Admin Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Agenda We have an eminent Radiation Oncologist Dr James MacKean as our special expert guest speaker. Disclaimer This Community does not give medical advice. No members are authorized to give medical advice. Ask your doctor if you hear anything here that you think may be related to your treatment. Time 9:30am - 11:00am Eastern Standard Time (Queensland) The formal phone-in meeting ends after 90 minutes. The lines are kept open for an hour after that for members to informally chat. Daylight savings times Brisbane 9:30am Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart: 10:30am Adelaide, 10:00am Perth 7:30am Winter times Brisbane 9:30am Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart 9:30am Adelaide 9:00am Perth 7:30am Dial in Details only in email to members. Contact Jim if necessary. (Unchanged since last time) Speaking time We want many voices to be heard. If you are a member listed to speak below, the chair will probably expect you to take no more than about 5 minutes on presentation so there is plenty of time for others to respond. Special Guest Speakers are invited to speak for 10-15 minutes, then field questions. Apologies From. Late starters Maybe you haven't had access to the agenda or you have late breaking news you would like to share. Tell the chairman here at the beginning of the meeting that you would like to speak, and he will fit you in probably later, perhaps right now if that suits. Man 1 Member’s story Man 2 Member’s story Special expert guest speaker Well known Radiation Oncologist Dr James MacKean is today's special expert guest speaker. Dr MacKean is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, and a member of the Australian and New Zealand Faculty of Radiation Oncology Genito-Urinary Group. He is also Chair of the Australasian Brachytherapy Group MacKean, and a Radiation Oncologist at Premion at the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane and in Chermside. Today he will address the use of radiation in advanced prostate cancer, and answer your questions. Other updates Any man who wishes to update us on his progress is welcome to contribute here. Formal end The Chair will declare the formal part of the teleconference closed at his discretion, perhaps around 11am. The teleconference lines will be kept open until at least 11:30 for anyone who wishes to continue discussions, update his health, or just chat. Informal chat Any topic you like - topics we didn't reach, something discussed earlier you wish to comment on, an update on your health, how your new boat is going, moaning about the weather, anything that you wish to say. Future phone-in support group meetings Teleconference meetings are held on the fourth Friday (NOT always the last Friday) of each month (except January, which is one week late) and December (which is one week early). So February may have 2 teleconferences - the delayed January teleconference, and the normal fourth week. In 2013 this means teleconferences on both 1 February and 22 February. Phone-in support group meeting dates 2013 1 February 2013 22 February 2013 22 March 2013 (not last Friday in month) 26 April 2013 24 May 2013 (not last Friday in month) 28 June 2013 26 July 2013 23 August 2013 (not last Friday in month) 27 September 2013 25 October 2013 22 November 2013 (not last Friday in month) 20 December 2013 (not last Friday in month, not fourth Friday in month) Changes or questions If you wish to update us about any changes in your health or treatment, or have a question you would like answered or discussed, or you would like to talk about joining a teleconference group, let us know. Then we can put it high on the agenda so it doesn't get lost - just reply to this email, or use Contact Jim on JimJimJimJim.com. This message has been send to you because you are a member of an Advanced Prostate Cancer Support Group. Visit JimJimJimJim.com and click on Contact Jim if this is a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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