Well, actually, I browse through other newsgroups, and sometimes I do refer people
here <g> or even just recently I replied to someone here and he was seen then, on
another newsgroup, essentially reasking the same question and I crossposted back to
sci.med.diseases.cancer to give either of the oncologists, reading there, the
chance to correct me (what I told him) and none did.  If I see a cancer question,
on another newsgroup, I reply to them and/or refer them here. Some would rather
stay on their "home" newsgroups, with their existing support system. I don't go
searching them out (via the archives). It's just if I notice one, on other
newsgroups that I browse through.

The longer story is she and I have disagreed for years, about certain issues (maybe
back 6 - 8 years).
I was posting more (than now) to the breast cancer newsgroup and backed off when
challenged by her, for the sake of the others on that newsgroup.  And especially
since the big fight a year or so ago. She's been critiquing me for years and I've
stopped almost everything that she's found fault with, she just finds something new
to critique. So since I've stopped (decreased my posts to the breast cancer
newsgroup), she's been targeting me here..

So if he thinks my claws are bad, he'd best look at the bigger picture and
understand the point of some of her posts. He may have tunnel vision or miss some
posts. What I've noticed, in the past year, since the big fight on this newsgroup,
is she'll often skip over posts on the breast cancer newsgroup and come directly
here and post one helpful post, then aim a criticism at me.  I've watched that
daily for almost a year.  I've turned the other cheek (ignored it), bitten my
tongue, for the sake of this newsgroup (and everyone here, including me).

As best I can recall and my memory's not perfect, I've critiqued for posting the
wrong name (non-existant) of a breast cancer medicine. I waited a few days for her
to correct it. When she didn't, I pointed it out to her and her reply was not "I
apologize, I meant to say XXXX". The reply was "any professional would have known
what I meant" (another barb at me). Well, I've got news for her. There may be
professionals who read this newsgroup, but most of the readers are probably not.
Leaving such misinformation uncorrected, leaves people reading through Google, to
go off asking their oncs about a non-existent breast cancer medicine. Leaves them
searching the www for said medicine, when it was an error that she could have and
should have corrected.

Then there was this one that should bave been "donation". To the best of my memory
those are the two main "problems" that I've created with her for the past year. To
be honest, I was upset about the insensitive way that she responded to Em. Em
wasn't feeling well and she'd just found out that her mother has a recurrence.

Other comments: Tim (who is, in some ways, the equivalent of me here) has never
told me to get off the breast cancer newsgroup. If he had problems with me, he has
my email address and could have told me.

Yes, I correct my posts where I feel something I posted was incorrect or
misleading. And yes, I apologize for errors. I'm not apologizing to her because
I've never seen her apologize for anything. Not her errors, not her conduct.

Yes, Steph or Peter or sometimes madiba correct me or add to what I've posted.
Steph and Peter have my email address. If either of the 3 (Tim, Steph or Peter)
felt it's better for the newsgroup for me to be off here, I welcome their telling
me so, on newsgroup or by email.
I sure wouldn't argue that point with them, if they wanted me off here.

So anyway, this newsgroup is not about me, nor Alex.
I'd like to get back to what I feel I do best, supporting, information, replies,
caring.
I hope we can write this one off to the poster not knowing all I do and not seeing
the big picture (of my various cancer related efforts and what has transpired in
the past, on both newsgroups).
That's my recollection and point of view

MHO means "my humble opinion". I don't know what the other "M" means and I'm into
searching it.
IMHO means "in my humble opinion", so it's some variant along that line.
Hugs
J