Great news!
We are now able to confirm our next meeting in November.
Date: Tuesday 4th November
Time: 5.30pm onwards for a 6pm start at
Place: Hudson offices, Level 6 of the State Insurance Tower, on 1 Willis St,
Wellington CBD.
We will aim to meet the needs of as many members as possible and it would be great to see you all there.
For those of you who came last time, we'd love to see you there again and feel free to bring a friend!
For those of you who couldn't make it, we're starting a little later, and giving a bit more notice, so we hope you can make it.
Please be aware the lift access to Level 6 stops at 5.30 so we will have someone waiting downstairs from 5.30 to 6 to give access to the meeting room.
We will be providing nibbles and drinks, so please email us at endometriosiswellington@gmail.com confirming your attendance before the 24th of October. (It would be great if when you email, if you could please confirm your full name, as some email addresses are quite anonymous! Thanks)
We are lucky enough to have two guest speakers on the night, as well as the opportunity to talk to women who can genuinely understand your experiences and offer their tips on how to live your life with endometriosis!
One of our guest speakers will be providing tips on nutrition, diet and exercise so please feel free to bring questions, and if she can't answer them on the night she will take your details and get back to you.
Our second speaker will provide some insight into alternative remedies available to you.
So come and join us, we'd love to meet you!
Don't forget to let us know that you can make it, by the 24th October.
We look forward to meeting you all,
Stay Well,
Bernadette, Jo and Sian
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
September's Meeting
Hi All,
Thanks to those who joined us for our first meeting in September. It was great to finally meet members who have been patiently waiting for us to get the meetings back going again! Thanks!
It was a good meeting, everyone who came benefitted from hearing that she is not alone with symptoms, or feelings caused by endometriosis!
We used the first meeting as an opportunity to understand what our members want from the meetings, and the blog site. Here are some of the topics we discussed.
You want to hear about:
Some of the topics covered meant that we shared secrets of what we each use and swear by, these included:
We shared the names of the specialists in Wellington we would recommend using:
We decided to hold our social meetings one every two months, and therefore our next meeting will be in the first week of November.
Watch this space for confirmation of the date and venue. We will aim for a 6pm start to give people time to come after work, or get into the city. We will make sure we have at least one guest speaker, with tips and advice on the preferred topics, as above for each meeting. Our next meeting will hopefully include a speaker on nutrition, diet and exercise! (tbc)
We hope these tips are useful for you, and if you have any tips you would like to share either add them here, email us or leave a note on our facebook page, or make sure you come to our next meeting, we would love to see you there!
Keep Well,
Sian
Thanks to those who joined us for our first meeting in September. It was great to finally meet members who have been patiently waiting for us to get the meetings back going again! Thanks!
It was a good meeting, everyone who came benefitted from hearing that she is not alone with symptoms, or feelings caused by endometriosis!
We used the first meeting as an opportunity to understand what our members want from the meetings, and the blog site. Here are some of the topics we discussed.
You want to hear about:
- Diet
- Nutrition
- Exercise ideas
- Alternative remedies
- Recipes
- Myths
- Other symptoms
- and want to talk to other sufferers, to hear their stories.
Some of the topics covered meant that we shared secrets of what we each use and swear by, these included:
- Yoga, Pilates for keeping fit and allieviating symptoms
- Flaxseed oil, either ground or grind yourself and add to food daily
- Omega 3
- Chinese herbal remedies
- Other symptoms includes IBS and cystis
- Try removing either wheat or gluten from your diet
- Some people recommended removing sugars and dairy.
We shared the names of the specialists in Wellington we would recommend using:
- John Tait
- Rose Elder
- Hanifa Coya
- Mike East
- Vassu Iyengar
We decided to hold our social meetings one every two months, and therefore our next meeting will be in the first week of November.
Watch this space for confirmation of the date and venue. We will aim for a 6pm start to give people time to come after work, or get into the city. We will make sure we have at least one guest speaker, with tips and advice on the preferred topics, as above for each meeting. Our next meeting will hopefully include a speaker on nutrition, diet and exercise! (tbc)
We hope these tips are useful for you, and if you have any tips you would like to share either add them here, email us or leave a note on our facebook page, or make sure you come to our next meeting, we would love to see you there!
Keep Well,
Sian
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