How positive outlook on life helps recovery from illness

It is not a book, but article, written by Terry Laughlin, swimming coach.  It talks how he is dealing with prostate cancer.

 

Just read the article nick67069, great article the power of the positive attitude. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Glad you liked it... I think it is very inspiring.

Just sent the article to an old neighbor who has the same cancer. Has this website changed since last night?

I think so, although I just finished my glass of brandy, so lots of things look different

nick67069, I don't think the changes are an improvement. I do the forum on my cellphone and this new format is not cellphone friendly at all!

It has changed since this morning - it was OK first thing. When I logged back in at lunchtime THIS had arrived. 

Of all the changes they have made in the last 8 years this is far and away the nastiest. Not impressed.

I can imagine - but if it is any consolation, it isn't a lot better on a computer   It's far too big - you can only see one post at a time, the conversation is now TOTALLY lost.

the site has changed, among other things, font. You can adjust the size of the font on your browser and see more then 1 post.... Hold control key down and use the wheel on the mouse to set the size of the font. Hope that helps a bit. 

When I logged in this evening ( in Japan), I noticed first wild colors and font too large... I wonder who is designing this web site? I also wish they have a release notes that explane changes, so we dont have to discover them on our own.

EileenH, I use my cellphone all the time, this new format is terrible on a cellphone. I not longer have a

computer my wife has a laptop, which I don't like. I also have a tablet, will have to try it. It is amazing how many improvement make things more difficult.

Al the price of progress! 🙂

I had wondered - thankyou!!

And yes - the colours are hideous!!!!

Trying it on the tablet, funny if it works better on the tablet in some ways I would not have to take my glasses off. The first problem is because it does not

wrap there is no way to get control of the cursor. Appears they broke that on the cellphone also, isn't that great so much for user-friendly!

nick67069, the changes have made it more difficult to use with my cellphone and tablet

And what do we need more than anything else? An edit facility. Have we got it???? Doesn't look like it!

I thought there wa a problem with the website.  But if this is a permanent change it's certainly going to be difficult for many of us.  I had planned to catch up this evening (still using hubby's computer) and I really can't as my eyes are getting so strained from looking at this glaring screen.  Maybe if the letters weren't so skinny?

Thanks to everyone who's provided feedback on the new design so far and we ask for you to bear with us while we figure out some teething issues with the new look.

We've looked over the points that you've raised and agree there are areas we can improve the look and feel of the forums.

We're currently compiling a list of changes based on your feedback and will try to get fixes out as soon as possible.

Currently the main complaints appear to be;

* The indentation of replies - particularly on mobile

* The colours are too much

* The forums in general is too bright

* The username is too small - especially compared to the avatar

We've created a thread in General to compile feedback in one place, so if you have any other feedback, please leave it for us here: https://patient.info/forums/discuss/patient-s-new-look-feedback-604108

Totally agree!

@EileenH - to respond to your point about an edit facility specifically - we have looked into adding an edit function into the site, but have realised that it's quite a complex task to do properly. The alerts that get sent to users would have to be changed, and there's also the question of what happens if a post is edited after being approved by moderation. I want to assure you that we are looking into it, and it is on our radar, but will take a while to deliver properly.

Would you say that the main reason users want an edit function is to correct spelling errors and typos?

Yes - can't you allow 10 minutes after it is posted or something? I know the argument is you should be able to see it in the original box - but you know as well as I do that that isn't the case!!!! Especially since this forum doesn't include spellcheck any more which would be a good start (it did in pre-history didn't it? Or am I hallucinating?).

I know a lot of people write their post in Word and then copy and paste - I for one spend enough time here without going to that effort 

The other thing that would be LOVELY is a warning a post is about to be captured for moderation. I have posted several time where it got snaffled for no apparent reason - knowing what you have just done wrong would help. As would being notified yourself when a moderated post has been released. 

A window of 'edit time' is one possible solution we're looking into. We will hopefully be fixing the lack of spell checker soon too.

As for a pre-moderation warning, the problem with that is that it would effectively guide spammers and scammers how to get their posts through our moderation net - allowing them to exploit our users. It's a complex issue which we are working on, hopefully we can come up with a way to allow our trusted users more freedom to post whatever they like without allowing scammers through the door.

Wouldn't the filter catch anything questonable in an edited version?  Also I don't think as much as ten minutes is needed.  I personally, if I'm going to catch a typo, usually see it the moment I've posted, and am scanning the post as it appears.  If I miss it at that point, well, too bad!

I missed my forum messages and wondered why I was not getting them until by accident today I happened to look in the junk box and low and behold there were all my missing messages all twenty or so of them. I must make sure now that I can get them back into my inbox. 

I agree with all of of the above messages, and wonder why things that work well have to change, when many times it's not for the better!

Thanks  for an excellent forum  where one can discuss issues with others who know what and why we don't always feel 100 % . Happy to learn you are not alone out there.

Good luck fine tuning your site.