Crosspost: gtube@onelist.com Invention of a more user friendly list.

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Dear friends, Please pass this info on to other friends and lists where

there might be some g-tubers. I'm posting to the lists I'm on (except the

other gt list). A grassroots uprising! Many of our kids or ourselves have

g-tubes or other forms of enteral feeding devices. I greatly enjoy the

gt-list, but don't agree with toe-the-line-or-else management. After reading

other posts, I chose to create a new list, gtonelist. Fewer rules,

easier procedures to follow. I feel that we are all intelligent human

beings, and can make our own choices in what information we intend to follow.

It is my hope that the sharing on the other list will be carried on, with a

tad more caring allowed.

" The ways to handle stress are to change the situation, change how you react

to the situation, or get away from the situation entirely. " We can't change

the facts of having the need for ng- g- or j-tubes, except for the blessed

exceptions where someone graduates from needing one! I am tired of the

authoritarian monitoring of lists. Getting away from that situation is just

going to a more user-friendly forum. Make your own guidelines you wish to

follow. No flaming, nothing that isn't safe for children to read. Just good

sharing between those of us in the enteral feeding boat.

I hope you'll join this gtonelist list, and carry on as before. Enjoy!

Listowner,