Breathe Easy Sheffield Support Group Meeting

[terry27 10]

Hi,Everyone, It's Monthly Meeting time again for the Breathe Easy Sheffield Group and we are holding our meeting at Springs Leisure Centre on East Bank Road, with the choir starting at 12.30hrs to 13.30 hrs and the Wine & Cheese Tasting party to follow until 15.00hrs approx. Come and join us and have moan, or a laugh or both or even a hug and you will feel better than when you arrived.Terry & the Gang

[NatureLover 10]

What members exactly do in Breathe Easy Sheffield Group I wonder, thanks.

[terry27 10]

Hi,NatureLover,The members of the BE Sheffield Group try to help each other to cope with their COPD problems and generally try to manage their lives despite their health difficulties.

Regards

Terry

[ccit 10]

@NatureLover - people with respiratory problems such as asthma and COPD can be helped to a better quality of life by education and knowledge. Self help groups such as this one often provide a wealth of experience not only in their membership but in the professionals who are sometimes invited to speak.

 

These days there is the 'expert patient' who is usually someone that has acquired, from experience and study, a great deal of knowledge about their condition. They are well placed to help others, particularly the newly diagnosed. Medical staff can only go so far in their treatment.

 

In many chronic illnesses it is up to the patient to understand and manage their condition as best they can. Learning about it can literally save lives, particularly in the case of asthma which still results in fatalities even now that we have very effective treatment.

 

Nobody understands what it is like to live with an illness more than another person in the same situation. Clubs like this provide support and knowing that you are not the only one can help people to cope.

Edited June 4, 2014 by ccit

[terry27 10]

Thanks very much for your very constructive remarks about the problems of COPD to the patients,their families and friends. You sound very much like somebody who could help our support group to do more work for more people with volunteers like you. Thank you again.terry27