St Paul Group Sets Speakers

The St Paul, Minnesota Myeloma Support Group has scheduled speakers for the next three meetings:

• Jun 11: Kelly Cox, Director of Support Groups Outreach for the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF),
• Jul 16: Jody Koccer, Millenium Corp, makers of Velcade, and
• Aug 20: Jennifer Feinberg, Celgene Corp, makers of Thalomid (thalidomide), Revlimid, and CC-4047.

The St Paul meetings are held in Stillwater at:
Family Means Center
1875 Northwestern Ave South
Stillwater, MN 55082
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Three Groups to Meet in June

All three of Minnesota's myeloma support groups will meet in June:

The Minneapolis meeting will be Saturday, June 7, 2008, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Methodist Hospital
6500 Excelsior Blvd.
St Louis Park, MN
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Kelly Cox will attend. Kelly is the Director of Support Groups Outreach for the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF).

The St. Paul meeting will be Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Family Means Center
1875 Northwestern Ave South
Stillwater, MN 55082
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The Rochester meeting will be Saturday, June 21, 2008, 10:00 am to 12:00 Noon
Gift of Life Transplant House
705 Second St SW
Rochester, MN 55902
507/288-7470
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All three support groups hold free meetings for multiple myeloma patients and their families, with informal discussions and questions. Frequently there are invited speakers to provide information about various topics relating to myeloma. You and your family and other caregivers are invited; come to any location or all of them.

At the most-recent St. Paul meeting, member Dan reported on the recent Mayo Clinic myeloma patient-information symposium which he attended in Chicago. Members also discussed treatment protocols, doctors, stem-cell transplants, treatment of side effects, complementary and integrative treatments, and much more. These discussions are quite positive and empowering, especially for people who otherwise get their information only from their doctor.