Mia Farrow, Polio Survivor, Speaks

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="039506e1egerbq.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Post-Polio Syndrome Information and More</B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>                                                                                                                                                                     </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index_page.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index"><U><B>Index</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#339900" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="1ea78540.gif" border=0 width="120" height="84" ALT="Cat chasing tail" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#99CC00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Mia Farrow, Polio Survivor,  Speaks</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>INTERNATIONAL POST-POLIO TASK FORCE</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dr. Richard L. Bruno, Chairperson</B></div> <div> <B>c/o International Centre for Post-Polio Education and Research</B></div> <div> <B>Englewood Hospital and Medical Center</B></div> <div> <B>Englewood, New Jersey U.S.A. 07631</B></div> <div> <B>Phone: 201-894-3724 Toll Free: 1-877-POST-POLIO  </B><A HREF="mailto:PPSENG@AOL.COM" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:PPSENG@AOL.COM"><U><B>PPSENG@AOL.COM</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.postpolioinfo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.postpolioinfo.com"><U><B>www.postpolioinfo.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>March 8, 2002</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dear Fellow Polio Survivors and Other Friends:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Polio survivors are no longer poster children. We are accomplished adults who are being disabled by the unexpected symptoms of Post-Polio Sequelae -- overwhelming fatigue, muscle weakness, muscle and joint pain, sleep disorders, heightened sensitivity to anesthesia, cold and pain, and difficulty swallowing and breathing -- that occur about 35 years after the poliovirus attack. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>There are 20 million polio survivors throughout the world, nearly 2 million in North America and over 3 million in Europe. About 70% who had paralytic polio and 40% who had "non-paralytic" polio are experiencing PPS. Yet many polio survivors and most doctors do not know PPS exist, let alone know how to treat them and deal with polio survivors' special medical needs.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Would you please ask your post-polio support group newsletters and local newspapers to print </B><B>THE POST-POLIO LETTER</B><B> beginning in March 2002, and to print </B><B>THE POST-POLIO LETTER</B><B> public service announcement (PSA) in the following months. Please go to:</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.postpolioinfo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.postpolioinfo.com"><U><B>http://www.postpolioinfo.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>and click on </B><B>Post-Polio Letter </B><B>for a print-ready version with photographs, and for The Post-Polio Letter PSA.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2002 is the 50th anniversary in America and 55th anniversary in the UK of their most devastating polio epidemics which affected more than 65,000 people. With your help 2002 will become "The Year of the Polio Survivor" and the International Post-Polio Task Force motto will become a reality: "Every child vaccinated. Every polio survivor -- and doctor -- educated." With your help </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times" ><B>every </B></FONT><B>doctor will learn about PPS and be able to give polio survivors the care we so desperately need. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thank you!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mia Farrow</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#808080" FACE="Arial" ><B>, </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>polio survivor</B></FONT><B>                             </B></div> <div> <B>Co-Chair, THE POST-POLIO LETTER Campaign </B></div> <div> <B>Thaddeus Farrow</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#808080" FACE="Arial" ><B>, </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>polio survivor</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Co-Chair, THE POST-POLIO LETTER Campaign</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>For more information about the cause and treatment of PPS go to </B><A HREF="http://www.postpolioinfo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.postpolioinfo.com"><U><B>www.postpolioinfo.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="IBD: The Disease No One Talks About"><U><IMG SRC="0816e5a0.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="90" ALT="Back button of same cat under blanket reaching for ball" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>                                                      <A HREF="out_of_the_shadows.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Autism"><U><IMG SRC="08a6e590.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="89" ALT="Forward Button of cat under a blanket with paw reaching for ball" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>