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Are you looking for a support group? Great!
The chapter offers you the opportunity to meet with other lupus patients on a monthly basis. Use this as a way to meet new people, discuss methods of coping and receive new insights into living with a chronic illness like lupus.
Not ready yet? Not sure if it’s right for you? Let me share with you some reasons why you might consider attending a support group.
1. If you are a newly diagnosed patient, go to meet people who have gone through the same thing as you.
2. If you have had lupus for years, go and share your wisdom and expertise.
3. If you feel great then go and share some of your optimism and suggestions with others who are not so fortunate.
4. If you are not sure about your treatments or if you have questions about symptoms you are experiencing, then go and compare notes with other patients.
5. If you think the meetings might be depressing, then go, you might meet someone who may be experiencing worse symptoms and find out that they are upbeat and positive. They might help you to learn better coping skills.
6. If you think that meetings are boring, you should go so that there is a new face with new ideas, which makes the meetings more exciting.
Support Groups currently meeting:
Galveston County/Texas City
3rd Tuesday, 7:00pm
Mainland Medical Center
6801 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway
Kathy Saenz: 409-986-7742
Houston- Cy-Fair
3rd Saturday, 10:00am
Cy-Fair College Public Library
9191 Barker-Cypress Road
Cypress, TX 77433
Rebecca Manley: 832-647-6318
Houston- Kashmere Gardens/Inner Loop
2nd Saturday, 10:30am
McCrane-Kashmere Gardens Branch Library
5411 Pardee
Houston, TX 77026
Eleanor Mapps: 281-449-3747
Houston- Northwest
3rd Saturday, 1:30pm (Vacation: No meeting from July-August)
Barbara Bush Public Library
6817 Cypresswood Drive
Spring, TX 77379
Victor Escobar: 281-257-3028
Houston- South Central
2nd Saturday, 10:15am
Windsor Village
Power Center/ Social Services Bldg.
12401 South Post Oak Road
Dyetra Limbrick: 713-614-2166
Houston- Museum District/Richmond
1st Saturday, 10:00am
Freed-Montrose Public Library
4100 Montrose
Houston, TX 77007
Evon Peterson: 713-668-8582
Kingwood/Humble
2nd Monday, 7:00pm
Kingwood Medical Center
“Here’s to You” Room H2U-100B
(Entrance B)
22999 Highway 59 North
Linda Willies: 281-360-1110
The Woodlands
3rd Saturday, 6:00pm (Vacation: No meeting from July-August)
South Regional Public Library
2101 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Victor Escobar: 281-257-3028
Beaumont/Golden Triangle
2nd Saturday, 10:00am
Wilton P. Herbert Health and
Wellness Center Meeting Room
3030 North Street, 77702
Nancy Malborough: 409-455-3296
El Paso- Central in Spanish
2nd Saturday, every odd month, 12:00pm
El Paso Community College
Technology Center
919 Hunter Drive, 79915
Cynthia Cortes: 915-598-0027
El Paso- East Side
2nd Wednesday, 6:00pm
Irvin Schwartz Library
1865 Irvin Schwartz Library, 79936
Letty Dominguez: 915-599-0292
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