I sent my story after reading your e-mail. thanks for letting us know the need for telling whats going on here. Have a pain free day!
Jan
>----- Original Message -----
From: ewaa@earthlink.net
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:18 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: Re: Urgent, please send emails now
At Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Sally Grigg wrote:
>
>The UK Parliament is soliciting responses for a debate on pain control and
>management. I sent an email and was the only one from the U.S. They were
>hoping for a large response from the U.S. but unfortuantely, no one seems to
>have the time. It is extremely important as what the U.K. including Canada,
>Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Great Britain, and all of the other
>associated countries does about pain control can and will affect the
>treatment of pain in this country. The forum is open for two more weeks
>(less now). Please send your email in, I know you are all in pain and very
>busy, but this could be the most important email you write all year. Thank
>you. Sorry to be so pushy, but I think it's really important. See down below
>on how to do it. It's easy. Love and pain free hugs, Sally Grigg
>
Hi Sally,
I already sent mine in. Do you know if Kathy received it yet? If not, I
will do another. Thanks.
em
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "KathFindlay" <klfindlay@adhesions.org.uk>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:42 PM
>Subject: CHRONIC PAIN DEBATE 27 FEB 2002
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> Please check out this debate if you can, and state your adhesions case..
>> Although the debate is being held in Scotland UK, other countries and the
>US
>> are also included.
>>
>> In Friendship Kath Findlay
>> The United Kingdom Adhesion Society
>> mailto:kath.findlay@adhesions.org.uk
>> http://www.adhesions.org.uk
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Evelyn.McKechnie@scottish.parliament.uk
>> [mailto:Evelyn.McKechnie@scottish.parliament.uk]On Behalf Of
>> Dorothy.Elder.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
>> Sent: 24 February 2002 21:23
>> Subject: CHRONIC PAIN DEBATE 27 FEB 2002
>> Importance: High
>>
>> SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT PAIN CAMPAIGN
>>
>> Attention all groups world-wide campaigning for people in pain
>>
>> THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT SEEKS VIEWS WORLDWIDE ON THE RELIEF OF CHRONIC
>> PAIN IN THE COMMUNITY.
>>
>> Back pain, arthritic pain and degenerative conditions are at epidemic
>> proportions - with too few public services and pain specialists
>>
>> ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27TH JUST AFTER 5 PM GMT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT IS
>> STAGING A DEBATE ON THE "PLIGHT OF CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS". BECAUSE OF
>> WORLD INTEREST THE DEBATE CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD LIVE BY ACCESSING
>> http://www.scottishparliamentlive.com Hit that site! The parliament has set up
>an
>> interactive notice board for your views. So keep hitting the site during,
>> before and for 2 weeks after this debate. After Feb 27th you can access
>> under the archive section on the Parliament site. Pain is an
>International
>> issue. Few parliaments ever have a debate on it.
>>
>> The debate will be led by Dorothy-Grace Elder, a parliament member (MSP)
>> who started the first cross party group in Britain on long term pain. She
>> has been nicknamed the Scottish Parliaments "Agony Aunt". Ms Elder used
>to
>> write a problem page - agony column - for newspapers and says "This
>> subject always got the biggest mailbag. Now I am a parliamentarian the
>> same happens. That shows the terrible need".
>>
>> Some 500,000 suffer in Scotland (pop 5.1 million). Other countries may
>> have the same situation but we are not relieving pain enough - specialist
>> pain clinics within the National Health Service can relieve the worst of
>> the agony. We have too few.
>>
>> What about you?
>>
>> Give us your views on pain fighting facilities in your area.
>>
>> Shortages, good practice, ideas.
>>
>> Looking forward to linking on an International issue.
>> Dorothy-Grace Elder.doc
>>
>> Evelyn McKechnie
>> Parliamentary Researcher to
>> Dorothy-Grace Elder
>>
>> Tel. 0131 348 5683 Fax. 0131 348 5945
>> Mobile. 0774 0638 715
>> Email. Evelyn.McKechnie@scottish.parliament.uk
>>
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