About this Publication
Addison's Disease Self Help Group newsletter, issue 90, December 2007
Welcome to the December 2007 newsletter. Christmas can be a time of high expectations in many households – and possibly some added tensions. So in this issue, our page 5 feature considers the topic of stress: how the body and brain process stress and whether stressful events need extra medication (or not). We also provide some light-hearted tips for how to survive Christmas and, in the page 10 recipe, a deliciously indulgent alternative to the traditional Christmas pudding.
Page 1: Front page
We wish you a merry Christmas
The little red card
Fludrocortisone update
Page 2: From the President
Members' fundraising
Pages 3-4: Recent news
Twice-daily fludrocortisone
Threat to DHEA supplies
Infusion pump hydrocortisone
Ambulance update
Pages 5-6: Medical update
What is stress?
How to handle stress
Pages 6-9: Personal experience
Have a very restful little Christmas
Thigh high club: Christmas Eve at A&E
A sculptor's tale
Famous lives: Eugene Shoemaker
Members' feedback
Page 10: Around the group
Crossword
Cake recipe
Page 11: Social update
Regional meetings
Page 12: Back page
Reminders