Announcements:
September is Pain Awareness Month and an article on Tri-Life will be published in the Minot Daily News on Monday, 9-10-07. Make sure to get a copy of this article and share it!
The pool at Dakota Inn will be closed for repairs and remodeling 9-27-07 through 10-8-07. The Pool group will not meet during this period. The pool is open to all past and current Tri-Life patients for life except Friday at 2:00 PM until Sunday at 4:00 PM.
The next meeting will be 10-2-07 at 5:30 PM at the Dakota Inn. The topic of this meeting is yet to be determined.
Meeting Notes:
The first meeting of the 2007-2008 Tri-Life Center patient Chronic Pain Management support group was held on 9-4-07. Bonnie Sjol facilitated the meeting. There was 9 people in attendance.
The agenda of this meeting was to formulate plans for this cycle of meetings.
Topics discussed included:
I am Bob Adkins and I will be the Support Group Coordinator and meeting facilitator for this cycle of meetings. (Note: I will be posting introductory information about myself in another blog entry.
Meetings will be held the 1st Tuesday of every month through May 2008. The meetings will start at 5:30 PM CST and will be targeted to last 1 hour.
Meetings will have a guest speaker that will present 1/2 hour of information on the chosen topic for that day. The remainder of the time will be spent in discussion, questions, and time for each member to discuss any recent concerns in their life that they want to share.
If you have an email address then Bob will send out a reminder email a week before each meeting and will send out notes from each meeting ASAP afterwards. If you do not currently receive these and would like to be included please send your email address to TriLifeSupportGroup@gmail.com.
An attempt will be made to call each member the day before each meeting. Sue volunteered to take on this task unless weather prevents her from getting to town. In these instances Bob will attempt to make these calls. In behalf of the entire Group we thank you Sue for volunteering!
The following meeting topics were suggested by group members:
Review of getting back to basics
Leading the group in guided meditation
Mental Health care refresher - the importance taking care of your mind
Have information session on filing Social Security disability claims
Have Julie Ricker present information on services available from NDAD (North Dakota Association for the Disabled) (Check NDAD out online at: http://www.ndad.org/)
Have a representative from NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness) give a presentation. (Check NAMI out online at: http://www.nami.org/)
Have a representative from Independence Inc. provide information on services offered (Check Independence Inc. out online at: http://www.independencecil.org/)
Have Paulette Vedvig from Revive Studio present information on "Yamina Body Rolling", a self massage exercise routine.
Have a representative from the Minot Commission on aging provide information on services offered (Check out the Commission on Aging online at: http://minotcoa.org/)
Have Rev. Bob Edwards give a seminar on Grief issues. (Check out information on the Church that Rev. Bob Edwards pastors online at: http://www.minotfpc.org/)
Have a night dedicated to family and friend awareness of CPM sufferers.
Have meeting that provides nutritional and natural health information.
Have a night dedicated to specific health issues that are common within the group members (I.E. diabetes, heart disease)
Watch an inspiring video
Some information on the Revive Studio: We had Debbie & Pam in the group for the first time. One of them suffer with Fibromyalgia and migraines, she is the one that recommends this treatment, the other is her sister.
An excerpt from KXMC news Business Beat, with Carla Burbidge, on 12-21-06 provides the following information on the Revive Studio: "...Yamina Body Rolling. There's many different aspects to it, using balls of all sizes and various densities. Paulette, a massage therapist, opened a studio on Central Avenue this month known as Revive. She is the only certificated body rolling instructor in North Dakota. She says body rolling has benefits like stimulating nerve endings, developing core strength, bone stimulation and various fitness aspects just to name a few. (Paulette Vedvig, Revive Studio) "It's stress reducing, all the benefits of a massage, and it helps with moods and sleep. So it's an amazing system, even if someone is bed-ridden or in a wheelchair, someone can benefit from body rolling." Paulette offers several classes on body rolling each week." You can watch a video of this news report online at: http://www.kxmb.com/video.asp?ArticleId=78831&VideoId=3946 Please note that this business is shown at the end of this news report.
Thank you Debbie & Pam for your suggestions and for being part of our group! We welcome you and hope to see you againand again in our meetings.
Bible Study proposed for group members:
I am a minister and is currently working towards starting a new Church in the Minot area.
Bonnie and Bob had discussed starting a Bible Study group for Tri-Life patients. This study will be non-denominational and will be open to all.
This study will begin soon but a start date is yet to be determined. This will be held separate from the CPM support group and may have other people from the community in attendance.
Why a Bible Study? To provide support to people for the spiritual side of holistic healing. The program at Tri-Life gave us many tools to heal our body, mind and spirit. However with the judgmental Church culture prevalent in our communities, often times people with major health issues, addictions, or personal issues are forgotten about and ignored.
My vision for this study time is to teach "Relational Wholeness". what I mean by this is: to teach us that god accepts us for who we are and where we are at in life, to teach us that since God finds us worthy that we need to accept ourselves as a worthy and important person, and to teach us how to relate to other by displaying the love of God to everyone we meet. We need to be able to be accepting of others for who they are and where they are at in life and work towards assisting them in healing of their body, mind, and spirit.
To find out more about me and the Church I plan to open you can visit the following sites:
My personal online journal: http://www.myspace.com/lifewithbob
Spiritual Life Christian Fellowship online journal: http://spirituallifefellowship.blogspot.com/
Spiritual Life Christian Fellowship Official web site: http://www.SpiritualLifeChristianFellowship.org/ (note this site is in development and will be available soon)
My contact information is:
Address: Bob Adkins 108 8th St. SW - Minot, ND 58701
Home Phone: 701-839-1202
Support Group related emails: TriLifeSupportGroup@gmail.com
Spiritual or Prayer related emails: PastorBob@SpiritualLifeChristianFellowship.org
- Cell Phone: 833-6879 (For use for crisis or emergencies that you need prayer, visitation, or just need a shoulder to lean on)
“May you be filled with blessings that only God can author.” Author: Bob Adkins April 2007
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