Are you or a member of your family affected by Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis?
Do you live in the greater Sacramento area?
Do you want help, information, support, empathy and/or sympathy?
If so, I run a support group that meets monthly. The goal of the support group is simple. To help IBD patients and their families cope with their condition.
What IBD Support Group
Where Currently by Zoom.
When Last Tuesday of every month, January to October
Second Tuesday in December to cover November and December
7 PM - 8 PM
Format of the Meeting
Everybody sits in a circle and each person takes turns telling the group their "story" or giving us updates on their condition. They get to ask questions, members ask them questions. It's very informal. Each person gets a chance to talk, get information, give information. Nobody is forced or pressured to talk, you can just listen if you want! The group offers advice, information, empathy and even sympathy. Occasionally, a guest speaker will come and present on a particular topic. But mostly, it's about YOU and getting you the help, information and empathy that you need to improve your quality of life living with IBD or with a family member or friend that has IBD.
IMPORTANT MAIL CHIMP SERVER
All future correspondence will go through Mail Chimp. Mail Chimp emails may go to your SPAM, JUNK or Promotional Folder. Please check these folders in your email and mark the email as SAFE or add me to your contacts.
Open the junk folder and find the message. Move the message into the inbox. Add your From email to the address book. Open the message, and tap the From email address. Then tap Create New Contact to input the address in the contacts list.
Contact Information
To get on the "roster" for information and meeting updates, please contact:
cat4debbie@gmail.com
Please send Debbie the following information:
Full Name (Required)
E-Mail Address (Required)
Do you have Crohn's or Colitis? (Required)
How long have you had it? Any current issues? (Optional)
Phone Number (Optional)
Address (Optional)
Are you a CCFA member? (Optional)
Debbie does NOT share any of this information with any of the other people in the group. When she sends out e-mails, she even puts the e-mail addresses in the "Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)" field so that all e-mail addresses are hidden from the other members. Debbie will send the following information to the CCFA Norther California Chapter as part of their requirement for tracking meeting rosters: Name, Address, Phone, E-Mail. However, CCFA never shares this information with anybody else.
CCFA
We strongly encourage everybody to join CCFA. It only costs $30 to join and it obviously goes to a good cause! If you can afford more, consider a larger give. Please visit the CCFA website at www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org. There is a lot of great information on the site. Among that information is this:
The Information Resource Center (IRC) is here for you! Information Specialists are available Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm (EST). Contact the IRC at 888.MY.GUT.PAIN (694-8872) or by live chat online at www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org. Hablamos español and provide interpreter services for other languages.
Useful Information
At our meetings we discuss a huge variety of topics. Here are few tidbits that you might find interesting. Each of these titles is a link to a subpage to this website.
J-Pouch Surgery
Ostomy Bags Information and Help
Holistic Medicine & Other Alternatives