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Welcome to Tameside Fibromyalgia & CFS Support.

This website has been set up to provide information, support and advice to Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue sufferers and their families. The website is in its very early stages and we plan to add more information as we go along.

The Tameside FM & CFS Support group started as an 'idea' in spring 2011 and things moved very quickly from there, we are now established with a lovely group of people and more joining us all of the time.

High Peak FM & ME/CFS have just celebrated their 5th Birthday and are a well established and popular group who welcome new members and input into the group.

If you want to know what to expect at a meeting then please see our groups page for more information!

~*NEWS*~


*DR PERRIN'S VISIT*

We have invited Dr Perrin to come & speak for us, this will take place on 22nd March 2012 at 6:45pm at The Roecross Inn, Roe Cross Road, Mottram in Longdendale, SK14 4SD. If you would like to attend please contact Diane so she has an idea of numbers.

The Perrin Technique is based on Dr Perrin's theory that different stress factors whether physical, allergies, emotional or infections lead to an overstrain of the sympathetic nervous system. Further investigation has led to a probable cause of this nervous system overload being a build up of toxins in the fluid around the brain and the spinal cord. Some of the poisons caused by infection or inflammation in the head or spine flow through perforations in a bony plate (the cribriform plate) just above the nasal sinuses into the lymph ducts of the face and neck. The toxins are also meant to drain down the spinal cord and out into the lymph ducts lying along the spine. In a CFS/ME sufferer these normal drainage points are congested. http://www.theperrinclinic.com/

Look forward to seeing some of you there!!


December 2011 Carol has done a fantastic job of putting together our first issue of 'Fibro Life' with the input from some of the groups members. The newsletter includes members own experiences, tips & tricks, news, past times, fun stuff & much more! To have an input into future issues then please get in touch using the contact page.

To download our December 2011 Newsletter please use the following link:
Newsletter - December 2011

October 2011

Our invited speaker this month was Phil and Donna from Concorde Mobility Ltd. Phil brought some aids to the meeting and explained how they work/help, he also explained that they sell a vast range of aids from mobility scooters and wheelchairs to gadgets that can help you undo jars etc. Leaflets are available. Their address is 7 Concord Way, Dukinfield, Cheshire SK16 4DB, it is near Morrisons in Dukinfield.
September 2011

Our visitor at the meeting on Tuesday 27th September 2011 were Lucy and Adrianfrom The Expert Patient Programme. Lucy is the area manager and she explained about the programme, its aims and how it works. Adrian was a patient on the programme so he explained how it had helped him to come to terms with his health condition and had since gone on to train as a tutor for the EPP.

If anyone would like to sign up to attend one of the EPP courses then you can do so on their website http://www.expertpatients.co.uk/
August 2011

We've had lots going on this month including our meeting on Tuesday 23rd August and our guest speaker was Mr Alternative Medicine (A.Sir.Roberts) who talked about various alternative therapies and how they can help in fibromyalgia / cfs patients which was very interesting. More information can be found on his website: http://www.witch-doctor.com/
Thursday 28th July 2011

Thank You Letter
 There was a thank you letter printed in the local papers this week:
Tuesday 26th July 2011

The first meeting was a huge success!!!
 We had an amazing amount of people come to our first meeting (around 26) and it went really well, the people that came were very enthusiastic and joined in with the introductions and discussions. We were overwhelmed with the support and lovely comments made by the people that attended, it made all of our hard work worth it!

We were suprised when Tameside Radio also made an appearance and did an interview with Diane (Chair) and Jo (Secretary) which was aired on their health show between 6:10pm - 7:10pm that evening. The interview will be added to our website soon!

We hope that our next meeting on 23rd August is just as sucessful and hope to see you all there as well as any new members that would like to come along too!!
Thursday 21st July 2011

First Meeting
 Our first meeting is Tuesday 26th July 2011. We've had a lot of enquiries over the last couple of months so we are hoping that there will be a good amount of people there to share experiences and become part of the group.There is no charge for the first meeting but any meetings after there will be a charge of 1.50 towards refreshments.
Membership Packs - If you join our group and pay the annual membership fee of 5.00 then you will recieve a membership pack from us containing all the information you may need about the group plus some hand picked information that we think will be useful. You will also be able to add to the pack if something of interest comes up in future.
Speakers - We plan to have a speaker at each meeting but have made the decison that it is likely to be quite hectic this time so we havent invited anyone along for this one.We have various speakers lined up for the coming months and will give you this information at the meeting.
Friday 15th July 2011

Charity Night was a huge success!
The charity night was a huge success, the turn out was fantastic and the acts and entertainment was brilliant!! We raised over 600 from ticket sales and the raffle and it wouldnt have been possible without the input from our friends, family and people of Tameside. Please see our thank you page & also watch out in the Advertiser and Reporter for our photo!
Monday 4th July 2011

Charity Night on 14th July 2011
 Our Charity Night is coming up and we have been busy preparing, selling tickets & arranging the raffle and other entertainment. Its sure to be a fantastic night as the tickets have SOLD OUT and we're still getting requests!!! If anyone would like more info then please get in touch!!


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