POLIO SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP OF WNY
	       NEWSLETTER MAY 1997

Our guest speaker for the May 21 meeting will be Pamela
Gay, nutritional consultant. She will discuss the rela-
tionship between pain, stress and nutrition.  There will
be an opportunity after the presentation for Ms.Gay to
receive and answer your questions. The meeting is Wednes-
day May 21 at 7:15pm at St.Stephen's-Bethlehem United
Church of Christ on Wehrle, near Union.

	THERE NEVER IS A CHARGE FOR ADMISSION TO
	ANY OF OUR MEETINGS,  AND ALL POLIO SUR-
	VIVORS AS WELL AS INTERESTED MEDICAL PRO-
	FESSIONALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE
	ALWAYS WELCOME.

We were all saddened to learn of the passing of Terri
Bouquin. Terri was a founding member of our group and
a cheerful and valued participant at our meetings. We
will all miss her very much. Our deepest sympathy goes
out to her husband, Dick, and to their family.

Jean Arndt and Bill Kroll have been out of action 
with medical problems for most of the new year, Jean
with a broken leg and Bill with spinal surgery. We
have missed you both and hope to see you again real
soon.

At the June 18 meeting we will show an excellent
medical training video concerning the unique medical
problems that affect polio survivors. Don O'Connor
has previewed the tape and reports that ir is very
professionally done and so informative it is a MUST
SEE for every polio survivor and their doctors. It
features Dr.Richard Bruno, head of research and
rehabilitation at the Kessler Institute and Nancy
Frick, herself a polio survivor and the Executive
Director of the Harvest Center. The film deals in
significant detaiil with the effects of anesthesia
on polio survivors facing surgery, post operative
management, extreme sensitivity to pain, longer
recuperative time and many other matters of sign-
figance. MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW SO YOU WON'T MISS
THIS ONE.
   

C. Donald O'Connor
aa364@freenet.Buffalo.edu