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Self-Help Course for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: Take Control of Your Illness The ACT ME/CFS & FMS Society runs a course that is designed to help you better understand the illnesses and gives you the strategies to manage your health more effectively. The Self-Help Course is an eight week program, with a two hour session per week. There was much interest in and positive feedback about the Self Help Course which finished in October. The Society’s next Self Help Course is scheduled to begin Monday 30 March 2009. It also will be held at the Pearce Community Centre and will run for eight weeks on each Monday from 1.00 – 3.00 pm (eight sessions of two hours). Further information will be available in the new year. Fees apply. For more information or to register, please contact SHOUT on 6290-1984 or contact us here (please note that the Society's office will not be staffed until the end of January). BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Fees apply. See below for details. To register or for more information, please contact SHOUT on 6290-1984 or admin@mecfscanberra.org.au. Lives Regained – Making the most of living with a chronic illness ME/CFS and FMS are debilitating conditions that can manifest without an identifiable cause. In many cases, sufferers never recover and have to live with the condition for the rest of their lives. The Self Help course offers vital skills and perspectives on maximising quality of life despite illness. Who is the course for? The Self-Help Course is designed to help all people with ME/CFS and FMS, whether they have been recently diagnosed or suffering for a number of years, whether they are mildly or severely affected. Anyone, of any age, can benefit. The Course offers practical and well-tested ways of coping with the problems of chronic illness. Far from just providing information, it will help you develop your abilities and confidence in managing your illness. In the words of participants: “The Self-Help Course has been a great help in teaching me the importance of learning to say NO to activities that I know are beyond my energy limits, and giving myself permission to rest to conserve energy for the most important things in life." K.C. “Fantastic! Useful tools, encouraging leaders. I can now mange my illness - not be a victim anymore.” J.A. (Now working part time) “Relating to others who understand that you can look reasonably well but actually be feeling the opposite and discussing the grief and loss aspects have been very helpful.” T.P. “I found the course very helpful and extremely useful. The content was excellent and everyone participated.” J. S. (Now working full time) “I can now return home to start my 'new life', knowing now that so much more can be done; it just has to be done in a different way.” N.B. How does the Course work? Sharing experiences and ideas in a small group setting, you will develop your own individualized self-management program. Using the tools provided by the course and the support of the group you will learn how to:
An important aspect of the course is learning from each other by emphasising constructive, solution-oriented discussions in a supportive setting. The Self Help Course is based on Bruce Campbell’s book The Patient's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia available for purchase as a hard copy or audio book from the society (for details see below). The Self-Help Course is proudly funded by the ACT ME/CFS Society and the ACT Government. More information Read more information, background and personal experiences. Register Now COST: $45 (members) $65 (non-members). The cost includes all 8 sessions and the CFIDS Self-Help Book. For more information about future courses in the ACT and the enrolment form, please email Gwen at admin@mecfscanberra.org.au. Self Help Book If you can't attend the course but would still like a copy of Bruce Campbell's The Patient's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia - a limited number of books are be available for sale at SHOUT. New low price: $20 for personal shoppers. If you would like it posted to you within Australia, please add $7 p&p. The book is also available as an audio book. Contact SHOUT for more information.
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