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Chats and Forums :: Conditions and Diseases
counselling services on break from 22nd December to 12th January .Forums and chats remain open with limited moderation
diabetescounsel (Diabetes Counselling) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:52:14 -0000
counselling services on break from 22nd December to 12th January .Forums and chats remain open with limited moderation
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:09:07 -0000
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
#Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:00:00 -0000
#Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
For those that have never been to a video chat, sign up for a stickam account and look here: http://www.adf.org/forums/chats/video/
adfdruidry (ADF Druidry) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:24:16 -0000
For those that have never been to a video chat, sign up for a stickam account and look here: http://www.adf.org/forums/chats/video/
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:30:39 -0000
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
#Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:19:28 -0000
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Community Forum - Message boards and chat dedicated to sharing information, offering support, and coping strategies to better cope with Ostomies. Community moderated by volunteers.
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International Ostomy Association Discussion Forum - Discussion board of the IOA, concerning ostomies or internal diversion, information and news.
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Java and IRC Chat Room - Questions about life with a stoma in the #ostomy channel every Saturday night at 8pm UK time (currently BST - which is GMT+1).
Meta Description: [ Living with a colostomy. Before, during and after the operation. ]
Ostomy Forum - Ostomy related message. Free access.
Meta Description: [ Ostomy Message Board ]
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Ostomy Message Board - Come and post an ostomy question of your own or maybe you'll be able to help someone else out.
Stomaworld - Discussion board , support and information about all kind of stoma. Email contact.
Meta Description: [ Your stoma information resource in the UK. We aim to pull together as much information as we can in the Stoma World. ]
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StuartOnline Chat Room - A chat room for discussion of ostomy related topics. On tuesday evenings starting at 8 P.M. CDT / 9 P.M. EDT.
Meta Description: [ Free Ostomy related chat room that meets each Tuseday evening starting at 8pm Central Time to discuss Ostomy related issues. ]
Yahoo! Clubs ostomatessupport - Chat room open on Wed 9pm EDT. Discussion on ostomy topics.
Meta Description: [ ostomatessupport: Ostomates Support - Ostomy Support and Discussion ]
Yahoo! Clubs Ostomysupport - Questions or support about having any kind of ostomy.
Meta Description: [ ostomysupport: Ostomy Support - Living with an Ostomy and/or Crohns & Colitis ]
Yahoo! Clubs peoplewithostomies - Chats are every SAT@7:00pm EST. Ostomies topics.
Meta Description: [ peoplewithostomies: peoplewithostomies ]
Yahoo! Clubs ukostomysupport - Support and share of experiences in a group of persons having an ostomy.
Meta Description: [ ukostomysupport: UK Ostomy Support - A place to chat and ]
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