introduction'. Sometimes several people will introduce themselves on one day.

At the outset you may want 'anything'... As you refine questions in your mind, separate them in emails. LONG EMAILS ARE FINE - best to express yourself clearly to be best understood!

The answers? — these will come from people who share your experience in some way, but do exercise your judgement about their relevance to you.

At OzBrainTumour, we talk about all aspects of treatment and coping - at all stages, from diagnosis to recovery or to palliative care - or loss...

We encourage everyone to write VIA THE GROUP when providing advice... direct person to person correspondence is fine for personal messages, but the integrity of ADVICE depends on everyone seeing it. If anyone writes on the basis of or claiming status of any professional kind, then the professional qualifications should be set out clearly on each and every occasion referred to or exercised.
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To join OzBrainTumour, you can click on the blue button top right

THERE IS NOW AN APPROVAL STEP IN THE APPLICATION. WE HOPE THIS WILL INTERCEPT SPAMMING COMPUTERS JOINING AND NOT INHIBIT HUMANS - PLEASE JOIN US!