yes I wasn't meaning to be in any way negative. Its a very sensible idea. It took me a year to pick up on the fact that Dr Preti doesn't think BO/halitosis sufferers who developed it over a certain age should bother testing. Forums are a necessity, but a very inefficient way of picking up on patterns, or important points can be missed, I feel.
I think we need to think of the typical sufferer psyche as a very shy traumatised creature (for obvious reasons), and sort of develop a way of helping them help us and themselves further in a way they feel comfy. The conference call being a good example. 50 turning up in week 3. At the moment, most people probably feel the option is only to post or not post, or perhaps email.
But it certainly feels we are progressing as a group now.