IETF Spirit of Hope Award Photos

What a wonderful evening!  Here are some of the beautiful pix that were taken of those attending: family, friends, IETF board members, Henry Ford medical staff, Henry Ford philanthropy staff, Henry Ford board members.  Thank you all for coming.  It meant the world to me.

IETF Cover Story … OY!!!

Whoa … as if it wasn’t enough that I won the SHARI FINSILVER Spirit of Hope Award from the International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF) … DAYENU … & I was honored at the most unbelievable event at Henry Ford West  Bloomfield Hospital with all my family & friends … DAYENU …  I am now featured ON [...]

ET / PD Awareness Expo … 1st Day

Wow, I’m exhausted!  Up at 5am to work out, then at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital at 9am for our first day of a three-day ET / PD Awareness Expo.  Just got home at 8:30pm.  It was so successful!!!  Okay, so we need to do a little tweaking & we have ideas for making it [...]

Remember ESSENTIAL TREMOR even though March is soon ending …

“The embarrassment many of us feel when we shake is causing us to allow tremor to take over our lives.  Instead, we must speak up about our tremor, letting people know that we shake & that our shaking is caused by a condition called essential tremor.  In doing so, we make others & ourselves much [...]

OMG … the Shari Finsilver SPIRIT OF HOPE Award

I was completely overwhelmed, not only when I was told I was being presented with the inaugural Spirit of Hope Award, but that the award was being named in my honor.  Whoa … I need to catch my breath!!!

ET & PD Awareness Expo, March 29 – 31

TA DA … here it is … our first Essential Tremor & Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Expo, being held at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital on March 29 – 31.  Check out all the info, the entire schedule of events, & say you’ll be there!!! http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=167021176682173

It’s MARCH … & that means National ET Awareness Month!

Yippee!!!  The time has finally come to celebrate National Essential Tremor Awareness Month, now that’s it the first day of March (bringing Spring that much closer).  And to jump-start our inaugural event, Carolyn Heise, mother of Ryan, a ten-year-old boy, made this poster to let the world know that kids have to deal with ET [...]

Hot Off the Press … NEUROLOGY NOW MAGAZINE

Neurology Now is a magazine for neurology patients, available in either the neurologist’s office, online, or through subscription.  Stephanie Stephens wrote a wonderful article about essential tremor (ET) for the current issue.  Thanks for informing patients about ET & DBS (deep-brain stimulation) surgery … & for including me in the article, Stephanie!http://journals.lww.com/neurologynow/Fulltext/2011/07010/Essential_Facts_about_Essential_Tremor__This.10.aspx

Share the ET Awareness …

NATIONAL ESSENTIAL TREMOR AWARENESS MONTH!!! In December 2010, Congress passed a House resolution that officially designates March as “National Essential Tremor Awareness Month.”   National Essential Tremor Awareness Month provides you and the IETF with a key platform to educate the public about the condition, as well as raise much needed research funds. While 10 million [...]

It’s Official … March is NATIONAL ESSENTIAL TREMOR AWARENESS MONTH!!!

Yippee!!!  Congress passed a resolution officially designating MARCH as National ESSENTIAL TREMOR Awareness Month.  Get ready for a slew of events to be held nationwide, along with massive media coverage to finally increase awareness of this neurological condition that has affected an estimated 10 million Americans.

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