Attending were:
Kelly Doughtery
Denny and Ruth Hale
Glenn and Arlene Kullman
Joyce Kullman
Dr. Jennifer McAroy
Jerry and Judy Niebaum
Bob and Sharon Schoonover
Michelle and Cory Tiedeman
Dr. McAroy's address:
Village Dentist
6925 Tomahawk Road
Prairie Village, KS 66208
913-789-7455
Kelly welcomed everyone to her workplace and then a
roundtable discussion began where patients talked about their experiences
finding doctors, understanding medications, etc.
Jerry mentioned that Bill Spink, a longtime member of
the VF, has been very ill. Dr. Abdou was his doctor; now Bill sees
Dr. Warner.
Michelle talked about her progress and said she is
feeling well. She and her husband, Cory, are looking forward
to starting a family.
Joyce Kullman Executive Director of the VF,
told about the progress made in scheduling Area Meetings. Some area's will remain as a chapter and some will turn into a support group. Decisions have not been made as this is still in discussion.
Joyce talked about the research with Dr. Siminivitch and
Denny mentioned he had inquired about the project. Glenn Kullman and
Bob Schoonover sent their info to Dr. Siminivitch soon after she requested VF
participants .
Dr. McAroy talked about the path she took before she
decided to be a dentist. She is Kelly's dentist and her talk was very
informal and educational. She answered everyone's
questions and seemed to have all afternoon at her disposal. We are hoping that Dr. McAroy's information will be included in the next VF newletter.
After that part of the meeting, we had to make a
decision just which of the Christmas goodies we would choose to eat; what a
dilemma with so many tasty cookies and candies.