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Until there is a cure, there is the A reminder to everyone -- if you buy from amazon, please use: http://amazon.myeloma.org instead of http://amazon.com. It takes you to the same place but the IMF gets >6% commission on purchases! Donate Your Old Cell Phones and Become Part of the Cure! Help the environment and the IMF by donating those old cell phones collecting dust in a closet. So how do you participate? Its easy! Drop off your old cell phones in the IMF collection boxes at either: The Leever Cancer Center, 1073 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT, or Prospect Town Hall, 36 Center Street, Prospect, CT. The IMF has partnered with "Donate A Phone", a project of ReCullular, Inc., and receives a donation for every cell phone you turn in! ReCellular, Inc., accepts all handheld portable wireless phones capable of operation on either cellular or PCS networks, whether they are working or not. "One Person Can Make a Difference,Two can make a Miracle"BE A PART OF THE MIRACLE |
The next monthly meetingPlease join us for our next monthly support meeting on Tuesday, May 20, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Leever Cancer Center, 1075 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT 06708. We will be in the conference room on the 1st floor for this meeting. Agenda
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Topic:
"What Cancer Survivors Need to Know
about Health Insurance"
Speakers:
Gerard O'Sullivan - Program Manager, Consumer Affairs, CT Insurance
Department
Kathleen Walsh, Principal Examiner, Consumer Affairs, CT Insurance
Department
Please come prepared with questions you may want to have addressed.
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
MAY MEETING SPECIAL:
REGISTER FOR IMF PATIENT & FAMILY SEMINAR AND RECEIVE DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION FEE! Many of our group members will be traveling to the upcoming Boston and/or New Jersey IMF Patient & Family Seminars. Lets make a fun weekend of it together! What do you get at an IMF Patient & Family Seminar? EDUCATION - Get vital, up to date information including: * Options for front line therapy * What to do at relapse * What is the current role of transplant * Which emerging therapies look promising
ACCESS TO EXPERTS
- Get one on one access to the experts with time to ask questions
about your treatment options.
CAMARADERIE
- Share your experiences and gain strength
from hearing other people's stories, as you become part of the IMF
family.
For more information on the IMF Patient & Family Seminars, click on the link: http://myeloma.org/main.jsp?source=tab&type=tab&tab_id=7
How to contact us
Subscribe to our email listClick here to join our email mailing list on Yahoo! Groups. Through this list, you can receive monthly meeting reminders and other announcements. Our MissionOur mission is to be an ongoing resource for information, support, shared experiences and hope for persons with multiple myeloma, their family and friends. Multiple MyelomaMultiple myeloma is a cancer of the cells in the bone marrow that affects production of red cells, white cells and stem cells. More specifically, it is an uncontrolled growth of plasma cells which attack and destroy bone. It is the 2 nd largest of the blood cancers affecting an estimated 750,000 people worldwide; in industrialized countries it is growing in number and affecting increasingly younger people. Although there is no known cure, multiple myeloma is treatable and outcomes are constantly improving. Join us as we strive to create hope and share experiences and information with myeloma patients, caregivers, family and friends through education, support and our personal experiences. Our monthly meetingsWe meet on most third Tuesdays of the month from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Patients, caregivers and friends share their knowledge and experiences on treatments, coping with side effects, medical insurance, participation in clinical trials, new scientific and clinical research and provide mutual support and encouragement. We also invite experts to join us and share their knowledge. Call, email or mail to get on our email/phone list so you can receive the meeting announcements. You can also view the details of our next support group meeting, get driving directions, etc. here on our web site. Latest myeloma researchListen to an audio webcast of Drs Durie, Berenson and Lonial reporting on the latest myeloma research presented at the 2007 meeting of the American Society for Hematology (ASH). When the Patient Power page opens, click on "Streaming Audio" to start the audio. Other Patient Power audio webcasts on myeloma Myeloma resourcesThere is an excellent Myeloma Resources page on the North Texas support group web site for Myeloma patients
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