Christmas nibbles and a social agenda

Some of you will have been aware of the Christmas morning tea we had last Saturday. It was a bit short notice, so apologies for that. Anyway, the idea was to try a new and experimental or favorite tried and tested gluten free goody. It didn't matter if it was a home baked or shop bought. Despite there just being three of us, I think it achieved it's purpose!
Sian rustled up some yummy chocolate muffins using a Basco mix, I made cheese scones using Healtheries baking mix and also Ruth Pretty's Christmas cupcakes (recipe to follow) and Paula brought some chocolate dipped ginger cookies from Eat Right

Sian and I were thinking of arranging the odd 'social' thing to run alongside the more formal meetings. Maybe another morning (or afternoon) tea, perhaps a weekend brunch at your favorite cafe, a trip to yoga or even just the cinema. Please let us know what you think and what you would like to do.

Sian is working on the details of the next meeting, which looks likely to be towards the end of January. Details to follow.

Keep well and hope to see you soon.
Annie

November Wellington Meeting round up

Well what can I say! We made sure this meeting will be remembered for some time. I am still trying to recover from the shock of the bad timing and the one a million chance of having a fire evacuation on the one night our meeting was booked for!

Anyway, to those of you who came thank you so much. It was great to see such a good turn out, I think there were between 20 and 25 of us, and for everyone to stay and help out during the unplanned relocation was excellent, thanks for the support.

I was so pleased to find everyone chatting in groups like you'd known each other for ages, in our case, the ice breaker was a fire!

I was so pleased to be able to introduce you all to Deborah Bush, as one of the founding members of Endometriosis New Zealand, which started with three women in Palmerston North as a support group, I find Deborah inspiring every time I see her and was so glad you got to meet her too. I especially loved the fact that Deborah came and spent time with us on such short notice. Thanks Deb.

While I'm saying thank you I would also really like to acknowledge the people who helped make the meeting a success.

Thanks to Natasha for your clear headedness in a crisis and a great venue space for us to use on absolutely no notice!

Thanks to Nik for bringing delicious Gluten Free Pates to share around. They were lovely and it was great to try something different. They are available from Common Sense Organics in Wellington CBD on Wakefield St for future reference.

Thanks especially to Rebecca from Thoroughbread for her generous donations, Rebecca made a gorgeous gluten free loaf for every member who came to the meeting (and for some who didn't make it) Rebecca makes all her bread herself by hand and put a lot of love and care into making sure Wellington Endometriosis felt special!
Rebecca works at local markets and is available at Paraparaumu on Saturday and Willis St in the CBD on Sundays. If you want to make contact with Rebecca her email is thoroughbread@gmail.comThanks again Rebecca!

Thanks also to Dean Young of Radiant Health Centre who came to talk to us about Ortho-Bionomy. If you want to hear more about what Dean might be able to do for you, please contact him on. 04 473 7318.

The next meeting will be planned for January sometime around the 2nd or 3rd week of the month. Can you contribute something or do you know someone who could be a guest speaker? The guest speakers I know of include the following:

Diet, Nurition and Exercise
Accupuncture
Yoga Instructor
Massage Therapist
Surgeon

If you can let me know how you want to make sure we get the best of each speaker I would really like to plan these guests in as it would be great to keep having new and interesting people speaking at our meetings, but I'm open to suggestions as to how many we should have.

If you haven't been able to make it to one of our meetings and would like to get in touch please note the change of email address. We would love to hear from you.

More Great News!

Yes, we've managed to get the confirmation of three special guests at our November meeting!

We will have the pleasure of introducing the delights of "Thoroughbread" a range of Gluten Free Bread, and it's owner Rebecca will bring some tasters with her so you can sample excellent quality, homemade gluten free bread that will give you back your love of bread!!

We are also delighted to offer the services and expertise of an Ortho-Bionomist - for those who don't know (like me!) Ortho-Bionomy is a gentle, non-invasive, osteopathically-based form of body therapy which is highly effective in working with chronic stress, injuries and pains or problems associated with postural and structural imbalances. The practitioner uses gentle movements and positions of the body to facilitate the change of stress and pain patterns. A strong focus is placed on the comfort of the individual, no forceful manipulations are used. The practitioner also suggests home exercises that individuals can do to further facilitate the neuromuscular re-education process begun in the session. Ortho-Bionomy is very effective in helping alleviate both acute and chronic pain and stress patterns by reducing chronic muscle tension, soothing the joints, increasing flexibility, improving circulation, and relaxing the entire body. please see the following link for more information: http://www.ortho-bionomy.org/

We also have the fantastic support of Kelly Rastovich to give you ideas for nutrition, exercise and diet options that will help alleviate your symptoms. Kelly is a qualified personal trainer and works with a nutritionist for her work as a competitor in competitions such as Body Sculpting. Kelly has a great fascination with understanding diets and how she can help you with getting a good diet that will work with endo's "special requirements"

So with all this excellent advise and expertise on offer, how could you resist coming to see what we're all about? You'll meet like minded sufferers and get an opportunity to share your top tips and get more in return. We'd love to see you, so come and join us on:

Tuesday 4th November at Hudson offices, level 6 of the State Insurance Tower, 1 Willis St, Wellington CBD from 5.30 onwards.

Please contact us at endometriosiswellington@gmail.com to confirm your attendance as we will provide some catering and need to know numbers a week before the event.

We look forward to meeting you.

Best Wishes

Sian, Jo and Bernadette.