New Service for ME/CFS sufferers
Our Chat Group
Fatigue
Amazon
Dietary Needs Direct
Hannah Butterworth's site
M.E Support
Immunesupport.com
IBS.me.uk
HelpwithME.co.uk



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New Service for People With ME/CFS.
The service is called 'BACK TO HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY' and will be run by Gail Sumner. Its main aims are to help combat pain, headaches, fatigue, disorientation and other 'brain fog' symptoms, and to assist people in regaining their health. Everyone is unique and so everyone is treated according to their own individual needs.

As well as being a state registered and chartered physiotherapist she is also a Perrin Technique™ practitioner for Bolton, a registered acupuncturist, craniosacral therapist and massage therapist. She has also trained in other 'hands on' therapies as well as counselling and developed a knowledge of diet, nutrition and body-mind work.

Treatments used include; mobilisation, muscle energy techniques, soft tissue release, The Perrin Technique™, reflex points, massage, manipulation, acupuncture (with needles) electro or laser acupuncture (without needles), craniosacral therapy, electrotherapy and advice on self treatment.

In addition to working alongside Dr Perrin at the Perrin Clinic in Manchester, as of Monday April 16th she will be working at a clinic in Bolton town centre and at Dr Wright's clinic in Westhoughton.
For those who are severely affected and are unable to attend either of the clinics home visits will also be available.

For enquires or home visits please contact Gail Sumner on 07976915314.
Email: gail@backtohealthphysio.com
Or for more information visit: www.backtohealthphysio.com

To book an appointment contact
Westhoughton Clinic
Markland Therapy Centre, Dalton House
33 Leigh Road, Westhoughton
Bolton, BL5 2JE
Tel : 01942 841088
(NB Disabled access)

Bolton Clinic
Deansgate Osteopathic & Physiotherapy Clinic
153 Deansgate, Bolton, BL1 1BB
(Above the health food shop)
Tel: 01204 522133
(NB clinic has stairs so limited access)

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Amanda explains, "Yahoo Groups is a free and easy to use service, which allows subscribers to a specific group to take part in group discussion without the need to copy numerous email addresses. You simply send an email to a Yahoo address.
Amanda adds, "Unlike a chat room we don't all have to be present at once and a discussion can take place at a leisurely pace over several days".
The main benefit of this method of emailing is you don't have to keep up-to-date with everybody's ever changing email accounts.
It will also help members who find it difficult to attend the main meetings to get to know and keep in touch with the rest of the group. Everybody is welcome, both carers & sufferers.

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Alison is a former ME sufferer, a national support group leader, ME/CFS counsellor and disability champion. Her website tells the story of my ME and her long recovery. It has a photo story, a weekly menu planner,a forum for discussions on diet, employment issues, bullying, assertiveness, prayer posts etc. There are also pages on psychiatry, employment, hidden disability, finding meaning, poetry etc etc. Take a look at her website on reforming attitudes to M.E
here

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We also have a commission scheme with Amazon.co.uk and if visitors follow our links from the website and stay on those links till a purchase, we will get up to 6-15% commission for it since we referred them.

On the website there are various "amazon.co.uk" logos to click on or below each book on the "library books" page you will see a "see all books by author" link.
If you click on it, you will be re-directed to amazon.co.uk.
From here, you can purchase a book, CD, video or anything else they sell on Amazon, even if it has nothing to do with ME! If you use these links, we will get paid up to 15% commission on your purchases.
The money we get goes toward the running of the group, so please use these links in future to support us at no extra cost to you.
To qualify for the commission, you must keep your window open from when you are re-directed to when you purchase, as the links on the website have a unique tracking code associated with us.

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I stumbled across
Dietary Needs Direct when I was looking for vegan products, as they're hard to find and there's only a limited selection in supermarkets.
They have baby products, books, toiletries, snacks, low carb products, drinks, supplements, cooking ingredients and even products suitable for those on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
For those of you who don't want to submit credit card details over the net, even though it is secure, you can call them on 01527 579086 and ask for products that suit you own dietary needs. They even have lightbulbs that help S.A.D, like the light-boxes.
A similar site is Goodness Direct

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Hannah Butterworth has had M.E for almost ten years. As part of her rehabilation she has built her own web-site which covers what it's really like to live with a chronic illness, information, her treatment, and her own personal experiences. Her website is called Fighting ME, visit it
here
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ME Support

M.E. Support has articles, references & resources on a vast array of subjects. The Website also offers numerous services including: Chat Room, Friendship List, Mailing List & Message Forum
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IBS.me.uk

Sophie has had IBS for more than 15 years and her website chronicles her long battle with IBS, which is far from over.
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HelpwithME.co.uk

A one stop shop for people with ME started by Calum and his sister, who has ME. They sell products to try and save people time and energy by putting everything that might make living with ME easier, all in one place, e.g ear plugs, shower chairs, etc.
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Immunesupport.com

How often do we suffer from the 'grass is always greener on the other side' syndrome, frustrated at the lack of medical progress with ME/CFS, thinking that maybe the Americans are getting a better deal than us. Well I wonder if they perhaps think the same about us. I receive weekly email newsletters from Pro Health who are based in USA, recently one of the lead articles was all about Dr Jonathan Kerr's gene expression work here in the UK. I was impressed to see how far news has spread and glad to see his team receiving international recognition. You can look up the article yourself in the archive at Pro Health's website www.immunesupport.com. The organisation was started back in 1982 when it's founder came down with ME/CFS himself, since then it has grown from strength to strength and claims to be the world's largest website for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia. They have an enormous library of research and articles from around the world, but they are also committed to helping fund research into the conditions. The website has a shop which sells a huge variety of vitamins and supplements, at very reasonable prices, with a percentage of the profits going to ME/CFS/FM charities.