Cut Loose for a Cure

10/11/2022

YOU are invited to the WHITTIER/SAN GABRIEL VALLEY in-person scleroderma support group meeting this Saturday, October 15th at our new location at "The Alhambra"!!!!!

Whittier/San Gabriel Valley Support Group In Person Meeting:
When: Saturday, October 15, - 2022
Time: 11:00 - 1:00
Where: The Alhambra
1000 W. Fremont Ave
Alhambra, CA. 91803
Room C4 - East (signs will direct you)

Enter parking lot from Fremont Street and follow Scleroderma Meeting signs. Park near the Green Awning that says "THE ALHAMBRA". Follow the Scleroderma Meeting signs for the meeting room.

No charge for parking, light lunch will be provided.
Family , friends and caregivers are also welcome from any area.
Masks are optional but encouraged.

Any questions? Your support group leaders are here to help!
Support Group Leader: Penni Lavoot
Phone: 714-313-8539
Email: [email protected]
Support Group Leader: Catherine Baca
Phone: 626-232-8449
Email: [email protected]

Hope to see you there!!!!!!

06/01/2022

03/22/2020

Quick lesson about autoimmune diseases. It takes an average of three years and five doctors for a person to get a proper diagnosis of an autoimmune disease. It is a disease where instead of your white blood cells protecting your body from invaders, they turn around and attack your cells, tissues and organs. Chronic fatigue is another symptom. It is not a cold or the flu, you will never get better, and even a nap will not help. Just eating a salad and hitting the gym won’t slim your face or get the pounds off. Sleeping 10 hours doesn’t leave you well rested, ever. The last minute changes in plans because that “just got ran over” feeling never makes appointments, it just walks in whenever you aren’t ready. Painful joints, muscles and bones, dry skin, breaking hair, hair loss, mood swings, and depression are just the tip of the iceberg. You are also prone to having multiple autoimmune diseases, they typically come in pairs of two. You easily catch viral and bacterial infections. You have days where no matter how hard you try, you just can’t smile for anyone. I urge you to think twice before passing judgment and thinking our nation is overreacting to the extra measures being taken to curb the spread of this virus. YOU might be able to recover from it no problem however, carry it to someone with an autoimmune disease and that individual won’t be as lucky. I am watching the ones who will take the time to read this entire post and react. Please, in honor of someone who is fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis, POTS, MCAD, Sjogren's, Scleroderma, Hashimoto Disease, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Sarcoidosis, Hepatitis, Raynauld's Syndrome, Diabetes, Mold Illness, Graves’ Disease, Celiac, CROHN’S, Ulcerative Colitis, Pemphigus, Dysautonomia, SPS, MS, PBC, Psoriatic Arthritis, CIDP, MMN And GPA, copy and paste to your page and reply "DONE" on mine.

10/04/2019

04/18/2019

Read about the findings of a new study claiming that epigenetic changes may be involved in the development of systemic scleroderma.

02/05/2019