Posted by Thelma Holland
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Arthritis Care Walk in Sandringham
Arthritis Care is a self help group set up so that people with arthritis can offer help and support to each other. It is really good to talk to some-one else with the same or similar illness as yourself as they really understand how you feel, and maybe they have some suggestions from their own experiences, that may help you. It often does you good to know you are not the only one battling with this depressing disease.
The group was set up in February 2009, following a Challenging Arthritis Course run by Arthritis Care, because some members felt that they gained so much from the course that they wanted to continue meeting and supporting each other, and also to offer this to other people suffering from arthritis. We are a small group although we are slowly increasing our membership. We all have arthritis, the most common types being osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
We meet at 10-30am on the third Thursday of every month at the Nora Building (just off the Southgates Roundabout on the Wisbech Road). Besides having plenty of coffee or tea and a good chat, we often have speakers, who talk about things that relate to our problems. For example we have recently had talks about gardening tools, garden layout and plants that need less work, benefits available, advice on diets, and for our September meeting we are having an osteopath to give advice. At our last meeting we brought our own gadgets from home, to share the usefulness or not of them with each other, and that again highlighted the fact that we all have similar problems. Earlier this year we organised a sponsored amble in Sandringham, raised £343-80p and enjoyed a picnic. We have a summer event in August and this year we are spending a day at the Sailing Club at Hunstanton with a fish and chips lunch. We also celebrate Christmas by getting together for a lunch – last year it was at the Riverside Rooms.
If you have arthritis, do come and join us, we will make you welcome and we are guaranteed to make you smile!
For further information please ring Arthritis Care 01553 671529.
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