Time for a Makeover--Free!

Dear FMS Friends of the Upstate,          

Mel & Lon on a joy ride

We are planning a car pool trip to the Gaffney Outlet Mall shop for Bare Escentuals for a free makeover. If you are interested in a new look for your make-up and need a little perk for the summer, please join us at 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 11. Since we will be on the road, please have lunch before you come.  Car pool will leave from my home address since I have plenty of room for parking in my drive.

Our tea party was great fun and I am attaching some of the pictures that were taken. We will do this again next year in April for sure! We had yummy snacks, herbal teas, and wore our finest old-fashioned wide-brimmed hats!

Anyone for Tea?

In the news, it looks like there aren't any new drugs coming out specifically for FMS or CFS, but there is some interesting basic research being done on the cognitive deficits (fibro fog) we have. I can attest to that since last week I locked myself out of my house to go get in my car, not once, but twice in the same day! It's exasperating, isn't it?

There is also some evidence that increased Vitamin D can help relieve some of our pain symptoms. If you are already taking Calcium with D, you may want to add additional D vitamins to your regimen of pills or spend about 15 minutes each day in the sun (if you can stand the heat). The D vitamins are easily available at Costco, Sam's, and pharmacy chains and aren't very expensive.

For those in Spartanburg, there is a very inexpensive Low Impact Aerobics class being offered this summer at St. Mark's Methodist Church (near Woodland Heights 

Mary G. at the Tea

Elementary School). It is on Tuesday and Thursday each week from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Beatrice (Bee) is the instructor and does a great job. You should bring a bottle of cold water, your own hand weights, and $1 each time to offset Bee's gasoline to and from the class. We either work from folding chairs or stand (no floor work).

Hope to see you for our June Makeover Party. RSVP to me by email at drgreer@charter.net .

Me at the Tea