Category Archives: Resources

OR Scleroderma Foundation’s Cheri Woo Education Seminar This Saturday!

Just a reminder about the Educational Seminar going on this Saturday, offered through the Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation.  Even if you don’t have this particular disease, the......

2010 Portland International Women’s Day Festival

  If you have some time this Sunday, March 7th, stop by the PIWD event being held at Portland State University and take in some local talent, resources and entertainment.  Here are some excerpts......

Meet Another New MLWT Guest Blogger, Sarah Nuxoll!

Hello, dear MLWT readers. I am pleased to be invited to do some guest blogging for you now and then, and it feels like it might be nice to put first things first and introduce myself properly. ......

Unexpected Blessings and Reassuring Connections (Part 1)

This month in the MLWT Shelfari.com group , and continuing through March, we are discussing the book Unexpected Blessings: Stories of Hope and Healing (Penguin Group, 2009) written by Roxanne B......

Not By the Hair of My “Chinny Chin Chin”

I figured that this quote from the familiar children’s story of the “The Three Little Pigs” would be a nice segue into my post today, because it includes a chin reference, a big, bad wolf and lo......

Meet Becca Seitz, our new MLWT Guest Blogger

Hi All!  I’m Becca Seitz, licensed acupuncturist and owner of Thrive Acupuncture in NE Portland.  You can read about what got me into acupuncture and Chinese medicine at the link Maria ga......

Seaside Area Arthritis Education Opportunity

From the Oregon Branch, Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation: Arthritis Discoveries ~ Free Public Education Seminar Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Location:......

Why The Pecking Order?

We live next to a water way and have more varieties of fowl than you would expect to be here in the suburbs.  With the mild temps this winter and heading into spring, the size of our backyard f......

Lupus and men: Dr. Oz is making an office call soon~

I received an email from Kathy Casey, Executive Director of the Lupus Foundation of America -Pacific NW Chapter letting me know about an event that I want to pass along to all of you: “Hello, We......

Interview opportunity discussing insurance lifetime caps

An announcement from our local Scleroderma Chapter: Have You Experienced a Lifetime Cap on Your Health Insurance? The Scleroderma Foundation is interested in speaking with scleroderma patients w......