March Support Group

Happy Spring, Everybody!!It's time again for our monthly gathering, and this time we're back at the9th Avenue Campus. The Support Group will meet on Monday, March 26th at5:30 p.m. in the 8th floor conference room of the Shiver's Building acrossfrom the main hospital on the Southeast corner of Ninth Avenue and ColoradoBoulevard. Free parking is available behind the building and can beaccessed off of Ninth Avenue. As always, please bring a dish toshare.....plates, cups, plastic ware and napkins will be provided. We'lldiscuss the move to Anschutz, but count on at least this and one moremeeting at Ninth and Colorado.Our speakers will be Anita Rich and Ellen Ritt from the Midland Group andthe subject will be Social Security Disability and Medicade (if it's ofinterest). You may be all settled on this subject, but you will besurprised at the number of people who put off the disability decision andfind themselves with an uphill battle to get qualified after transplant.All the "veterans" will tell you how important that extra income can be astime goes by.I will be reporting news from our last Patient/Family Care Advisory Councilmeeting that will have an effect on all of us. I'm really looking forwardto future projects as we develop a game plan for this group.Just a caution.....we've had enough gorgeous weather to melt off the last ofour early winter snow, but those of us who are immuno-suppressed should becareful not to expose ourselves to any "snow mold" that may still belingering. Don't do the lawn raking or thatching at all if you can avoidit, or at least wear a mask. The fungal diseases such as aspergillus areextremely difficult to get rid of!!P.S. A Corningware dish was left at the last meeting and will be brought toour meeting on the 26th. If you are unable to attend, please arrange to havesomeone pick it up for you.Looking forward to seeing you on Monday. Cindy Anderson