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Autumn 2022                                     UCARF Report
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        A happy NEW YEAR to one and all. I hope that the festive   WA Rally/AGM 2021 and a decision was made to pass to UCARF
        period of December and January wasn’t too strenuous.   on behalf of ALL Western Australian Members that had helped
        Mine was relaxing with family and some time away with my   prepare for the cancelled rally. A massive thank you to all of
        wonderful wife at Tin Can Bay.                        them and here’s hoping that they’ll get to use their newfound
                                                              skills again soon.
        RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (or RA) I hear you ask? Well, it isn’t
        D SOHDVDQW WKLQJ WR PHHW  $ FKURQLF LQÀDPPDWRU\ GLVRUGHU   I can’t thank everyone enough for the consistent contributions
        D໤HFWLQJ PDQ\ MRLQWV  LQFOXGLQJ WKRVH LQ WKH KDQGV DQG IHHW    to UCARF. Even during the height of the world pandemic, you
        There are treatments to manage the pain etc but there’s   PHPEHUV DUH VWLOO ¿QGLQJ ZD\V WR UDLVH IXQGV DQG FRQWULEXWH
        NO CURE (currently). That’s where UCARF is assisting by   )RU WKRVH WKDW DUH R໤ WR :$5:,&. LQ $SULO      IRU WKH 5$//<
        IXQGLQJ UHVHDUFK LQWR ¿QGLQJ RQH  (DFK WHVW SHUIRUPHG E\ RXU   please seek me out. I’ll be on site with my wife, Grace, (who
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        IXUWKHULQJ WUHDWPHQW IRU VX໤HULQJ SDWLHQWV  -XVW UHPHPEHU WKDW   FOGGY and I shouldn’t be too far away.
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        attempt, or it may take many years of trying to get the winning   The day prior to writing this, Grace and I met a lady, who’s
        6 numbers. Research is a lot more focused, but the odds are   EHJXQ VX໤HULQJ ZLWK 5KHXPDWRLG $UWKULWLV  0RVWO\ LQ KHU KDQGV
        still great and thank goodness for percentages that each time   but is now spreading to other areas of her body and she’s
        they try another avenue, the odds are reduced in their favour.  EHHQ VHULRXVO\ VWUXJJOLQJ WR ¿QG FRPIRUW IURP KHU VSHFLDOLVW  DV
                                                              they do not fully understand RA. This lady is now transferring
        Now to the donations as shown on my spreadsheet (I’ve put   to a new specialist in the hope that they’re more aware
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                                                              ULYSSIAN plus the Coordinator for UCARF and what our fund
        ,QGLYLGXDOV  0LNH $EEHU¿HOG         3 %XWOHU          , KDG   is about. This lady could be a direct recipient of care when our
        mentioned in the Spring edition that UCARF was getting a   UHVHDUFKHUV ¿QG RXW PRUH DERXW 5$ DQG KRZ WR WUHDW LW  DQG
        EHTXHVW IURP WKH ODWH 7UHYRU :RRGKHDG HVWDWH RI              with a miracle and/or God’s blessing, cure RA.
        and it arrived.
                                                              Please remain focused on the BIG picture and let go of the
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                 6W *HRUJH 6XWKHUODQG           0DFHGRQ 5DQJHV   made it up?: Hair today, Bald tomorrow.
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        6XQVKLQH &RDVW          :DUQEUR 6RXQG :DQGHUHUV            Yours faithfully and see you at the SEQld Rally in Warwick.
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        &R໤V &RDVW          0HOERXUQH                         Ian ‘Foggy’ Winter, #53026 TM#59

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