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Meeting Schedule
We invite you to come down and join us at
our monthly meetings which are held at 7:00 p.m. on the 1st Monday of every
month (except January, July and August) at 825 Sherbrook St., 2nd floor.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Family and friends are welcome! There is a $3.00
drop-in fee for non-members.
Feb. 6, 2012
Zumba Dance Exercise Class
Zumba Dance Instructor
Mar. 5, 2012
Fibromyalgia and the Family
Dr. M. Bailly, Psychologist
Apr. 2, 2012
Disability Claims
Norm Cuddy, Lawyer
May 7, 2012
Energy Therapies, Reflexology
Touch, and Reiki
Johanna
Taylor
June 4, 2012
Annual General Meeting
July/August No Meetings
Sep. 10, 2012 To
Be Announced
Oct. 2, 2012 20th
Anniversary Celebration
Dr. Kevin White
Centro Caboto Centre
1055 Wilkes Ave., Winnipeg
*** Our meetings are non-smoking and scent-free ***
Please call the office at 975-3037 if you have any suggestions for topics
and/or speakers.
Upcoming Events
20th Anniversary
Celebration
Monday, October 2, 2012, 6 p.m. at the Centro Caboto Centre, 1055
Wilkes Ave.
Our FMS Support Group has been reaching out to the
community with information, education, support and research since 1992. The
board invites past and current members, families, friends, speakers, the
medical community and the general public to join in an evening of
celebration.
Dinner invitations and RSVP replies will be mailed
out in the spring. Ticket price to be determined and will include a full course
sit-down dinner. If you know of any past members, speakers, other health
professionals, etc. please forward the information to our office at SMD
Clearinghouse or to info@fmswinnipeg.com by February 29, 2012.
The guest speaker is Dr. Kevin
White, MD, PhD, who works with Fibro clients and does presentations in
Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. He also has short videos on You Tube.
His book, “Breaking Thru the Fibro Fog: Scientific
Proof that Fibromyalgia is Real”, is on
hand in our library and will be available for
purchase at the dinner. The title of
his presentation is still to be determined.
To offset costs, the evening
will end with a Silent Auction. Donations of new items are
needed and can be dropped off at meetings or at
the office. Limited pickup is available
for larger items.
Also, a spring fundraiser is planned. Grey
T-shirts with our mauve fibro logo will be
selling for $15.00. Order forms will be in the
next newsletter and starting April at
the monthly Monday meetings.
Tai Chi for Active Living
The Fibromyalgia Support Group is sponsoring Tai Chi classes at the Society
of Manitobans With Disabilities, 825 Sherbrook St., Winnipeg.
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Tuesdays:
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6:30p.m. – 7:30p.m.
(Beginner)
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Tuesdays:
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7:30p.m. - 9:30p.m. (Advanced)
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Cost: First 10 Week session $50. FM Support Group members and subsequent
sessions $45 for 10 weeks
The next session begins:
 February 28, 2012
(10 Week Session)
Call Nelson Phillips
at (204) 256-1191 to register.
Fibromyalgia Resource
Booklet
In May, 2008, the Fibromyalgia Support Group of Winnipeg, Inc. sent a copy
of the booklet "Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Clinical Case Definition
for Practitioners: An Overview" to all Family Physicians in
Manitoba. This booklet provides a concise summary of diagnostic criteria
and recommended treatment options for use by health care professionals to
treat patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). It also provides a number
of helpful suggestions and health tracking worksheets for both physicians
and patients to utilize. This Overview is a follow-up to the Canadian
Consensus Document on the Fibromyalgia Syndrome which was written by an
International Expert Consensus Panel selected by Health Canada.
Copies of the document are available for purchase at our regular monthly
meetings for a cost of $4.00. Electronic copies of the FMS Consensus
Document and the Overview of this document can be obtained online at: www.mefmaction.net/PhysiciansResearchers/Guides/tabid/531/Default.aspx
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