Post-Polio Resource Group of SE WI
Welcome!
The Post-Polio Resource Group was founded in 1985 by a group of polio "veterans" concerned about the then newly recognized condition called Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS).
Our mission is to inform and help transform the lives of polio survivors with regard to our medical, emotional, social, spiritual, and other life needs --- especially as we experience the new and debilitating symptoms of PPS.
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The schedule for our meetings and social outings is now online. PPRG is Moving! We have a new meeting site starting in March 2011 - the Sacred Heart Center at 1545 S. Layton Blvd. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Check our Meeting Schedule page and online newsletter (Dec. 2010; March 2011) for details. Listen to the story of Sister Kenny and the fight against polio.Follow the above link to hear a streaming program from Minnesota Public Radio. The first 22 minutes take us back to her historical impact on the treatment of polio and the beginning of the Sister Kenny Clinic.
Salk Institute's website at http://poliotoday.org/ Contains videos of personal stories and expert information that can be useful to us all. Check it out, then come back here for more.
Read a nurse's article on PPS.The daughter of a member of the PPRG is a nurse practioner. She has published a thorough and very helpful article on PPS in the November 2005 issue of the professional nursing journal RN. It is also available to be read online at http://rnweb.com/rnweb/article
We're all in this together.
Please let other polio survivors and their loved ones know about us.
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The PPRG's web site has been online since May 1, 1997 |