Finding someone who "really" understands what you are going through or how you are feeling emotionally, as well as physically, is very difficult. Support groups, whether on-line or by meeting help patients and family deal with the physical & emotional difficulty of adapting to rare chronic diseases such as Myositis.

Please check them out, you are NOT alone.

 

International Support Groups

• AUSTRALIA (Anita Chalmers) NEW ZEALAND

• ASIA (India)

• CANADA (Alberta)

• EUROPE  Myositis Support Group UK (United Kingdom) Info & Bulletin Board

• MEXICO, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA (Mexico)

• CureJM  Juvenile Support Groups  
• Myositis Support Group  Info & Bulletin Board - Jim Kilpatrick's Website

• Other Support Online Groups & Chat rooms/Bulletin Boards

  • Our Myositis Support Group - Yahoo Group

  • Dermatomyositis Support Group - Yahoo Club

  • Myositis Message Board - Health Boards

  • Myositis Forum - Hot Boards

• The Myositis Association  (TMA) "Keep in Touch"  Support Groups & Meetings 

To locate a TMA adult support group in your area contact the TMA, www.myositis.org or click on the underlined State to contact the KIT Representative in your area. Not all formed groups are linked below, so contact the TMA for the group nearest you.  If your state does not have a support group, TMA is looking for persons to start one.

• Alaska & Washington State - Ann

• Alabama & Mississippi, NW Florida

• Arkansas (None)

• Arizona - Northern & (Nevada)

• Arizona - Southern

• Arizona - Greater Phoenix Area                                

• California - Northern & Central

• California - Southern - Los Angeles - Richard

• California - Southern - San Diego

• Colorado

• Connecticut

• Delaware & Maryland, DC & Northern Virginia

• District of Columbia

• Florida - Southeast - Sharon

• Florida - West Coast

• Florida - Northeast

• Georgia (None)

• Iowa (None)

• Idaho & Wyoming & Utah - Sherrie

• Illinois - North & Central

• Illinois - Southern  & Missouri

• Indiana

• Kansas & Nebraska

• Kentucky & Tennessee - Elaine

• Louisiana (None)

• Maine & New Hampshire, Vermont

• Maryland, DC & Northern Virginia, Delaware

• Michigan - Beth

• Minnesota (None)

• Missouri & Southern Illinois

• Mississippi & Alabama & NW Florida

• Montana (None)

• North Carolina

• North Dakota (None)

• New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont

• New Jersey

• New Mexico & NW Texas - Diane

• Nevada & Northern Arizona

• New York - Upstate

• New York City & Long Island

• Ohio - Eastern

• Ohio - Western

• Oklahoma

• Oregon - Deane

• Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

• Pennsylvania Eastern (None)

• Pennsylvania Western & NE West Virginia

• Rhode Island & Massachusetts 

• South Carolina

• South Dakota (None)

• Tennessee - Elaine

• Texas (Houston)

• Texas (San Antonio)

• Texas Northeast (Athens)

• Utah, Idaho & Wyoming - Sherrie

• Vermont & New Hampshire & Maine

• Virginia, W. Virginia & NE Carolina

• Washington - Ann

• Wisconsin (None)

• West Virginia NE & Western Pennsylvania

• Wyoming, Idaho & Utah -Sherrie