Fibro Awareess in Canada

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends:

Lydia Neilson, on behalf of the National ME/FM Action Network, has

invited Health Minister Anne McLellan to sit down with her and others

on June 14, 2002, to discuss the following items:

1. The proclamation of May 12 as ME/CFS and FM Day in Canada and the

current Canada Health Day (May 12) being moved to a different date;

2. Financial support to distribute the Clinical Definition,

Diagnostic and Treatment Protocol for ME/CFS to doctors across Canada

and to work towards the same goals for FM.

3. Financial support to distribute information to schools about

ME/CFS and FM in children and adolescents.

4. Discussions about the development of multi-disciplinary treatment

centres for Canadians with ME/CFS and FM.

5. The earmarking of research funds for Canadian research on ME/CFS

and FM.

6. Support for the work of the National ME/FM Action Network of

Canada.

We are asking Canadians with ME/CFS and/or FMS to write to the Health

Minister telling her their personal experiences with the illness(es)

and supporting the above agenda.

The campaign has just begun. In order to keep the momentum going, and

to exert pressure on Minister McLellan, I urge you to send a letter

to her by email TODAY or TOMORROW. Please also ask your children to

write to her.

Your letter need not be long but please state that you support the

National ME/FM Action Network's June 14, 2002, Agenda. (If you need

some help writing your letter because of fatigue and/or cognitive

problems, feel free to contact me, and I would be pleased to type

from your dictation over the phone. Confidentiality guaranteed.)

Please send a copy of your letter, or a brief note stating that you

have sent a letter to the Minister of Health, to Lydia E Neilson,

National ME/FM Action Network. Please put HEALTH MINISTER in the

subject line of email letters to the Network.

We also suggest you send a copy of your letter to your local Member

of Parliament.

Send your letter to:

The Honorable Anne McLellan

Minister's Office - Health Canada

Claxton Bldg., Tunney's Pasture

P.L. 0906C Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

K1A 0K9 Fax:

E-mail: minister_ministre@...

Thank you!

Kate Andersen