MAPPSG
Organized 1995

POST-POLIO SUPPORT
on the
Alabama-Florida-Mississippi Gulf Coast


PPPSG
Organized 2000


Managing Post-Polio: A Guide to Living and Aging Well With Post-Polio Syndrome SECOND EDITION

National Rehabilitation Hospital Press has published a new, fully-revised Second Edition of the highly respected Managing Post-Polio, a reference guide to living and aging well with post-polio syndrome. Managing Post-Polio: A Guide to Living and Aging Well With Post-Polio Syndrome has retained all the highly regarded content of the first edition while being fully updated with:

  1. All-new resources lists and references
  2. Complete new sections on living and aging well with post-polio syndrome
  3. Expanded and updated chapters throughout
  4. Up-to-date information on the latest medical developments
  5. New personal stories from persons who have prevailed in the face of ongoing disability

Edited by Lauro S. Halstead, M.D., Managing Post-Polio provides a comprehensive overview dealing with the medical, psychological, vocational, and many other challenges of living with post-polio syndrome.

Read more about the publication

We particularly appreciated the Personal Stories

Joyce Ann Tepley, in POLIO MEMORIES FROM THE CLASS OF 1952, ends her story with what she has learned over these past twenty years of dealing with post-polio syndrome. We share here just a few of her words of wisdom:

  • I learned that living well with the deteriorating effects of polio depends more on how I think and feel than on what I do physically. I can no longer count on my physical health remaining stable for a long period of time.


  • I am proud of what I have achieved despite and because of my disability. Polio is and continues to be my best teacher for as long as I live.


  • I have learned to think in different terms. When I think of rest as a state of mind, rather than an absence of activity, I have more serenity, composure, and calm. When I think of old age as a time of letting go of the need to prove myself and a time of accepting what is, in all its messiness, I feel my heart fill with hope.
Joyce Ann Tepley, L.M.S.W.,
is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas.

MOBILE AREA POST-POLIO SUPPORT GROUP
 meets the 4th Saturday each month
except November & December at 1 pm
West Regional Branch Mobile Public Library 		PENSACOLA POST-POLIO SUPPORT GROUP
meets the 3rd Saturday every month
at 10 am Baptist Towers
1717 North E and Avery Streets, Pensacola, Florida

Notes from the May meeting....Vera Moore reporting

     Sylvia Bern greeted everyone May 26th and particularly welcomed Jo Ann Fassig who was at her first meeting since recent surgery.
     Bennie Steel reported he is continuing to remodel their home, adding a whittling room now. Julie and Russ Ford are dealing with insurance companies following a traffic accident. Laurence Byrd is looking for an automatic lawnmower similar to the robot type vacuum now on the market. Patsy Adams provided copies of a booklet, Erik’s Shoebox (Emergency Response Information Kit) Your Protection Against Post-Disaster Crime. Clara Norsworthy shared her photo album and reported Camp ASCCA theme this year had been Pirates of the Caribbean. Two bricks had been added to the walkway inscribed Mobile-Pensacola PPSG 2007. Amanda Welch, now is a registered nurse, again served as helper and counselor. She is loved as well as appreciated.
     Sylvia presented 40 Things Every Southerner Should Do which included take a trip this summer. If you can’t do a lengthy journey recommended by Southern Living Magazine, take a shorter trip to at least one of the following contributed by those present:
          To Kill a Mockingbird - Monroeville AL
          Delta Trip - from Blakely State Park AL
          Helen Keller’s home - Tuscumbia AL
          Trail of Tears - Huntsville AL area
          Little White House - Warm Springs GA
          Lewis Gizzard Museum - Moreland GA
          Callaway Gardens - Pine Mountain GA
          Five Rivers NOAA Center - Spanish Fort AL
          Chain Saw Art - Biloxi MS

Attendance May 2007
Patsy Adams ~ Sylvia Bern ~ Laurence Byrd ~ Betty Driscoll ~ John Driscoll ~ George Fassig ~ JoAnn Fassig ~ Julie Ford ~ Rus Ford ~ Vera Moore ~ Clara Norsworthy ~ George Norsworthy ~ Bennie Steele ~ Eloise Steele

Notes from the May meeting....Clara Norsworthy reporting

     It was a beautiful Saturday morning May 19th with eight people at our meeting. It was good to have Pat and Ron back after months of Pat getting over surgery and rehabilitation. Keep up the good work, Pat.

     Jane Clark brought her walker with a seat for us to see. It helps her to save her energy.

     Theresa had been to see Dr. Peach and got a good report. While on the trip they went by the Warms Spring Clinic and the Little White House.

     Clara brought her pictures from Camp ASCCA for the group to see. We had a great time and hope others will get to go next year.

     Wayne fell and broke his leg in two places. We wish him a speedy recovery.      Shirley and Jim told us of a mission try they had been on with Nomads to Oxford, MS and Rust College at Holly Springs, MS.

     We missed those who could not be with us for the May meeting and hope to see everyone at the June meeting.

Attendance May 2007
Jane Clark ~ Theresa Inge ~ Pat Kaderly ~ Ron Kaderly ~ Jim Neil ~ Shirley Neil ~ Clara Norsworthy ~ Denise Phillips

The next Mobile Area Post-Polio Support Group
meeting will be
Saturday, May 26, 2007
at 1 p.m.

The next Pensacola Post-Polio Support Group
meeting will be
Saturday, May 19, 2007
at 10 a.m.

Contact for additional information
 Vera Moore - 251-639-2189
or e-mail Vera Moore
Contact for additional information
 Clara Norsworthy - 850-944-5834
or e-mail Leigh Dethlefs

These Post-Polio Supports Groups are supported by
Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast
In Mobile - Cyndi Thompson ~ 251-471-1581 ~ cyndi@gesgc.org
In Pensacola - Liz Cravatt ~ 850-434-0032 ~ liz@gesgc.org
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