Newsletter Subscriptions to "PMP Pals"
The PMP Pals’ Network offers subscriptions to our PMP Pals Newsletters and bulletins.
Newsletters and bulletins are sent directly to our subscribers’ e-mailboxes weekly.
Our publications feature news focused on research, treatment and success stories!
To receive a subscription to “PMP Pals” send your:
Name,
Email address (clearly identifying you by name, no pseudonyms)
Mailing address,
and a check or money order for $35 USD as follows:
Made payable to PMP Pals/Gabriella Graham
Post Office Box 6484
Salinas CA 93912 USA
Subscribers receive one year’s worth of current newsletters and bulletins, as well as archived issues from the beginning of the year. All subscriptions expire annually on December 31.
Participate in the PMP Pals' Network Resource Programs!
Thank you for your interest in participating in the PMP Pals' Network!
We have assisted patients, caregivers and healthcare providers, affected by Appendix Cancer, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, Mesothelioma, Colorectal Cancer, and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis, in 46 countries around the world!
We look forward to assisting you!
PMP Pal members communicate and share resources directly via email, telephone calls, personal visits and SKYPE. We are not an impersonal cyberspace “chat room.” We are real people, just like you!
“PMP Pals” include patients, and their friends and family members who love and support them. You may become a subscribing member as either a “Pal Patient” or a “Pal Caregiver.”
The benefits of PMP Pal membership include:
- Receipt of our monthly newsletters and weekly bulletins, distributed to patients, caregivers and physicians around the world Our publications feature updates about news focused on research, treatment and success stories!
New subscribers receive our comprehensive series of PMP Pals’ Network Handbooks with detailed information to assist you in preparing for and recuperating from medical treatment.
Our series of Handbooks includes: (scroll to bottom of this page for a detailed listing)
Preparing for Consultations with Specialists
(Which questions should you ask? How do you prepare your medical resume? Physician "profiles" etc.)
Preparing for Surgery
(How should you prepare for surgery? How long will it take to recuperate? What are your nutritional needs? What is the role of your caregiver/family/spouse?etc)
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
(What do you need to know about health insurance? How can you obtain help with travel to and from the hospital? How do you apply for disability benefits? How do you explain cancer to your children?, etc)
Free cancer information books and booklets from our extensive library
- “Pal Mentors” to personally answer your questions regarding surgery, recuperation, health insurance, post treatment employment, family issues, etc.
- Participation in any of more than two dozen diverse Pal Resource Groups, among them:
- Appendix Cancer Pals
Chemo Pals
- Disease Free Pals
- Gastrectomy Pals
HIPEC Pals
- Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Pals
- Ostomy Pals
- Parents of Pals
Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Pals
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Pals
- Senior Pals
- Young Families with PMP
- and many more!
- Subscribing members receive the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of fellow members of their participating Pal Resource Groups, around the world.
The PMP Pals' Network is a resource, referral and support program for patients, and their family caregivers. We are a volunteer program serving patients and their families in 46 countries, in 12 languages.
We respect and follow HIPAA guidelines to insure your privacy. The information you provide to us, including names, email addresses and phone numbers, is shared only with other members who have agreed to respect our privacy policy and who share your same diagnosis and/or other information that you request be exchanged with others. We do not utilize "chat rooms" or internet "message boards". We do not share your information with healthcare providers or cancer societies.
The PMP Pals’ Network is an "all volunteer" networking organization. We do not solicit nor receive compensation from healthcare providers, cancer societies or government agencies. We are a self supporting patient advocacy program.
If you, or a loved one, have been diagnosed with Appendix Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Mesolthelioma, Peritoneal Carcinomatosis or Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, you will want to become an active participant in the PMP Pals' Network!
About Us
Please read "About Us" if you are considering becoming a subscribing member of the PMP Pals' Network!
Please download, complete and return subscription membership application form to us,
via postal mail, with your subscription membership dues:
PMP PALS Network Membership Application
(click the link to open the printable form and allow a few seconds for the form to download)
PMP Pals' Network Newsletters and Bulletins
Click here to view our Newsletter directory
PMP Pals' Network Handbook Directory
(included with each new subscription)
Topics addressed in the series of PMP Pals’ Network Handbooks include:
Caregiving,
Chemotherapy; HIPEC, Chemotherapy; systemic
Coping Skills; overcoming depression
Clinical Trials and Research for a Cure
Diet and Nutrition; special needs, post op anorexia
Disease Free “Tips”; from disease free patients
Glossary; explanation of medical descriptions
Health Insurance: filing an appeal, obtaining health insurance, MediCaid
Imaging Diagnostic Tests; Scans
Infection Prevention
Medical History; organize your personal medical records
Obstructions and Blockages
Osteoporosis Post Surgery
Ostomy Care
Physical Fitness
Post Op Recuperation
Power of Attorney: advanced healthcare directives
Pre Op Preparation: CRS
Pre Op Q&A
Prescription and Medications
“Profiles” of Surgeon Specialists
Preparing for a Consultation with a Specialist: questions to ask
Recommended Reading; cancer patient & caregiver advocacy
Research and Clinical Trials
Resources for Young Families
Senior Services
Travel for Medical Care; free and low cost travel and lodging
Here's what patients and family caregivers say about the PMP Pals' Network!
"It's great to find information on the internet,
but nothing helps as much as hearing your real voice on the phone to answer our questions!" JP, USA
"We were lost until we found this website!" PA, USA
"We can't begin to thank you for all the resources and support you provide!" RO, USA
"PMP Pals has been an amazing resource for me and my family!" LA, USA
"Thanks so much for your positive attitude; it's very helpful right now! You are a gift!" GA, USA
"Thank you so much again for guiding us and giving us hope! You are a blessing to many and we appreciate you so much!" JV, USA
"As the wife of a patient involved in this struggle, we could not have managed without you!" JK, USA
"Thank you for your positive and hopeful bulletins. You provide such helpful information!" LS, USA
"Bless PMP Pals for all the work you do! You are informative AND uplifting!" CA, USA
"I could not have dealt with all of this without the resources you make available to appendix cancer patients!" JB, USA
"I can't thank you enough for answering my lengthy questions about Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. We all thank you for being so dedicated in helping us with these programs and the website!" LR, USA
"We are overwhelmed with the help we have given our family and have given us comfort that we are not alone!"KG, USA
"What a wonderful group of people our PMP Pals are!" SC, Canada
"This web site and your handbooks & newsletters helped me and my family get ready for my surgery and has answered many questions I have had about the hospital stay and the recovery." AY, USA
"Thank you for your work on our behalf! You always hit the mark!" CS, USA
"Thank you for serving as an advocate for all of us!" SW, USA
"You provide such a wonderful service and support!" CA, USA
"Thank you for helping our family! Words can't express our gratitude for the PMP Pals' Network!" JV, USA
"What a thoughtful web page! Most informative and useful!" Prof EB, USA
"PMP Pals has been a Godsend to us!" CA, USA
"It's great to find appendix cancer information on the internet, but nothing helps as much as hearing your real voice on the phone to answer our questions!" JP
"You are making a profound difference in the lives of Psuedomyxoma Peritonei patients!" SB, USA
"I can't thank you enough for taking a personal interest in my condition and further treatment plans!" TZ, USA
"PMP Pals have helped me tremendously over the years!I'm lucky to have you in my corner during surgeries and chemo!" MS, USA
"We are grateful for your inexhaustible time spent coordinating and facilitating this information!" GB, USA
"You are a true Godsend!" CM, USA
"This PMP Pals' Network is so valuable!" SB, USA
"PMP Pals provide a wonderful role model for positive attitude, great determination and dogged perseverance!" LS, USA
"We should all count our blessings that PMP Pals has been there for us!" DL, USA
"You are a very bright light during an otherwise difficult time!" KG, USA
"The subscription dues I paid for 2009 were the BEST investment I have made!" TJ, USA
"Your courage is an inspiration to everyone with Appendix Cancer!" MW, USA
"PMP Pals are the best! We struck gold when we found you!" JD & Family, USA
"The PMP Pals' Network is amazing! It's wonderful that you are able to help people with this type of cancer!" PW, USA
"This is a very special site and you are to be commended AGAIN for being so faithful to everyone who follows your site and information. Please don't ever stop. PMP Pals is the best!!" ND, USA
"This web site and your handbooks & newsletters helped me and my family get ready for my surgery and has answered many questions I have had about the hospital stay and the recovery." AY, USA
"I am so relieved after talking with the PMP Pals! I now feel hopeful!" AM, USA
"The suggestions and input provided by the PMP Pal Mentors have been invaluable!" RT, USA
"Thank you very much for sharing this information!It is so useful that you make PMP patients aware of these very critical nutritional issues!" CC, USA
"My husband feels so much better after talking to you!" CA, USA
"Thank you for your support! I am so glad that we joined PMP Pals!What a great group of people!" BB, USA
"I received you Newsletter! Thank you so much! PMP Pals is doing a tremendous job!"AA, USA
"Thank you for your fast and personal responses to my questions!" LK, USA
"You do amazing work!" MS, USA
"You are making a profound difference in the lives of PMP patients!" SB, USA
"The subscription dues I paid for 2009 are the BEST investment I ever made!" TJ,USA
"PMP Pals made my dad feel he is not alone and gave him more of a reason to continue his cancer journey!" RO, Phillippines & USA
"PMP Pals provided straightforward information and counsel -- as well as a shoulder to lean on.
Our family will forever owe her a tremendous debt of gratitude." PH, USA
"The information, and support provided to me, and my family were of enourmous value, and I will always be appreciative for this." JM, Portugal and USA
"Thank you for serving as an advocate for all of us!" SW, USA
"Thank you for answering our questions so quickly!" BC, Serbia
"You've given us hope and strength to stay positive when we were feeling hopelessly weak.
You've shared your wisdom, kindness and concern for us, and unselfishly comforted us during what seemed to be our darkest moments." WB, USA
"I wish I had found you a long time ago!" JE, USA
"Nothing helped me so much during my recuperation than the receipt of all of those cards and greetings from the Pals when I returned home for the hospital!" JM, USA
"Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to find my doctor and for providing PMP Pals to learn about this cancer!"KC, USA
"You are providing a tremendous service!" AM, USA
"Please keep up the good work you are doing! We need you!" PS, USA
"I was also reassured by talking on the phone with my Pal Mentors before my surgery!" AY, USA
"You gave me so much more information than our doctors did!" CA, USA
"We LOVE the PMP Pals' Blog! Communication is SO important!" SB, USA
"Your BLOGS are A+ !!!!" JD, USA
"PMP Pals provided straightforward information and counsel, as well as a shoulder to lean on. Our family will forever owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude." PH, USA
"I wish I had found you a long time ago!" JE, USA
"Thank you for all you have done for us! You are amazing!" JB, USA
"Nothing helped me so much during my recuperation than the receipt of all of those cards and greetings from the Pals when I returned home for the hospital!" JM, USA
"Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to find Dr. Lowy and for providing PMP Pals to learn about this cancer!"KC, USA
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