About this Publication
Addison's Disease Self Help Group newsletter, issue 103, March 2011
Welcome to the spring 2011 newsletter. Those among you whose New Year resolution was to improve your fitness or join a gym may take inspiration from James Claxton and Richard Keyzor’s experiences, reported on pages 4 and 5. Richard was never runner before he decided to take on a year-long quest of competitive sporting events, to raise funds for his son Oli’s cystic fibrosis charity. You can read about his triumphs and his setbacks in One Year, One Aim. James confesses that he was under-prepared for the gruelling cycling course he set out on in October – one hundred miles a day for ten days – which took him from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Outstandingly, he made it, although one of his companions did not.
Page 1: Front page
Never give up
What is Addison's
GP awareness
Page 2: From the President
Members' donations
Page 3: Recent drug news
Hydrocortisone prices stay high
Addison's Ireland
Pages 4-5: Personal experience
One year, one aim
100 miles a day
Pages 6-8: Medical news
European Addison's conference
Pregnancy survey
Page 9: Personal experience
Travelling light
Pages 10-12: Real life emergencies
A dangerous delay at the hospital
Ambulance alerts
Pages 13-14: Personal experience
Body ready for the scrapheap, brain ready for Mastermind
Page 14: Around the group
Les says: fundraising update
Alfred Potter Memorial Research Award
Page 15: Social update
Regional meetings
Page 16: Back page
Reminders