Saturday, December 6, 2014
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

 St. Vincent’s Medical Center
2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT

LEARNING TO HARNESS YOUR MIND’S POWER
presented by Fern Tausig

A former health educator, Fern Tausig is a Certified Consulting Hypnotist and CMT (Certified Master Trainer). Fern is also Certified in NLP (NeuroLinguistic Programming) by Dr. George Bien and the NFNLP (National Federation of NeuroLinguistic Programming). There are many different tools of hypnosis, and, in addition to those mentioned, Fern uses a variety of modalities, selecting the ones that best support the client’s needs. She has been certified to practice hypnosis professionally since 2005 by the International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT) and the National Guild of Hypnotists (NHG).

Registration is requested – Inquiries are invited!

To register or request information, email Helen Moser or submit the form below.
Click here for driving directions and parking information.

The CT essential tremor support group is sponsored by

DRIVING & PARKING:

St. Vincent’s Medical Center is conveniently located on Main Street, in Bridgeport’s residential north side neighborhood, with easy access from the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) and Interstate-95, as well as the Route 8 & 25 Connector.

• From the Merritt Parkway:Take Exit 48 (Main Street); proceed 2.3 miles south to St. Vincent’s campus, on the left.
• From I-95:
  Take Exit 27A onto the Route 8 & 25 Connector; take Exit 4 (Lindley St.); turn left onto Lindley and proceed three blocks to Hawley Ave.; turn left onto Hawley and the Medical Center entrance is on the right.
• From the Route 8 & 25 Connector (southbound):Take Exit 5 (Boston Ave.); turn left at end of ramp and proceed to Summit St.; follow Summit to Main and turn left; Medical Center will be on the left.

Blue “H” hospital signs also lead to St. Vincent’s 10-story, white landmark building.

PARKING:

The Patient/Visitor Parking Garage located in front of the Medical Center.

• Please bring your ticket in with you and have parking tickets processed at the Central Cashier located in the Main Lobby Patient Information Desk.
• The visitor parking rates:
  Hourly rates for parking in our secure garage are –
  1 Hour $1.25
  2 Hours $2.25
  3 Hours $3.25
  4 Hours $4.00
  5 Hours $4.75
  6 Hours $5.50
  7 Hours $6.25
  8 Hours $7.00
  9 Hours $7.75
  10 Hours $8.50
  11 Hours $9.25
  12 Hours $10.00
  13 Hours $10.75
  Maximum $11.50 per stay
• If you are 50 years of age or older, you can received discounted parking rates by joining St. Vincent’s Club 50.

Saturday, October 4, 2014
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

 Waterbury Hospital
64 Robbins Street, Waterbury, CT 06721

Treating ET with Botox
presented by Duarte Goncalves Machado, MD

Dr. Machado, an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, and Lead Neurologist, Yale Health Center, will discuss the use of Botulinum toxin as a treatment option for essential tremor

To register or request information, email Helen Moser or submit the form below.
Click here for driving directions and parking information.

The CT essential tremor support group is sponsored by

DRIVING & PARKING:

• The hospital has a large free parking lot

From Route 84 – Eastbound from New York or Danbury area
Exit 18 (Chase Parkway). Turn right and go to the first traffic light. Then turn right and go to the next light. Turn right (this is West Main Street). Take the second left onto Robbins Street for 1/2 mile. Hospital is on the left.

From Route 84 – Westbound from Hartford area
Exit 18 (Highland Avenue/West Main Street). Take fork to West Main Street. Turn right (this is West Main Street). Take the first left onto Robbins Street for 1/2 mile. Hospital is on the left.

From Route 8 – Northbound from Naugatuck or Bridgeport area
Exit 32 (Downtown Waterbury). Continue straight through second light (West Main Street) moving into the far left lane, bear left under underpass to stop sign (Watertown Ave). Go straight up hill (Robbins Street). Hospital entrance is next right.

Route 8 – Southbound from Watertown, Thomaston or Torrington
Exit 34 (West Main Street/Downtown Waterbury exit). Take a right at the end of the exit onto West Main Street. Take the first right onto Colley Street (this is a one-way street). Hospital is straight ahead, on Robbins Street.

Visit our booth (#N32) at the NBC CT Health & Wellness Festival
Saturday, September 27th & Sunday, September 28th
at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford

Our June 7th meeting was well attended by a wonderful group of people living with essential tremors from all over the state. An informed discussion of serious medical research was interspersed with heartwarming support and humor.

Movement disorders specialist Dr. Duarte Machado presented a detailed report on the pilot study of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor from the 2014 American Academy of Neurology meeting. We also talked about other research projects that members are participating in or aware of.

Participation in the NBC Connecticut Health & Wellness Festival at the CT Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday, September 27th and 28th was discussed, as were speakers for future meetings, outreach to neurologists throughout Connecticut, increasing public awareness of essential tremors, and suggestions for the 2015 March is Essential Tremor Month activities.

If you missed our June meeting in Orange, we do hope you’ll join us on August 2nd in Essex!

Saturday, June 7, 2014
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

 Case Memorial Library
176 Tyler City Road, Orange, CT
[conveniently located between the Merritt/Wilbur Cross and I-95]

UPDATES IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR FROM THE
2014 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY ANNUAL MEETING

Registration is requested – Inquiries are invited!

To register or request information, email Helen Moser or submit the form below.
Click here for driving directions.

The CT essential tremor support group is sponsored by

DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO CASE MEMORIAL LIBRARY:

From the Merritt Parkway (either direction):
Exit 57 East (towards New Haven)…at first light on Route 34
turn right onto Orange Center Road (Route 152). Go about 1-1/2
miles, take a left onto Tyler City Road and the Library will be
on the right.