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Marrowforums
Tue Aug 1, 2006, 12:37 PM
There are many ways to navigate around and use Marrowforums.

The Frequently-Asked Questions pages should be your starting place. It can answer many of your questions.

Below are links you can bookmark for fast access to key site features and important forum threads. You can also take advantage of the navigation links at the top and bottom of every forum page.

Finding medical information

You can find informal discussions on many medical topics by browsing (http://forums.marrowforums.org) or searching the forums. If you don't see what you are looking for, register and post your questions in the forums. It's free!

You can also View the Bone Marrow Failure Diseases page.
Follow links on the Medical Resources page, to foundations and associations, patient resources and support groups, bone marrow transplantation and stem cell transplantation information, general health information sites, and well-known treatment centers.
Look for treatment centers on our interactive Treatment Center Map.
Learning to use the forums

You can browse the forums by starting at the main forum page (http://forums.marrowforums.org) and clicking links of interest. You can fill out a search form to look for discussions on specific topics. The New Posts link at the top of every forum page will show you the newest discussion threads and posts and the Today's Posts link will show you threads and posts from the last 24 hours.

Once you register as a forum member, you can also Fill out a User Profile.
Reply to posts by others and participate in the discussions.
Start new threads. We suggest that you search the forums first, since the answer may already be there. If not, select the most appropriate forum (http://forums.marrowforums.org), click the forum title, and then click the New Thread button. If you can't decide where to put your thread, take your best guess or use the all-purpose Questions and Answers forum.and you should View the Forum Rules. You are responsible for following them.
View the Private Policy and consider how you would like to handle privacy issues.

Handy bookmarks

For everyone: Marrowforums home page
Main forum page
Forum search page
Today's Posts
Frequently-Asked Questions pages
Members List

For members only: New Posts
My Settings: User Profile
User Options
Forum Signature
Email address and Password
Private Messages
Thread Subscriptions Forum Rules
Privacy Policy
Contact page
Lost Password page
Administrators and Owners page

Marrowforums
Wed Oct 18, 2006, 06:11 PM
If you have any questions about any of the above, click here (http://forums.marrowforums.org/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=23).

That will start a new thread in the Questions and Answers forum. Type a title and your question and click the Submit New Thread button.

We'll answer it as soon as we can.