NEW MEETING TIME Meetings are held on the fourth Sunday of each month. This month we meet on Sunday, June 23rd, from 2 - 4 pm. Coffee and tea are provided free of charge. Snacks to share are appreciated.
DRAFT AGENDA
Note that some items may be carried forward to the next meeting to ensure that members have time to express and address concerns and questions.
*Please let us know if you would like us to add to this agenda by emailing us at victorialyme@gmail.com
INTRODUCTIONS
Welcome message to new members.
First time attendees are encouraged to use the first portion of our meeting to introduce themselves, share their concerns, and ask questions.
UPDATES
DRAFT AGENDA
Note that some items may be carried forward to the next meeting to ensure that members have time to express and address concerns and questions.
*Please let us know if you would like us to add to this agenda by emailing us at victorialyme@gmail.com
INTRODUCTIONS
Welcome message to new members.
First time attendees are encouraged to use the first portion of our meeting to introduce themselves, share their concerns, and ask questions.
UPDATES
1. Lyme Support Library - our group's library can give you the chance to read a book and decide if you would like to purchase for your own personal use, or save your money. Are there any books that anyone would like to see in the library? Do you have a book or DVD to donate? $10 to join the library, one book out at a time, to be returned at next meeting. Our library books/dvds:
Beyond Lyme Disease
Ending Denial: The Lyme Disease Epidemic
Beyond Lyme Disease
Ending Denial: The Lyme Disease Epidemic
Healing Lyme, by Stephen Buhner
NEW! Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections - Bartonella & Mycoplasma, by Stephen Buhner
It's All in Your Head - Around the World in 80 Lyme Patient Stories
Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions
The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments
Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease
Under our Skin (DVD)
Books can be borrowed for one month. Please be courteous and return borrowed books on time as others may be waiting to read them.
Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions
The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments
Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease
Under our Skin (DVD)
Books can be borrowed for one month. Please be courteous and return borrowed books on time as others may be waiting to read them.
2. T-shirts - we have a few extra t-shirts left over for sale. (Tara)
DISCUSSION
3. New location and meeting time - how does this work for you?
4. Summer schedule - do we want to have meetings in July and August?
5. Facebook page for our group.
3. New location and meeting time - how does this work for you?
4. Summer schedule - do we want to have meetings in July and August?
5. Facebook page for our group.
6. With less than one year left to negotiate a 2014 Health Accord, the Council of Canadians is asking you to tell your health care story, and send a powerful message to our elected representatives. Use your video camera or webcam and tell them about a great experience you had with public health care and why we need to protect it. Talk about difficulties you had getting care and why we need to strengthen medicare. Talk about gaps in the current system where we need to expand health care. Then email your video to the Council of Canadians’ YouTube channel. Visit the Council of Canadians website at http://www.canadians.org/
INFORMATION
7. Recent studies, news, and articles:
a) Inspiring documentary video about a young freeskier's recovery from Lyme Disease: http://vimeo.com/65479794
7. Recent studies, news, and articles:
a) Inspiring documentary video about a young freeskier's recovery from Lyme Disease: http://vimeo.com/65479794
b) Considerations in the Treatment of Lyme Coinfections, by Stephen Buhner: http://www.publichealthalert.
c) Atypical Erythema Migrans in Patients with PCR-Positive Lyme Disease http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/
d) Read the latest Lyme Disease news: http://www.ilads.org/ilads_
INFORMAL DISCUSSION (information sharing, support, questions, ideas for upcoming meetings)
***NEXT MEETING 2-4 pm on July 28th.
