Subj : Health Postings
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Thu Aug 20 2020 21:57:11

Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:

DS>  I have a message base locally called "The Doctor Is In".
DS>  Every 3 days, I have several posts (that recycle every 90
DS>  days) on several medical topics. They are not meant to
DS>  replace advice from your own PCP or specialist, but it
DS>  would add some traffic to this echo. I would like to know
DS>  if it's OK to post these before I proceed.


          Thank you for your interest & continued support of this echo.  When you asked a similar question a couple of years ago, I replied as follows (and feel much the same way now):



   CUT HERE  O/ _ _ _ _
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DS>  I've been so busy with taking care of my elderly Mom, then
DS>  doctors things for myself, that I haven't had the time to
DS>  get those topics from "The Doctor Is In" into the echo.


          I can relate.  Dallas & I have been so busy with taking care of our daughter that we don't answer as often as we'd like to.  We do appreciate the input we get from readers like you who seem to keep coming back, though.  :-)



DS>  In looking at what I had (it's not all inclusive), but
DS>  several topics are covered (noted below), with messages
DS>  split into several parts.


          For various reasons, I also split long messages.



DS>  I recycle them every 30 days (I feel that messages
DS>  older than 30 days are no longer timely). Would that
DS>  be "overkill", or should I try to spread them out to
DS>  posting a message twice a week??


          In this particular echo I think it would be "overkill" to post more than one or two such articles each month.  Although we could use more traffic here & they may interest many of our readers, I wouldn't want to see messages overlooked amid a slew of material written by third parties....  :-Q

          It seems to me that readers here often have difficult & potentially time-consuming situations to deal with.  They may also be less likely to read &/or respond to these articles if they get too many within a very short time. But Dallas & I have a lot to say to people who have been diagnosed with sleep apnea, e.g., and can't be bothered learning to use a machine which might save their lives... or who don't recognize the symptoms.  SURVIVOR is an attitude, not a diagnosis.  What really gets me interested in some medical condition is that somebody I care about has it... or, failing that, how they deal with it. Years ago I read a book written by a nurse in which she spoke of a young girl who didn't really understand why she was in hospital, but accepted it because her mother was there.  I don't recall now whether the nurse specified why she was in hospital.  What matters AFAIC isn't so much the diagnosis but the fact that Dallas & I were there for our daughter when she was in hospital, and I'm very glad to report that she's still alive & kicking twenty years later.  The odds weren't so favourable in those days... and a lot of her ward mates died.



DS>  I did the research off of the WebMD website
DS>  (http://www.webmd.com), on various topics for
DS>  several topics for both males and females,


          Sounds like a reputable source, which is always a concern in echoes like this one, and I like the idea of including both males & females....  :-)

          Are there any copyright restrictions on the material, BTW?  I think that's something we need to be careful about... particularly if you intend to post entire articles from this site.  Some people get around such problems by quoting a few brief excerpts & saying "You can read the rest at [blah blah]."



DS>  Breast Problems (both men and women can get breast cancer)


          I knew that... but a lot of others don't.  People need to know it's not just elderly, overweight men who have heart attacks or sleep apnea & it's not just large-breasted middle-aged women who have breast cancer.  Spread the word, my friend... just do it gradually enough that even I can keep up.  :-))




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