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Events Calendar

November 5, 1999 -- Three specialists donated their time to us! We were very pleased to present this special event, which featured three wonderful physician guests: Dr, Robert D. Harbaugh, neurologist, Dr. L. David McDermid, psychiatrist, and Dr. Timothy M. Spiegel, rheumatologist. Open house was 6:30 - 7:00 PM; event was at the Ashton Education Center, 7:00 PM. ; free and open to the public. Thanks to all of you who attended and helped make this a great forum!

 

July 9, 1999 -- Dr. Timothy Spiegel, rheumatologist, answered a lot of your rheumatic disease questions! And FOOD was provided by Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals! Meeting was at Dr. Spiegel's new office: 221 W. Pueblo St., Ste. B, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. Time: 7:00 PM.

 

October 1, 1998 -- Researchers from University of CA, San Francisco

came to the Santa Barbara area to describe studies designed to identify genes linked to lupus and rheumatoid arthritis!

 

After the presentation, a number of people (including yours truly) had a cheek swab done to provide DNA. It did not hurt at all! All they did was brush the inside of my cheek gently for 30 seconds, then put the brush end in a small bottle with solution for transport. Easy!

More donors are greatly needed. Anyone with lupus or RA, or who has a family member (blood relative) with lupus or RA, please call the toll-free number and learn how you can contribute your DNA. It is very easy; UCSF sends you everything you need; you will be a big part of finding the cause and cure for these diseases.

Call this number: (toll-free) 1-888-223-3067! A voice mail will answer. Select the option for the project manager, Jennifer Bardsley!

 

August 29, 1998, Santa Barbara. Daniel J. Wallace, MD, rheumatologist

This was a fantastic talk!!! We hope to do a tape or video of him ASAP; anyone with technical/financial advice for this project please contact us!

 

For those who couldn't make it: Dr. Wallace, the much-requested, popular rheumatologist and author of The Lupus Book and Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus came to speak to us. After his talk, many people wanted to make appointments with him, so we'll give you his office info:

Daniel J. Wallace, M.D.
8737 Beverly Blvd. Ste. 203
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 652-0920

 

P.S. Dr. Wallace now has a fibromyalgia book !

July 8, 1998, Goleta. Thanks to who came to help organize the August program..

And those of you who didn't make it, please contact us to help us publicize and/or work at the Dr. Wallace talk.

June 10, 1998. "How to Use the Internet for Health Information"

Thanks to Donald Burr, Barbe Roberts, and Pam Gross for this informative presentation! And thanks also to Joyce Hulsebos for donating her home for this meeting!

May 13, 1998, Goleta. Timothy M. Spiegel MD, MPH, rheumatologist

Dr. Spiegel, who was back by popular demand, gave (as usual) a fantastic presentation! Judging from the feedback we received, we need to book Tim for another talk as soon as possible! This meeting was held at the Ashton Education Center.

 

April 8, 1998, Goleta. Fran Finney, MPT, physical therapist

Fran taught us how to exercise with a rheumatic disease without doing more harm than good! and how to take better care of those joints and muscles. This meeting was held at the GVH Conference Room.

Thanks for coming...

Support meeting held Wednesday, March 11, 7:00 P.M. at the GVH Conference Room.

 

Good to see you again, those who attended...

Our regular monthly meeting, held February 11, 7:00 P.M. We ended up being double-booked for the Ashton Ed. Center so we moved to the Goleta Valley Hospital Conference room.

 

Thank you for the break...

Our regular January monthly meeting, usually held the second Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M., was cancelled for this month. The "flu" sure was going around! The weather made travel difficult. And...a lot of you were pretty worn out after the holidays.

We had a good medical talk about...

"THOSE ACHING FEET"
Foot Problems in Rheumatic Disease

Guest Speaker: Dr. Greg Aposperis, Podiatrist,
from the Santa Barbara Foot Clinic
Wednesday, December 10, 1997, 7:00 PM
Dr. Aposperis donated his time to help us with a common concern. Many who wanted to attend missed the meeting due to flu, so a copy of the handout presented at this meeting is available here.

We appreciated the turnout at this medical forum...

"THREE WISE RHEUMATOLOGISTS"

Guest Speakers: Timothy M. Spiegel, M.D., M.P.H.; Doreen L. Burkes, M.D.
(Also planned, could not attend due to an emergency: Dr. H. Richard Barthel)
Open House 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. with information tables and networking with group members. Program began at 7:00 P.M. Ashton Education Center, Goleta Valley Medical Bldg., 5333 Hollister Avenue, Goleta

 

Dr. Tim (our medical advisor to the group) did his usual outstanding, incredible job and Dr. Burkes is a big hit in the community already! Both very generously donated their time.

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