Menieres -- Meniere's Chat Group
About Menieres	English (USA)
The Meniere's Chat Group is a free email peer support group whose members provide social support to each other and share information about Meniere's disease and other vestibular disorders. When a member sends a message, that message is automatically sent to all other members of the group. It is like a group of friends chatting to each other, discussing a subject of common interest. Although not life-threatening, Meniere's disease is a distressing and variable long-term inner ear disorder. Symptoms include attacks of vertigo (often with nausea and vomiting), tinnitus, hearing loss (which may become permanent), and a blocked feeling in the affected ear. We welcome as members those diagnosed with Meniere's or similar vestibular disorders, such as secondary endolymphatic hydrops, labyrinthitis, vestibular neuritis, migraine associated vertigo, and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). We also welcome carers, and doctors & other health professionals interested in Meniere's or vertigo. Most of our members are from Australia or surrounding regions, although we do have a few from other countries. The Meniere's Chat Group was established in 2001 by David Brigden. Currently he is co-administrator of the email group, together with Jeff Craike. David is a registered psychologist and a strong advocate of scientific method and evidence-based medicine. He has been a regular contributor, and consultant editor to Equilibrium, the quarterly newsletter of Meniere's Australia Inc. After you apply to subscribe (scroll down for the online form), one of the administrators will email you personally to establish contact. You need to reply to that email to proceed to the next step in the subscription process. When you are looking for emails from the administrator or from the group, remember to look not only in your Inbox but also in your SPAM or JUNK folder. If you do not receive a response, or if you strike some other problem with subscribing, email BOTH administrators: davebrigden[at]hotmail.com AND jacraike[at]gmail.com From time-to-time some ISPs block emails from some email lists. If this happens to you, the way around this is to open a free internet-based email with Hotmail, Gmail, or Yahoo and use that email for your subscription to the ozdocit.org mailing list. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Menieres Archives. (The current archive is only available to the list members.)
Using Menieres
To post a message to all the list members, send email to menieres@ozdocit.org. You can subscribe to the list, or change your existing subscription, in the sections below.
Subscribing to Menieres
Subscribe to Menieres by filling out the following form. You will be sent email requesting confirmation, to prevent others from gratuitously subscribing you. Once confirmation is received, your request will be held for approval by the list moderator. You will be notified of the moderator's decision by email. This is also a hidden list, which means that the list of members is available only to the list administrator. Your email address:   Your name (optional):   You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild security, but should prevent others from messing with your subscription. Do not use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back to you in cleartext. If you choose not to enter a password, one will be automatically generated for you, and it will be sent to you once you've confirmed your subscription. You can always request a mail-back of your password when you edit your personal options. Once a month, your password will be emailed to you as a reminder. Pick a password:   Reenter password to confirm:   Which language do you prefer to display your messages? English (USA)   Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? No Yes
Menieres Subscribers
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