The purpose of this forum is to create an online community. It is intended for the use of teenagers with lymphoedema. You can use this site to share experiences on-line but please respect rules on this site that are designed to keep you safe. Do not exchange contact details with others on the site. Do not arrange personal meetings with people that you meet on this site.
You are invited to register to join the forum. This will allow us to monitor who is using it and identify anyone who is not following the rules. Moderators supervise the site on a daily basis – they are there to protect your safety and to ensure that the forum rules are respected. Despite these measures – websites and forums attract unwanted visitors and it is up to you to protect your own privacy and do not put yourself at risk.
Using this forum should be a positive experience for you. It should help you to feel good about yourself and show you that you are not the only one with the sort of problems you face. It is important that you respect each other’s contributions and act as friends should towards each other.
Please read the following rules before you register to join the forum:
- Do not exchange contact details with other people on the site
- Do not arrange face to face meetings with others you have met on the site
- Respect each other and value everyone’s contribution
- Avoid swearing and personal attacks on other members
- Do not pester other people on the forum with continuous messages – give everyone else a chance to read and respond
- Do not deliberately try to start arguments
- Do not promote any business or financial interests
- Do not discuss or promote any illegal activity
- Do not post any medical advice – if you have any medical questions ask our team so that our expert team can help
- Do not make personal attacks on any other person or professional
- Do not try to bend the rules
- No-one is exempt from the rules
Breaking the rules – what happens
These rules are in place to safeguard you and others and to make sure that the forum can serve its purpose. Any offending posts will be edited and may be removed in extreme cases. We will make a note of the offending user’s details and they will be issued with a warning.
Repeat offenders and people who are marked as deliberately attempting to break these rules will be suspended and may be banned after investigation. Being banned means that you are no longer welcome in the forum, or as part of the community and your account will not function. IP addresses (and other factors) are tracked, so any attempt to re-register using different details will not work
The decision of the moderators and administrator in any action over misuse of this forum is final. Moderators have the right to edit, censor, delete or otherwise modify any posted message in order to uphold the rules.
If it is deemed necessary the offender will be reported to the police.