Also if there are others of you that have talents and skills in the area of PR and writing, please let me know as we could use all the PR we can get.
Thanks you JJ for your great posting and thatnak you all for your
support of the IAS. We are starting to get somewhere!!
Sincerely
David Wiseman
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At Fri, 4 May 2001, J.J. wrote:
>
>Hi folks,
>
>I'm a freelance journalist and fellow adhesion patient. I've been very
>frustrated in my research because of the lack of information regarding
>our condition. Last night I got the notion that perhaps one should
>write a book on the topic. It would be a gargantuan undertaking (due to
>all of the technical aspects), but I think it can be done. I checked on
>Amazon.com to see if anyone else had capitalized on the idea, and sure
>enough, the only two publications available were very expensive ($85 and
>$175 respectively) and intended for use by doctors/surgeons only.
>
>Here's a little survery for those interested. Please feel free to
>e-mail it to me, as well as any other ideas you have.
>
>- Do you think a book on adhesions would be valuable to the ARD
>community?
>- Would you be interested in contributing your personal story/technical
>information/resources towards research for a book?
>- Do you think there's enough of a demand for information regarding
>adhesions to justify the energy and funds required for this kind of
>project?
>
>I'd love input from everyone on the board. I doubt it'd be a huge book;
>probably 150 pages or less. If I get enough support, I'll approach some
>publishers over the next two weeks as well as some medical specialists
>in the field.
>
>Regards,
>J.J. Riggs
>jjriggs@thefineprintintl.com