Tea Time, Ladies and Gents!

The April FMS meeting will be delayed to the 16th and at a later time: 2:30 PM. We will be having high tea with whatever sides for tea you bring. We'll get out the good china and do it up right for Easter and Springtime!

Be sure to wear a nice dress and comfortable shoes. Don't forget your wide-brimmed hat as well. Show off your recipe for dainty and tasty tea-time morsels and share your recipe if you like. If you bring a guest, you will earn a prize.

RSVP to Linda Greer very soon. 863-278-2018. Hope to see you then at my home for a "cuppa tea".

See You in September, See You When the Summer's Through...

Hello from your faithful leader! I'm finishing a book sent to me by two NFA support group ladies in the Northeast part of the USA who've written a great book to read. It's entitled Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, from F.I.N.E. to feeling better by Nancy Fowler and Lisa Ball. BTW, F.I.N.E. stands for "frustrated, irritated, nauseated and exhausted". Within this comprehensive and sketch illustrated book, I found several good web sites to add to our blog and hope you check them out. Those interested in alternative medicine might like the one for NCCAM.
               

If you haven't already heard, news is the XMRV (or XM retrovirus) is now under official and intense investigation as a causative factor in prostate cancer and may also be part of the underpinnings of CFS. The big agencies (NIH, CDCR, American Assn. of Blood Banks, etc.) are doing special testing for verifiable and accurate blood test samples. The AABB is also screening now for anyone who may have XMRV in terms of blood donations. So for those who have been diagnosed with CFS or suspect you have an immune disorder, don't go to donate blood, please. You may be spreading the XMRV by doing so.

I'd like very much to see everyone at our next gathering on Saturday, September 11. This will be right after the Labor Day weekend, so don't overdo and be too pooped to come join us at my home. I hope to have a holistic chiropractor present to share her approach in helping ease symptoms for FMS/CFS for our September kick-off meeting. For an added bonus, those who have IBS can try out my new comfort height toilet in the downstairs half bath. Call me or email if you plan to attend (278-2018 and drgreer@charter.net )

And thank the Good Shepherd above for the rain to quench the earth and keep the temperatures down! My HVAC unit was huffing and puffing a few days ago as I contemplated adding a window unit for  my upstairs. I bet all our electric bills will be phenomenally high for July. Take it in stride, friends, as we see signs of the Second Coming all around us.

Your Friend and Sister in the Faith,
Linda B. Greer

Welome to the Upstate's Best Support Group

For our first post, I would like to introduce our group. We are small but very caring. We keep in touch between meetings even if we can't always be at our monthly meetings. Each meeting has the following general agenda: light, healthy lunch with non-caffeinated, non-sugar drinks; share a sentence praise and prayer; program (facilitator or guest speaker leads); discussion; closing prayer.

For 2010 we are hoping to raise enough money from members and their friends and families through online shopping through the http://www.igive.com/ portal. So far we have about $14 accumulated in our account for the Spartanburg Christian FMS Group. If we earn another $12 before May1, we will be able to get our money out in time for our Awareness Seminar. You can earn money just by searching for online purchases even if you don't buy anything. Every penney counts!

Last year's FMS Awareness Seminar featured Dr. Charles Lapp from Charlotte who is one of the foremost researchers and clinicians in the study of FMS and CFS. His presentation was very enlightening. This year we need to have committees for advance advertising, refreshements, and for program set-up and clean-up.

Please join us on the second Saturday of each month at 12:30 to 2:30 PM at my home in Raintree on the west side of Spartanburg. Our theme is "Caring by Sharing". Hope to see you soon.

National Fibromyalgia Support Group Leader
Spartanburg, SC
(864)278-2018 (use of this number for soliciting is prohibited)