If each of us wrote our congress people, we would give the impression we are a movement!! Please, write! We need more recognition for this disease, more research on causes, treatments, etc. More funding for making meds available to everyone. etc. Please write and let me know if YOU get a response.
I have done this and have yet to hear back - but I will give it another go. Hugs and good vibes.Good idea!
Instead of writing mine I am having my senators and the state Governer meet me up for some local pizza at the pizza parlor about second week of march. First we watch my proposal and research that I did with the help of my rheumy who will also be sitting in on the panel as the Rheumatic Expert.
I'm doing this one proper. It's unreal what you can get done when you know the right people. Thankfully, I know all the right ones. LOL!
A low-effort way of starting off is to go to the Arthritis Foundation's website (www.arthritis.org) and send e-mails using their Advocacy section. You just fill out your info, edit the content (if you want to) and send.
It definitely doesn't replace the value of a personal letter, but it's a start.
BUMPRando121, you must be some kind of a big wig. You have a medical team, you hob knob with physicians and now you are dining at the pizza parlor with politicians. What next? Nobel Peace Prize.