What Is PMP Pals' Hope Zoom and How Can Patients or Caregivers Join?

Hope Zoom is PMP Pals' free, live video peer-to-peer support roundtable for patients and caregivers facing appendix cancer and related peritoneal surface conditions such as Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP). The calls are held twice weekly, are facilitated by PMP Pals volunteers, and are accessed online after you register for Hope Zoom. It is a support and connection program, not a medical consultation, so anyone seeking treatment advice should use it alongside—not instead of—their care team.

What Hope Zoom Is

PMP Pals describes Hope Zoom as part of its Programs & Services, built to help patients and caregivers "build emotional resilience" by listening, sharing, and connecting with others who understand the rare disease experience. The format is a roundtable discussion rather than a lecture: volunteers facilitate, and participants are invited to listen or share as they feel comfortable.

Key features, as stated on the site:

• Cost: Free.
• Format: Live video support group calls, accessed online.
• Frequency: Twice weekly.
• Facilitators: PMP Pals volunteers.
• Audience: Patients and caregivers facing appendix cancer and related peritoneal surface conditions like PMP.

Who It Is For

Hope Zoom is open to the same community PMP Pals serves broadly: patients and caregivers living with appendix cancer, PMP, and related peritoneal surface malignancies. PMP Pals describes itself as the world's oldest global, volunteer-run, peer-to-peer support community for this population, and its programs are designed for people at any stage—newly diagnosed, long-term survivors, caregivers, and others affected by the disease.

If you are a healthcare professional, researcher, or advocate rather than a patient or caregiver, the site's other offerings (such as recorded events and blog content) may be a better fit than the support roundtable itself.

How to Join

1. Go to the PMP Pals website at pmppals.net.
2. Find the Hope Zoom section on the homepage and select the registration option ("Register for Hope Zoom").
3. Complete registration to receive access details for the live video calls.
4. Join a scheduled call online at one of the twice-weekly times and participate by listening, sharing, or both.

The site does not publish the specific days or times of the twice-weekly calls in the available material, so the registration step is the reliable way to get the current schedule and access link.

What to Expect and Practical Tips

• It is peer support, not clinical care. Volunteers facilitate; the value comes from shared experience. Bring treatment questions to your own physicians.
• Listening is participation. If you are newly diagnosed or uncomfortable speaking, joining just to hear others is consistent with how the roundtable is described.
• Caregivers are explicitly included. Family members and care partners can join on the same basis as patients.
• Check the schedule at registration. Because call times are not listed publicly, confirm them when you sign up rather than assuming a fixed slot.

Beyond Hope Zoom

PMP Pals pairs Hope Zoom with other resources that may be useful before or after you join a call:

For anyone weighing whether to try Hope Zoom, the deciding factors are simple: it costs nothing, it is online, and it connects you directly with other patients and caregivers dealing with the same rare diagnosis. If that kind of peer connection is what you are missing, registering for a call is the next step.