Hi,



HeartPatients.com ( www.heartpatients.com ) is a health based social network of

people sharing their Heart Disease experiences, treatment options, knowledge and

giving support to other people suffering from similar health problems. Its a

place to talk about how to live well with Heart Disease, ask questions, share

information about what is working for you, get sympathy, exchange ideas, request

and recommend the best doctors, support and friendship from other patients

suffering from Heart Disease. When you share your Heart Disease Experiences on

Heart Patients.com, it makes you feel a little less alone. By sharing your Heart

Disease experiences, you can help others and improve their quality of life.



Join now at http://www.heartpatients.com/main/authorization/signUp

Hi,



Sorry to not address you by name, but you didn't sign your post with a

regular name and I can't infer what your name might be from seeing your

email address and guessing. My talking computer just makes a garbled sound

when it reads the address, and going over it dcharacter by character hasn't

worked for me so I could put an idea of your name together. See below for

explanation. Thanks.



This sounds like a valuable online community, but I wonder one thing: It

also sounds as if it may entail an online forum and other features, all of

which have to be accessed at a Web site. I know that's fairly common. But

I'm a blind heart patient, and in order to access my computer for all

purpose, from email to Web surfing, I use what's called a screen reader

program, which renders text on the screen into speech as I navigate, read

and write. Adaptive programs like mine often don't work well in online

forums due to the forum platform being formatted and coded in a way that may

look clear to sighted users but which a screen reader program can't make

sense of, even with my best skills.



Is there a mailing list associated with this community, for those of us

who'd be satisfied with just that? This mailing list, for example, has been

wonderfully informative and supportive for me, leaving me with no wish that

I could find other features and information online.



thanks,



Joel

Los Angeles



----- Original Message -----

From: "drjamesriley" <drjamesriley@...>

To: <Shocks-For-Life@yahoogroups.com>

Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:52 AM

Subject: [Shocks-For-Life] HeartPatients.com - A Support Group for People

suffering from Heart Diseases





Hi,



HeartPatients.com ( www.heartpatients.com ) is a health based social network

of people sharing their Heart Disease experiences, treatment options,

knowledge and giving support to other people suffering from similar health

problems. Its a place to talk about how to live well with Heart Disease, ask

questions, share information about what is working for you, get sympathy,

exchange ideas, request and recommend the best doctors, support and

friendship from other patients suffering from Heart Disease. When you share

your Heart Disease Experiences on Heart Patients.com, it makes you feel a

little less alone. By sharing your Heart Disease experiences, you can help

others and improve their quality of life.



Join now at http://www.heartpatients.com/main/authorization/signUp









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