About this Publication
Addison's Disease Self Help Group newsletter, issue 98, December 2009
Welcome to the December 2009 newsletter, the final newsletter in our 25th anniversary year. To mark the passing of this special year, we are giving everyone a Silver Jubilee gift pack, enclosed with this newsletter. Our 25th anniversary celebrations, held in Guildford on 31 October, feature on pages 9 and 10, with Chris Scott and Daniel Kenward’s recollections of the early days of the group.
Page 1: Front page
Happy Christmas everyone
Silver Jubilee gift pack
Page 2: From the President
Group news
Pages 3-5: Medical updates
What's new with flu?
Modified release hydrocortisone: promising developments
Nordic conference news
Pages 6-7: Group news
Sister awarded for saving mother
'I want to see a consultant'
Travelling light
Pages 8-9: 25th anniversary meeting
Speeches from the meeting
Page 10: Medical report
Oral contraceptive pills: a word of caution
Renin tests - what do they mean?
Page 11-12: Personal experience
Helen Reddy: the woman I am now
Page 12: Famous lives
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Pages 13-14: Around the group
Les says: fundraising update
Social meeting reports
Members' donations
Page 15: Social update
Regional meetings
Page 16: Back page
Reminders