As a strategy to help successfully manage the signs and symptoms of scleroderma, and as a way for patients to stay informed about medical treatments and lifestyle choices that effectively relieve or delay the progress of disease symptoms, many new patients find it helpful to seek support from other people diagnosed with scleroderma.  It is important that scleroderma patients receive good medical care and support from as many different sources as possible:  health care professionals, family and friends, and others living with scleroderma.  Knowing that one is not alone in their diagnosis and management of a chronic systemic autoimmune disease may be helpful, as it provides the opportunity to build connections with others who are learning to manage, with scleroderma, the variety of issues that affect their daily lives.

   Click here to download a copy of the Scleroderma Society of Ontario's brochure "Supporting Persons with Scleroderma at Home, Work & School".

Location	Name	Telephone / E-Mail
Belle River	Kandy Kurkcuyan	(519) 979-6447
Brantford	Fran Wolff	(519) 752-6648 kwolff1@rogers.com
Haldimand	Irene Goodale	(905) 765-0818 imgood@shaw.ca
Halton	John Littler	(905) 849-8356
Hamilton	Isabel Sevsek	(905) 388-4337 d.sevsek@shaw.ca
London	Bea Kiekens	(519) 641-6275 kieksjb@rogers.com
London	Bill Birtch	(519) 281-8143 wbirtch@rogers.com
Midland/Orillia	Jeannette Brunelle	(705) 526-9869 nettebrunelle@sympatico.ca
Mississauga	Vidas Vapsva	(905) 822-7868 vapsva@rogers.ca
Niagara/St. Catharines	Barry Toth	(905) 646-8064 btoth@mergetel.com
North Durham	Steve & Karen Alberti	(705) 432-2487 stevelbrt432@gmail.com
Ottawa	Aline Laporte	(613) 745-7829 sclero@rogers.com
Pembroke	Ralph Bergsma	(613) 735-3313 rbergsma@sympatico.ca
Sarnia	Susan Dunn	(519) 541-1064
Scarborough	Naana Daniels	(905) 686-7265 naanash67@yahoo.com
Thunder Bay	Rose Marie McCracken	(807) 344-8345
Tillsonburg	Julie Desplenter	(519) 842-3451 wjdesplenter@kwic.com
Toronto	Kaarina Rennie	1-888-776-7776 sclerogrrl@yahoo.ca

 

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