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OFFER E-NEWS
June 2006
SPONSORED
BY
THE
ORGANIZATION FOR FATIGUE AND
FIBROMYALGIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
AND THE
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION
UTAH/IDAHO CHAPTER
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OFFER E-NEWS
June 2006
SPONSORED
BY
THE
ORGANIZATION FOR FATIGUE AND
FIBROMYALGIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
AND THE
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION
UTAH/IDAHO CHAPTER
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The only
gift is a portion of thyself.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The more
you lose yourself in
something bigger than yourself,
the more
energy
you will
have.
Author: Norman Vincent Peale
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When you
become detached mentally
from
yourself and concentrate
on helping other people with their
difficulties, you will be able to cope
with your
own more effectively.
Somehow,
the act of self-giving is a
personal
power-releasing factor.
Author: Norman Vincent Peale
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"Fear
less, hope more,
eat less,
chew more;
whine
less, breath more;
talk less,
say more;
love more,
and all
good things will be yours"
Swedish Proverb
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The
greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other
persons.
Author: Aristotle
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Believe, when you are most unhappy,
that there is something for you to do in
the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain,
life is not in vain.
Author:
Helen Keller
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Mantra
I am
River.
You may
place obstacles in my way,
but
whether trickle or torrent, I will find a way to go under,
over, around or through, carving a new
path as I go, leaving obstacles to be worn down to nothing more
than someone else's worry stones.
Terry Lone-Editor
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OFFER
Education Meetings:
OFFER's
Education Meetings are the
first Wednesday of each month at 7:00
p.m.,
and are free
and open to everyone.
Park free at
the Salt Lake County Complex North Building,
2001 South
State Street, Salt Lake City, UT.
~~~ June 7, 2006 Kay Koellner, PhD, Psychotherapist, Salt Lake City “Cognitive-Behavioral Aspects of Chronic Illness” ~~~
July
5, 2006
Lucinda Bateman MD OFFER Executive Director,
“Select Research Advances and Implications for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment” ~~~
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IN THE NEWS LINKS:
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Beware Fibromyalgia-Targeted Advertising
http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/fibromyalgia/a/bewareads.htm
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More on FIbromyalgia-Targeted Advertising
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ProHealth Founder Part of $4 Million
National Awareness Campaign
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Dr. Richard Podell:
Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
and Disability Evaluation
http://www.immunesupport.com/library/ showarticle.cfm/ID/7039/T/CFIDS_FM/searchtext/podell
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"But You Don’t Look Sick"
This article was written by someone
with Lupus but the CFS/FM reader is sure to
identify with the
story. Please use the link below to read this
article.
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CFS Public Awareness Campaign:
Countdown to the Launch
http://www.cfids.org/cfidslink/2006/pac2.asp
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Info-Links
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Pharmacotherapy for CFS Pharmacological Treatments for CFS from the CFIDS Organization. The most common prescription and over the counter drugs, nutritional supplements and herbal remedies that physicians are using to treat their patients with CFS http://www.cfids.org/special/pharma.pdf
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Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
www.pparx.org
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Adults Forum Section, Youth Chat
pediatric education packages for kids with cfs
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Promote OFFER
You
can support OFFER and promote awareness of FMS and CFS,
by buying
recordings of OFFER Conference and Education Meeting sessions,
T-shirts, wrist bands, or turtle jewelry -
a gentle reminder that "slow and steady wins the race"
and we must learn to pace -
Thank you for your continuing support!
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Participate in Future CFS or FM Research!
Interested in
participating in future genetic or new research?
and
mail it to OFFER
1002 E.
South Temple, Suite 408
Salt
Lake City, UT 84102
OFFER will
contact you when there's a study that may interest
you;
and of
course, you can choose whether or not to participate.
Your
information is kept confidential.
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National Data Bank for
Rheumatic Diseases (NDB)
Fibromyalgia Research
is conducting
research into factors that lead to the development
of
fibromyalgia. They need the help of people with fibromyalgia
in
researching this important issue. For more
information go to
Have a Great Physician or Health Care Provider?
We
need your help in expanding OFFER's list of health care
professionals who treat FMS and CFS.
If you are a patient and
would like to recommend someone,
please email us at
offerregistration@yahoo.com
giving the
practitioner's name, title, address, and phone number,
along with a
brief description of how that person helped you.
OFFER will
contact the practitioners to ensure they are willing to
be included
on the referral list.
Interested
practitioners also are invited to contact OFFER at
offerregistration@yahoo.com.
The referral list
is on line at
http://offerutah.org/Doctors.htm
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Other Support
Groups in Utah
for a list of
other support groups around the state.
These include
patient-led and professionally facilitated groups.
To suggest a
group for this list, please contact OFFER at
offerregistration@yahoo.com
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See OFFER's New Web Site
and CD's of
our past conference and education meeting talks, Tee Shirts, &
turtle jewelry to remind ourselves to pace.
Don't forget
to order an "OFFER HOPE" wristband, they are
great
to remind us
that to "OFFER HOPE" to anyone needing it is
one
of the most
important and meaningful things we can do. Make
it your
personal mantra!
Check out the
"Resource" section for links to many informative
web sites,
and for past issues of E-News. Let us know what you
think about
the new site. We welcome any suggestions and
hope to
have more to OFFER in the future!
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Urgent Call For Volunteers!
OFFER
is in need of volunteers who would like to help in one or
more of the
following areas:
(The building
with the glass pyramid on top)
5848 S.
Fashion Blvd. (300 East) Murray, UT 84107
For more
information, call 538-9340, or visit
www.health.utah.gov/arthritis
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