[Ansteorra] Society wide support group for those with Chronic Illness / Chronic Pain

Michael Cothren alyxthemia at earthlink.net
Sun Jul 3 13:25:23 PDT 2005


New Group: www.yahoogroups.com/AI_s

This is a peer support group for folk who live with Autoimmune / Connective
tissue disorders/ Fibromyalgia/ Crohn's disease /Rheumatic disorders/
Arthritis [all types] / Collagen Vascular disorders/ RSD/ MS/ Carpal
tunnel/ minimal brain injuries/ diabetes/Heart diseases/ breathing
disorders/blood disorerds/ all chronic, intractable phyisical illnesses
and Chronic Pain syndromes [ so back problems and migrainer's fall in
here too]  Some of the people in this group participate in The SCA,
various Renn Faires and other historical groups. Although you don't have
to be active in any of these areas to join this group. The group is
first and foremost for those with chronic illnesses and their support
folk.

Again, it's open to every one, as a place to share tips and tricks for
getting through the day. It's also a place to get support [ hard to come by
in the everyday world and, sadly sometimes in our various "societies" too.]
as well as a place to learn more about these various conditions from others
who live with them and from links to national associations for these disorders.

While this group is here for those with the disorders, it is also here for
the loved ones, friends and family of people with these disorders as well.
In my humble experience, those who support us suffer less anxiety and
frustration with more information... and I wish it to be a place that will
allow them to share their burdens as well, hopefully helping to reduce
"caregiver burnout" , and thereby aiding them to continue aiding us
down our sometimes rocky paths to a "happily ever after".

Please pass this information along to anyone you feel might benefit
from it.  Also, please feel free to cross post this to any and all list you
belong to... THANX

P.S. To understand the group name...please read "Spoon Theory" in the
     file section of the group

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