NEXT OFFER EDUCATION
MEETING
April 4, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
N. Lee Smith, M.D.
Lifetree Pain and
Research Center
"Nutrition and Pain"
Location:
Council Chambers, Salt Lake County Complex North
Building
2001
South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT.
(Park free at the northeast corner of the
complex)
OFFER's Education Meetings are the
first Wednesday of each month at
7:00 p.m., and are free and
open to everyone.
SPECIAL CONFERENCE EDITION
OFFER 2007 CONFERENCES - ONE
MONTH AWAY
The OFFER
Patient Conference is set for the
afternoon of Saturday, May 5th, 2007. The
early registration discount ends
after April 27th!
Register
NOW for the OFFER PATIENT CONFERENCE at the
discount price so OFFER can finalize planning!
There will be some
major CFS research revelations that
will be introduced to the general public nationally
for the first time at this conference!
As we reported last
month, Lynne Matallana, National
Fibromyalgia Association President, has
agreed to make a presentation at our Patient
Conference. Lynne is the FMA Founder, Fibromyalgia
Aware Magazine Publisher, on the FDA Center for Drug
Evaluation Research Arthritis Advisory Committee,
member of National Institute of Arthritis &
Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases Coalition, featured
on Newsweek, Dateline NBC, in numerous national
media, on television and radio broadcasts, and is
the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide:
Fibromyalgia. You can read more about this
inspiring woman who was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia
in 1995 by going to:
http://www.offerutah.org/Conference.html and
clicking on "Speakers Biographies and Photos".
ENCOURAGE YOUR FAMILY,
FRIENDS AND ANYONE YOU KNOW WITH CFS/FM TO ATTEND
THE PATIENT CONFERENCE!!!!
You can forward this
email to as many people as you can think of, and ask
them to forward it to their friends or family
members with CFS/FM. According to the Center for
Disease Control, 85% of those with CFS/FM have not
yet been diagnosed! Based on the CDC national
figures there are thousands in Utah who have CFS/FM
with little knowledge of the help and information
that is available to them. This is your chance to
help inform our Utah community about these
debilitating, life-changing illnesses.
ENCOURAGE YOUR DOCTOR
TO ATTEND THE PROVIDER CONFERENCE!!!!
Are you a patient
looking for a physician knowledgeable about
diagnosing and treating CFS and FMS? Have you been
on waiting lists for those precious few physicians
who are well qualified to treat your illness? If
so, you can help OFFER help you! We need your help
to add to the pool of physicians who understand and
treat these illnesses. This is the exact purpose of
our Provider Conference:
Advances in Understanding and Treating Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Syndrome on May 4
and 5, 2007. All physicians are required
to earn continuing education credits to maintain
their license. Our conference is a great way for
your physician to earn these credits. If you can
send OFFER an email with your physician's name and
address, we will send your physician a registration
brochure that will explain the groundbreaking scope
of this, our most important conference ever. Why is
it so important? New fundamental insights into
these illnesses and the latest diagnostic and
treatment protocols will be presented. If you are
able to help us help you, please click on
offerregistration@yahoo.com and help us to send
the provider brochure to your healthcare provider
and/or any healthcare provider you would like to
attend. The conference is only one month
away. Please respond at once. Thank you so much!
Who should attend the
Patient's Conference?
Patients, Caregivers, Students
and CFS / FM Advocates. Conference will be presented
at the patient level.
Pre-registration for the
Patient's Conference is $30.00 (Until April
27th)
Cost of Patient's
Conference after April 27th and at the door will
be $40.00
Please print out the flyer
and distribute to Friends, Family, and Care
providers
Screenings start at 9:30
A.M. on Saturday, May 5th, 2007
You can register for the Patient's Conference
by clicking on the button below, or
"Do not let fear confine your life inside a
shell of doubt;
A turtle never moves until His head is sticking
out."
Author: Charles Ghigna
IN THE NEWS LINKS
Pregabalin Offers Pain Relief Option for
Fibromyalgia in Long Term Study
The 8th International IACFS Conference on
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and other
Related Illnesses took place in Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida from January 10-14. It was a
groundbreaking conference with five days of
outstanding presentations. Our Chairman, Stuart
Drescher, Ph.D., and our Executive Director, Lucinda
Bateman, MD, attended the Patient and Provider
Conferences. We hope to get their impressions and
insights on this conference in our next OFFER
E-NEWS.
View January IACFS Conference
Summary
By Anthony Komaroff,
M.D.
Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Laymen's Guide to the
8th IACFS Professional Conference
By Cort Johnson
Editor of Phoenix
Rising: A CFS/FMS Newsletter
INFO-LINKS
OFFER's Web Site
Helping Others
Helps You
Vijai P.
Sharma, Ph.D
Helping others is good for
your health. It is healthy to forget yourself
on a regular basis and concentrate on helping
others. Volunteer to care for someone, but
limit it to the extent that you can handle
without taxing yourself. A study which involved
2,700 residents in Tecumseh, Michigan, observed
that residents who volunteer their time for
community organizations were two and a half
times less likely to die from any diseases
compared to those who did not volunteer.
"If you want to know
your past - look into your present
conditions. If you want to
know your future -
look into your present actions."
Chinese Proverb
VOLUNTEER CORNER
OFFER is in need of
volunteers who would like to help in one or more
of the following areas:
- Education
Meeting: sales, planning speakers,
publicizing, information table, running
microphone, operating camera
- Data entry,
office/clerical/phones
- Fundraising
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Planning, etc.)
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production, editing, and packaging
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Distribution of Brochures and DVD's
- Website
content review and writing
- Public
service announcements and publicity
- Writing
reviews of monthly education meetings
- Shopping,
errands, cleaning, driving, cooking, etc.
for homebound individuals
If you have interest in
doing any of these, please call OFFER at
328-8080 or send an email to:
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