Feb 16, 2008

Woodi Wooding Andersen

MSN, CCRN

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Saturday, April 21, 2007

Special report on the April meeting:

Andrew Pierson's Carcinoid Adventure—Living Successfully and Actively with Carcinoid

We had the pleasure of meeting (some of us for the first time!) Andy (and his supportive "sidekick" wife, Bea) Pierson, one of our members, from Oklahoma.  With wit, humor and props, Andy spoke candidly about his Carcinoid adventure-living successfully and actively with Carcinoid.

First and foremost, Andy sincerely expressed his appreciation and gratitude for being here, but mostly, for being fortunate in finding the SEA Carcinoid Support Group.  He explained that SEA Carcinoid played a very important part of his success in all that he's been through.  In retrospect, the stars and the moon were all lined up for him to be here now.

Andy's journey, like many Noids, began with Carcinoid Syndrome symptoms, for many years, prior to discovery, in December 2002, when he suffered from severe pain in his right side. He went through the gamut of trying to convince ER docs to take him seriously, as by that time, his pain level was 11.

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Special report on the March meeting:

By Jan Naritomi-Hart

Lance Miller, one of our members, spoke at our March “St. Pat’s Day” meeting about his journey into the world of Carcinoid. His excellent PowerPoint presentation gave us insight on how he started out, upon diagnosis, researching this disease with the same vigor he would as if it were his next work project. Read More…

Joseph R. Pisegna, MD. presentation

Endocrine Tumors, the Other Kind of Pancreatic Cancer
Associate Professor Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
VA Greater Los Angeles and UCLA School of Medicine

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Lisa Osowski MS, RD

Food and Nutrition issues for carcinoid patients

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