Page 2 - Scleroderm NZ Inc Newsletter November 16

President's Report November

Seasons greetings to you all, it isn't long now before we are all
rushing around to get our last minute jobs done before we head
off to get together with family and friends or just have a quiet one
at home.

We have had a busy time here in Wellington with the printing New Zealand could help you and others in our group please
of the booklets which have now been sent out to those of you just send me an email at diannepurdie@xtra.co.nz .
who have requested them.
Ideas could be in the area of support for you, whether you
It has been a long process and one we couldn't have managed would like someone to contact you regularly or something that
without help from our hard-working fund-raisers: Scleroderma NZ Inc may be able to supply that could be of
help.
Linda Bell,
If you have any concerns about your treatment plan please feel
Allan and Sandy Edmondson and free to contact me also, I may be able to help you in some way.

Our Specialist Nurse Maureen Anderson and all of you One of our long-term goals of this society is to make sure there
out there that have sent in very generous donations is equality, with monitoring and treatment plans throughout
for the printing of
these booklets. New Zealand. I will be working towards
this from 2017, in conjunction with
It is something that our specialists.
families, medical teams
and ourselves will benefit Further on in this newsletter, you will
from. find out what is happening in Australia
with the different types of scientific
We printed 1500 copies, trials for systemic sclerosis.
which totalled $3,969.80
By the time you read this newsletter
The editing process Linda Bell will have had her seminar in
was a team effort from Hamilton. Linda has worked hard at
Maureen, Gordon and getting this together, and I am sure you
myself and much was would all have enjoyed and benefited
learnt particularly by me from the seminar. A big thank you to
with the whole process. Linda for all her effort.

All the rheumatology It takes many hours to produce each
clinics will receive copies one of these newsletters, so a big
of the booklet with the thank you to John and Barbara for
opportunity to ask for donating so much of their time and
more. effort to reach out to you all out there,
we all appreciate and benefit from the
The hospital check lists are contact.
our next top priority, we
hope to send them before Take Care to you all, and thank you
the year ends. all once again for all your support in
getting the booklets out there for good
I hope you all are looking use.
after yourselves, and if you
could, write to me with any thoughts in which Scleroderma Dianne

www.scleroderma.org.nz