About this Publication
Addison's Disease Self Help Group newsletter, issue 123, March 2016
Welcome to the spring 2016 issue of the ADSHG newsletter. This issue is packed with riveting personal stories, all with a happy ending. In this issue:
Page 1: Springing into spring
Video launch
Marathon mission
Page 2: From the President
About the money
Meet the new clinical panel
Pages 3–4: Recent drug news
Fludrocortisone scare
Hydrocortisone concerns
Hydrocortisone 2.5mg pellets: are they an alternative?
Pages 4–5: Ambulance news
Ambulance protocols: Irish success story
East of England ambulance protocols
Pages 6–9: Personal experience
ADSHG videos help prepare for emergency injection
Our first emergency injection experience
Diagnosis slow: sodium low
The doctor's viewpoint
Pages 9–10: Around the group
Hydrocortisone and levothyroxine: double trouble or harmonious duet?
Pages 10–13: Fitness focus
Land's End to John O'Groats: the long way back to the top
Capital Marathon Challenge
Running to success
Pages 13–14: Fundraising
Pages 14–15: Social corner
Gill's social corner
2016 social and medical meetings
Page 16: Back page
Reminders
2016 subscription rate