Cheryl's special TMAU conference call this Sunday : phoning in from overseas

This Sunday at 2pm EST there is a special conference call featuring Cheryl Marshall who was the lady on the Mystery Diagnosis TMAU episode, and who also founded the NORD TMAU Fund. Many non-USA residents are likely to be interested to hear the call, but feel it may be too expensive (which it will likely be if you use your national phone company, for example). However in most countries there are 'discount carrier' phone companies that enable you to dial a special number to connect to the USA at a very cheap price. In the UK, such an 'over-ride carrier' would be discountdial . If you have a BT connection, by using their USA number to connect to the call, you would be charged 0.5p per minute rather than 18p, and it gets added to your phone bill. If you do not use BT or use a mobile, you need to check for extra charges by your phone company.

The same will be true for most countries

So for example, someone from the UK with a BT phoneline can phone the conference call by

1. dialling discountdials USA number : 0844 200 95 95
2. then when prompted, dial the Conference call number (including USA code)
001 712 432 1620
3. then type the access code on your phone keypad: 391629#
4. you are in the conference. You will be asked to 'announce yourself' but you don't need to

discountdial's disclaimer :
The rates stated are based on standard BT rates, for all other operators please check with your provider for the rates they charge to our access numbers. Please beware that mobile operators may surcharge calls to our access numbers. Any surcharges are levied by your own operator, we cannot influence the rates charged by other operators as non BT operators set their own charges on their billing systems.

These type of cheap calls will be available in most countries if you look around. Let us know if you know of any, either here or on the bodyodorsupport forum. Always check for any hidden fees.

The call with Cheryl is likely to be very interesting. If it is busy and you can't connect, it's worth to keep trying or post a message on the bodyodorsupport forum for advice. The NORD fund only needs $30,000 to initiate research and is already at $7k. To donate to the NORD TMAU Fund go to this page and put 'TMAU fund' in the 'in honor of' section

NORD TMAU Fund donate page

Cheryl and a few others from the community have set up a website to promote fundraising for the NORD TMAU fund, rrr-tmau.org