 |
Email the Society |
 |
Donations |
ME/CFS AUSTRALIA (SA) INC
Registered Charity 698
Mailing address:
GPO Box 383,
Adelaide,
South Australia 5001
Office:
266 Port Road,
Hindmarsh,
South Australia 5007
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
('834 MECFS')
Office Hours:
Wednesdays, 10am-3pm
Support Line:
(Mondays and Thursdays,
10am-3pm)
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
SA country callers:
Ph: 1300 128 339
(local call)
FIBROMYALGIA HELP: Contact Fibromyalgia SA at the Arthritis Foundation of SA 118 Richmond Road, Marleston 5033 Ph: (08) 8379 5711 |
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc supports the needs of sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. We do this by providing services and information to members.
|
Disclaimer
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc aims to keep members informed of the various research projects, diets, medications, therapies etc. All communication, both verbal and written, is merely to disseminate information and not to make recommendations or directives.
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed on this Web site are not necessarily the official views of the Society or its Committee and are not simply an endorsement of products or services.
| Become a Member | |||
|
Q Fever, Rickettsia and ME/CFS – hear our local world figure
Thursday 3 May 2007
Our next meeting is on Saturday 12 May at DIRC, 195 Gilles St at 2pm. The speaker is Emeritus Professor Barrie Marmion AM. Prof Marmion is one of those prophets without honour in their own country, one might say. He has for many years studied Q Fever – a condition which has been linked to the onset of ME/CFS. He has been working with other researchers investigating Rickettsia, a tick-borne condition which has also been a trigger for ME/CFS.
Now this might seem of little relevance to most of you. About one in six people with ME/CFS are believed to have had it triggered by these conditions. But this happens to be an area where Australia – courtesy not least of Prof Marmion – leads the world. And at the research forum one of the points of agreement was that were centres of specialisation in ME/CFS to be established around the world, it makes sense for them to specialise to some degree. So it could be that were such a research centre to be established in Australia – and it’s something which Christine Hunter AM has been lobbying for – it might well focus to some extent on Q Fever and Rickettsia. In that sense and for other reasons this is a talk for everyone interested in understanding the pattern of chronic ill-health which can follow from an initial bout of illness – in short anyone with ME/CFS.
Professor Marmion is an impressive speaker and I urge you to attend. It’s also a way of marking the Big Day in the international ME/CFS calendar – Awareness Day. The day – to remind you – was chosen in honour of that great person who did great things whilst suffering from ME/CFS (so they believe): Florence Nightingale. It’s her birthday.
Two things. First, there’ll be no charge for members and a gold coin for non-members. We’re continuing our efforts to reward those who have loyally paid out to support our common endeavour for the thousands of people with ME/CFS in South Australia.
Second: we would greatly appreciate if you would ring or email us to let us know that you’re planning to come. We just don’t know at this stage of the year whether we might have more than usual attendees at our seminar series. The public meeting/research forum has given us a boost: we’ve 50 plus new members; and our seminars are better organised and promoted than in the last few years. DIRC is a smallish venue. So let us know and, if numbers look large-ish, we’ll book a bit of extra space there if we can.
• |
Previous Page |
