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CHS-MC Chapter Update July 12, 2022
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In this Issue: 


CHS-MC Golf Tournament, Update Your Membership, Rare Bleeding Disorder Presentation, Gene Therapy Survey, Buzzy: Needle Pain Relief
 

CHS-MC Golf Tournament September 6th!  

 

Enjoy the Outdoors! Have a Great Time!
Help Manitobans with inherited bleeding disorders & make your Labour Day long weekend... longer!
It's a Win/Win!

Date: Tuesday Sept 6th, 2022
Same Great Course: Bridges Golf Course
For only: $125

Registration Link 
Registration includes a light lunch, 18 holes, power cart, contests & prizes! 

  • Tee times will be booked two weeks before the tournament and done in the order that the registrations are received. 
  • Post-golfing, golfers will collect their gift, check to see if they have won a door prize, the 50/50, or auction prize.  
  • Contest winners will be announced on the Chapter website on September 7th. Winners will be contacted and the prizes will be delivered. 
  • Golfers are welcome to stay for dinner and purchase beverages and dinner from the Bridges menu. 

Looking for Sponsors and Prize Donations!




 

We get by with a little help from our friends!
To help us with sponsorships Click Here.

We want to work with you! 

CHS-MC Membership Drive




Thank you to all the members who have updated their membership! Thank you to the Manitoba Bleeding Disorders Program for sending out the letter. We have registered new members! 

Please update your information via the online form in Member Services


Prizes!

All registrations received before August 31st will be entered to win a $300 Esso gift card. The earlier you get your registration in, the more chances you have to win! More draws in November 2022 and February and May 2023! 

Rare Bleeding Disorders Presentation – July 14th!

By Hemophilia Ontario

Last Chance to Register! This session we shine a spotlight on rare bleeding disorders, starting with the platelet dysfunction or the rare disease Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. Our guest speaker, Sidney will discuss her fragmented diagnosis journey, delayed menstrual management, and living with a bleeding disorder as a high performance athlete and artist.

Register 

CHS Gene Therapy Survey


Companies will likely make submissions to Health Canada for approval of gene therapies for hemophilia A and B in the next 6-12 months. To best represent people with hemophilia with regulators, health technology assessment bodies and provincial/territorial governments, the CHS needs patient input. If you …

  • have severe hemophilia A or B
  • are 14 years of age or older
  • live in Canada

… please complete this 12-question survey regarding gene therapy.

Answers are completely anonymous. Thank you for providing your valuable input to the CHS and thank you for sharing this invitation with your chapter members. The survey will close on September 1, 2022.

CLICK HERE  to take the survey.

Buzzy: Needle Pain Relief




Thanks to a very generous donation by a Chapter member, we are offering “Buzzy” to members who are having trouble with pain associated with venipuncture or subcutaneous medication delivery. The Manitoba Bleeding Disorders nurses are familiar with Buzzy and we have one pediatric member who has found Buzzy to be extremely helpful with their treatments.

Buzzy uses natural “gate control” pain relief by confusing the body’s own nerves, thereby dulling, or eliminating sharp pain. In the same way that rubbing a bumped elbow helps stop the hurt, Buzzy controls sharp pain. The premise is that when nerves receive non-painful signals such as vibration or cold, the brain closes the gate on pain signals.

The second part of Buzzy’s efficacy, and the reason it can help even when distant from the site of procedural pain, is called Descending Noxious Inhibitory Control, or DNIC. DNIC is another effective mechanism of pain control that uses the brain’s ability to dampen out unwanted signals. Instead of happening right where the nerves are, though, an intense degree of cold can work anywhere on the body. In scientific terms, intense cold activates a supraspinal modulation raising the body’s overall pain threshold.

If you would like a Buzzy, please contact the office at info@hemophiliamb.ca or call 204.775.8625 and we will send a Buzzy to you!
 

Thank you Chapter Update Sponsors! 

 
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