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August 22nd, 2007
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Yes indeedy my first post, my first blog attempt, my first of many things!
I am honored to say I am the host for the Emerald Coast Multiple Myeloma Support Group, based in Pensacola, FL.
We serve the SE Alabama area and well as the Panhandle area of FL. We meet on the 4th Saturday of the month at the West Florida Public Library on Gregory St.
This Saturday is our 2nd meeting and we are pleased to say we will have as a speaker someone from the IMF (International Myeloma Foundation - http://www.myeloma.org)He is the SE Regional Director for Support Groups. I was fortunate to go to Atlanta and meet with him personally the first of July and was able to attend the Atlanta Support Group.
I, myself do not have MM, but I do have a close friend that was dx’d a little over 10 years ago. It has had a tremdous affect on my life! After moving to the Pensacola area in 2003 it seemed like I kept running into Patients or someone who was a caregiver of MM and there is no Support Group in the area. All of those I came in contact with really felt all alone. So we started the Emerald Coast MM Support Group.
I am wanting to bring as much awareness to the outside world as I possibly can about Multiple Myeloma.
So ~ I wanted to do a Fundraiser deal but wanted it to be kinda unique. So I have thought and prayed about this.
Also it is good to know this; every year my church ~ Jubilee International Ministries~ goes to Africa for a Medical Missions trip and I am hoping to go in the Spring~ we built an orphanage and school there. As most of you know, Aids is the number one reason for the orphaned children.
I know this is all over the place but stay with me for a second…..
I am extremely overweight and traveling any distance in the air would not be a pleasant thing….so I have got to lose weight. I hear a fundraiser in this!!!!
Dollars for Pounds have been birthed. With the help of the IMF and Physican’s Weight Loss Center (PWLC) here in Pensacola we have put together a plan for me to lose 120 pounds and to raise money for Multiple Myeloma Awareness and Research! I will track my success here on my blog and you can also follow it on the IMF website @ http://www.myelom.org under Events. They are in the process of setting it up as we speak..or as I write ;-)!
So Stay Tuned in….Official Weigh In next Tuesday the 28th of August 2007.
Blessings to you all