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Support Group Meetings
The MGFI Support Groups are listed below and you are
welcome at any one of them. Support groups help new
and old patients, their families and friends learn about the
disease and about new treatments. Support
groups also help MG patients manage the everyday problems of
this chronic disease.
They are scheduled throughout the year for your
convenience. If you are planning on attending, please call the
chairperson for the group and let them know.
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Under 30
Support Group. We
are starting a support group for people under 30. If
you are interested in joining this new group, please
call the
office at 1-800-888-6208.
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NW Indiana Support Group.
Every 2nd Saturday of the
month there is a meeting held at Barrington Ridge Baptist
Church from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Contact the MGFI office for
more information.
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Western
Suburban
(Chicago).
Meets at Central Du Page Hospital, Winfield, IL in
Room 2 & 3 at 1:30 P.M.
Next scheduled meeting is Sunday, September 16, which will
discuss Taking Control of MG. Video highlights from the
presentation, Taking Control of MG by Dallas A. forshew,
RN from the National Meeting will be shown. A
group discussion will follow.
For more information, contact
the MGFI main office.
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Peoria.
Meetings are held at Proctor Hospital,
5409 N. Knoxville,
Peoria, IL 61614 from 2:00 to 4:00pm. The next meeting
will be held on
Sunday, September 23rd. The next meeting for 2007 is
November 11th. For more information call the MGFI main
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Springfield. Meetings
are held on the 3rd Sunday of each month from
2:00pm-4:00pm at SIU School of Medicine Library
in the Dirkson Room. The next meeting will be held
on September 16th. For more details, call Jeanne
Weatherford-Little 217-787-6242
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Frank at 217-416-3990. |
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South
Suburban (Chicago). The next meeting
will be held on Sunday, July 22 from 1:30pm - 3:30pm
at St. Francis Hospital. The topics will be Nutrition/MG
crisis. Contact MGFI office for further information.
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Orland
Park.
Clyda Ford is interested in starting a support group in the
Orland Park area. If you are interested in a support group
and you are near Orland Park, please contact our Executive
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| LaSalle County/Peru, IL.
Georgia Ryan is interested in starting a support group. If you are interested in a support group and you are
near this area, contact Georgia at 1-815-223-8311. |
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North
Chicago, IL. Coming
this fall, a new Support Group for the north Chicago,
near north
suburban area is being formed. This first meeting
is Sunday, October
7th at GlenBrook Hospital, 2100 Pfingsten Rd. in Glenview.
The meeting
is in conference rooms B & C. Enter through the
center entrance. Go
left down the hallway where you will pass underneath
a sign for CT scan. The conference
rooms are on your right.
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Quad
Cities. Meets
on the second Saturday every other month from
from 1:00pm-3:00pm at Butterworth Center, 1105
8th Street,
Moline, in
the Oak Room. There will not be an August meeting.
Next group will be on September 8th. The next
meeting date for 2007 is November 10th. Please
respond if you will be attending to group leader
Katherine Fuhr. General contact person Lynn Volker
at 309-764-1731
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Drugs are expensive!! No
words could be more true these days. All of the MG drug
prices are going up and most others are going up too.
The MGFI does have some help for you.
See MGFI Drug Program |
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Become an MGFI
Member
It's only $20.00
per year. You will receive the MG Conquer Newsletter and become a member of the MGFA!
Call the office or you can become a member online at
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