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Anonymous said... Hi Ms. Erskine. I think it's really awesome that you are doing this bike trip to raise awareness for celiac disease. I didn't know about this disease until I researched it when someone told me you had it last year. I just read your arcticle in the paper and I hope you get a lot of publicity and donations. Have a lot of fun on your trip! I'll be keeping track on the website. See you when you get back! Chelsea S. Robert Stanhope said... Hi Regina, I'm a fellow Mainer with CD too (now living in Boston.) My parents alerted me to today's article about your trip, and I was thrilled to read it. I hope it's a great success and I'll be checking your blog to follow your story. I was diagnosed with CD about 2 weeks ago, after at least 12 years of symptoms and a previous diagnosis of IBS. Now that I'm on the GF diet I'm feeling better already. Thanks for taking the Celiac message on the road. Tatum Krause said... This is such an inspiration to help build awareness about CD. I am also a fellow Mainer, and was a health student of yours back in the 1980"s at Moore Middle School. I now live in Connecticut. My mother sent the newspaper article to me and gave me a copy of the informational brouchure which was in her mailbox at work! I was diagnosed with CD over a year ago. It was very difficult and continues to be difficult to eat a wheat and gluten free diet! There are not enough resources out there to help educate people about the disease. I find that I explain myself at every meal. Little by little I have been educating people, but this initiative you have taken to raise awareness is so inspirational! It is about time someone became a leader in this process. You have a loyal follower to your cause for action. I would be more than happy to distribute brouchures and to help raise awareness in Connecticut! I will forward information on about Coast to Coast for Celiac and will be following you in your journey. Thank you, and good luck! Becky Rice said... Dear Regina, Thanks so much for what you're doing. I am a Downeast Mainer diagnosed with celiac 3 years ago. My Dad and brother are also celiac and, you're right, frustration becomes a daily event! I will follow your trip and wish you the best of luck and adventure! Thanks again and know that some of us will be alongside you in spirit. Becky R. Anonymous said... Hey Ms.Erskine...I hope you have fun on your trip!! Good luck and hope you make it home safe!I I also hope you make a lot of money to put toward the cause. Can't wait to see you again! From, Anonymous said... Hey Ms. Erskine! I think that it's great what your doing. I would probably never be able to do what your doing. Can't wait until you get back!!!!!!! Sincerely, Anonymous said... Hey Ms. Erskine I hope your having fun doing this because I think you would. Please bring me a tumble weed. Those things are sooooo awesome! Maybe even just a small one Pllleeeaassee! You better make it. I hope you do. Have fun, Anonymous said... Hello, This is Lindsay your soon to be student. You are doing a great job going cross country!!! Well, good luck!! Lindsay Morin Anonymous said... Ms.Erskine, Good luck making it to Maine. I hope we see you when get to Maine. I bet that all the people that have celiac are cheering for you too. Nick Brichetto |
Publicity Equals Awareness Sunday, February 20, 2005 |
| Hello again! Today is an exciting day because an article about my ride just came out in the Portland Press Herald (in the "Maine Life" section on Sunday, Feb. 20). I'm hoping this article will educate more people about celiac, and also that people will be moved enough by the story to send in donations. I thought the reporter did a fine job with not only my story, but also showing what it's like for other people who suffer from celiac. Please let me know what you think of the article! I'm also starting to make public appearances to spread awareness. Recently I was at Lois' Natural Foods in Scarborough, and soon (tentatively scheduled for Feb. 26) I'll be at Wild Oats in Portland. Then in March it's an appearance on the "207" show on Channel 6, and in April an appearance at Shaw's Northgate in Portland. Publicity equals awareness, so I'm trying to get out there as much as I can to spread the word. You can help me by letting others know what you have learned about celiac, and also by making a donation to the cause. Thanks for your support, and I'll write again soon. Regina |