California Get Together -- Anyone Interested???

[Guest guest]

I would be very interested in a gathering. I live in the Los Angeles

area and I would love to have it down here. BUT, I lived in Santa

Cruz for several years and it would give me a great reason to get

up there and visit. ( Breathe some fresh air)I would love to help in

the planning of it also. Please let me know.

G.

[Guest guest]

I'm in Los Angeles and would definitely be interested. Sounds like a

great idea!

Beth

[Guest guest]

I'm in LA area and would be interested in a gathering down here. Depending

on the timing, I might or might not be able to travel to one in northern or

central CA.

[Guest guest]

Pat,

This sounds like a great idea! I am in Auburn

(30miles north of Sacramento) and Monterey or the bay

area would work well for me but I could travel to San

Diego as well. A fantastic speaker is important, of

course, and a winery tour sounds like fun. I would not

have a problem with a fee for dinner and tour. The

women in this group are quite a diverse group of

people and it will be interesting to meet them.

Sue W.

--- Pat Boersma wrote:

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> Fellow California Fibroidians:

> WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET TOGETHER IN CALIFORNIA???

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[Guest guest]

Hi Pat and all,

I am interested, schedule permitting, in a Bay Area/Monterey gathering and

perhaps even Southern California. I'm in the Bay Area.

Have you considered Asilomar as a venue if Monterey/Pacific Grove does seem

like a viable option? I have actually not been there, but colleagues of

mine who have say it's quite lovely and seems reasonably priced.

http://www.asilomarcenter.com/groupconferences/grpsconference.html

I would tend to be most interested in things like sharing strategies for

negotiating with insurance companies, doctors, medical staff, etc.; being

an informed and assertive consumer; and discussions of the " watch and wait "

vs. " intervene while the problem is easiest to solve " schools of thinking.

Not that one could not have such discussions in a winery or spa or on the

beach. of course!

Full disclosure: I am a journalist at KQED-FM, northern California's

largest public radio station; while this is not my beat, I would be happy

to talk to some of my colleagues who do cover health issues extensively

about doing something around such a meeting if it gets set up -- only in a

way that participants were comfortable with, of course.

cheers, Nina Thorsen

[Guest guest]

I live in Orange County and I would travel to Monterey.

Robin Dundas

[Guest guest]

WOULD LOVE TO JOIN, AS IT IS ONLY 2 HOUR DRIVE FOR ME, i'M 45 W/2 BOYS 14 & 8

.. ASIAN AND HOPEFULLY I WON'T HAVE MY PERIOD AT THAT TIME AS IT COULD GET

MESSY.

[Guest guest]

Yes...I would be very interested. I'm in the bay area, but willing to

travel south if the majority are located down there. Diane

Pat Boersma wrote:

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> Okay – So far the responses to my suggestion about having a California

> get-together ALL come from Southern California (See my post #22707 – Aug 7,

> 2002).

>

> And, yes, Carla’s right: you don’t HAVE to be from Calif to participate /

> we’d love to have ANYONE who is interested.

>

> If the women in the South are more interested than those in the North – we

> will definitely move this idea in South. However, I’d need a bunch of help

> in that case – because I’m in the S.F. Bay Area – so I can’t just pop over

> to places in S. Calif to make/check arrangements.

>

> In any event, we need a BUNCH of interest in order to try to do this & I

> don’t know yet whether we’ll have that. Obviously, a few of us could get

> together socially – but in order to make a true “event” of it, we’ll need

> more than a few.

>

> SO, IF YOU THINK YOU’D BE INTERESTED, LET US KNOW BY POSTING A RESPONSE –

> and let us know what does and does not appeal to you in the way of a

> get-together.

>

> Actually the initial idea was to do it someplace between SF and LA– however,

> appropriate speakers are hard to come by in Jolon and vicinity – so we

> probably need to stick closer to one end or the other.

>

> IF you’re interested – please let us know on this list & we’ll see where we

> go from here.

>

> Pat

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> Pat

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