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Michigan Polio Network

Southeast Michigan Post-Polio Support Group

Serving the area for over 30 years.

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Southeast Michigan post-Polio Support Group Meetings

Southeast Michigan post-Polio Support Group Meetings

The purpose of the Southeast Michigan Post-Polio Support Group is to provide and share knowledge and understanding of polio and its late effects (Post-Polio Syndrome.)

The meetings build on that common bond through in depth group discussions, speakers, videos and social luncheons.


For more information, please contact support group facilitator


Tim Brown

Michiganpoliogoup@gmail.com






Southeast Michigan post-Polio Support Group Meetings

Southeast Michigan post-Polio Support Group Meetings

Southeast Michigan post-Polio Support Group Meetings

Meetings are on the fourth Saturday of each month

 (May - September)

10:30 am - 12:30 pm


The First Presbyterian Church of Troy

4328 Livernois, Troy, Michigan 48098

(Located ½ mile north of

Wattles (17 Mile) Road



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Polio Stories

Southeast Michigan post-Polio Support Group Meetings

Post-Polio Clinic

Read the personal and inspiring polio stories from members of the Michigan Polio Network and other polio survivors from across the United States.









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Post-Polio Clinic

Southeast Michigan post-Polio Support Group Meetings

Post-Polio Clinic

 Dr. Daniel Ryan, M.D.


Center for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation PC

13850 Twelve Mile Rd.

Warren, Michigan 48088

Phone: (586) 778-4505

The post-polio clinic sees polio survivors monthly on the first and third Thursdays




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SEMiPPSG - 2023 Meeting Schedule

meetings are scheduled from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

 

Saturday May 27, 2023

Darlene Garcia

Presentation on scams targeting seniors


Saturday June 24, 2023

Scott Abromavich

Orthotist and Prosthetist


Saturday July 22, 2023

Pizza lunch


Saturday August 26, 2023

Gene Richards

Elder Law

 

Saturday September 23, 2023

Area Agency on Aging 1B


First Presbyterian Church of Troy

Global Advocacy Helping Polio Survivors

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Resources for polio suvivors

Anesthesia Concerns

Anesthesia Concerns

Anesthesia Concerns

Polio Survivors with Post-Polio Sequelae (PPS) often have all or some of the following symptoms:


  • EASILY SEDATED and can be difficult to wake
  • Can Have Difficulty BREATHING and SWALLOWING with Anesthesia
  • HYPERSENSITIVE to PAIN and COLD. 
  • May need a heated blanket and increased pain medication post-op
  • Additionally, Polio Survivors with Post-Polio Sequelae also experience:
    • Overwhelming Fatigue
    • Muscle Weakness
    • Muscle and Joint Pain
    • Sleep Disorders
    • Cold Intolerance
    • Difficulty Swallowing
    • Difficulty Breathing
    • Sensitivity to Anesthesia

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Anesthesia Concerns

Anesthesia Concerns

 Scott is a certified prosthetist/orthotist who specializes in post-polio syndrome, acute and subacute CVA treatments, and lower limb prosthetics. He earned a bachelor’s degree in health science from Central Michigan University and a post-bachelor certificate in orthotics and prosthetics from Northwestern University. Scott joined Mary Free Bed in 2021. 



MaryFree Bed Orthotics & Prosthetics

1717 Stephenson Highway

Troy, Michigan

(248) 680-2800

Mary Free Bed Website

Elder law

Anesthesia Concerns

Elder law

 Mr. Richards is an attorney specializing in wills, trusts and estates with a special interest in disability issues and providing for the disabled. He has spoken at several Southeast Michigan Support Group meetings and has provided services to many of its members. 

Michigan Elder Law Attorneys

Polio Stories

Polio Stories

Click on any of these links to read an uplifting story

Al Manente (pdf)

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Anne Erlebach (pdf)

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Barb Oniszczak (pdf)

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Bonnie Levitan (pdf)

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Bruce Sachs (pdf)

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Cathleen Casey (pdf)

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Daniel Matakas (pdf)

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Dianne Dych Sachs (pdf)

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Donald Straith (pdf)

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Edith Grinnell (pdf)

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Jerry Hazel (pdf)

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Kathleen Navarre (pdf)

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Mike Davis (pdf)

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Phyllis Peters (pdf)

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Tim Brown (pdf)

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Mid-Michigan Post-polio support group

The purpose of the Mid-Michigan Post-Polio Support Group is to provide and share knowledge and understanding of polio and its late effects (Post-Polio Syndrome).


The meetings build on that common bond through in-depth group discussions and social luncheons.


Meetings are held April through October at 11:00 am on the third Wednesday of the month.



Location

Isabella County Commission on Aging.

2200 S. Lincoln Road. Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48858


Questions may be directed to Marcy Huntoon, the Activity Director at the Commission On Aging at 989-772-0748


The October date will feature a social luncheon at a restaurant......call for further info and locations for 2023 ..

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Center for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Dr. Daniel Ryan, M.D


An Answer in Michigan to One of the Most Common Complaints

You survived polio… or so you thought! You lived fairly normally for most of your life following your original battle with paralytic polio. Then, decades later, you were faced with increasing fatigue, pain in muscles and joints, and even worse, new and increasing muscle weakness leading to new disability. It is estimated that not quite half of paralytic polio survivors may experience these conditions later in their lives. In the early 1980’s the official medical terminology given to this sequence of events was post-polio syndrome (PPS.) While every case of PPS is quite individual, it is believed that one of the most consistently heard comment from polio survivors is “my doctor doesn’t understand” what I am going through.” This can be explained by a steady decline in interest in polio issues over the years on the part of the medical community following the successful introduction of the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines. At that point the polio problem appeared to be solved in this country! Yet here you are with your new polio complications.

What do you do?

Perhaps the best answer to that question would be to visit a multidisciplinary post-polio clinic for evaluation and proper care. Because of the individuality of symptoms of PPS leading to a wide breadth of problems, evaluating and treating these patients can be best accomplished by a team of physical and behavioral professionals. Unfortunately, the latest available statistics reveal that there are only 19 such post-polio clinics remaining in the United States and only 22 internationally. Yet, polio survivors in and around Michigan are blessed to have one of these highly experienced multidisciplinary post-polio clinics nearby. Dr. Daniel Ryan, M.D. and The Center for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Post-Polio Clinic are located in Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

After having previously treated numerous post-polio patients as part of his practice, Dr. Ryan, a physiatrist, in conjunction with a major local health system and the Michigan Polio Network, assembled a complimentary group of healthcare professionals and established his post-polio clinic. The clinic began seeing patients in 2001 and continues today. In addition to Dr. Ryan, Medical Director of the post-polio clinic, his team consists of an

internal medicine physician, an orthotist, and a physical therapist. This clinic sees PPS patients by appointment on specific days each month. For the first visit, a new patient is individually evaluated by each member of the team who will confer with Dr. Ryan and together they discuss their observations. Dr. Ryan then meets with the new patient and formulates a treatment program which may include lifestyle modification recommendations and, if indicated, prescriptions for physical therapy, orthotics and medication. Imagine all of this taking place during one visit to one office on one morning!

Following the new patient’s initial visit, a follow-up appointment will be scheduled with Dr. Ryan at which time the patient’s progress will be compared with the benchmark established during the initial visit. The patient will ordinarily have one or two follow-up appointments annually allowing for appropriate modifications to the patient’s program as his or her condition indicates.

During each visit to Dr. Ryan’s clinic, the polio survivor will be greeted in a welcoming environment by one or more members of the Michigan Polio Network, also polio survivors. These greeters are available to provide answers to non-medical PPS related questions as well as provide printed material and information.

Time and again, polio survivors who have visited Dr. Ryan’s post-polio clinic, beginning with the multidisciplinary intake visit and then scheduled regular follow-up visits, report very positive results in obtaining expert rehabilitation assistance. These patients find that they are much better able to deal with their declining function caused by PPS. Additionally, they have been able to establish reasonable individual expectations of capabilities and activities as they cope with advancing age.

To schedule your first visit to the Center for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Post-Polio Clinic, call (586) 778-4505.


Dr. Daniel Ryan, M.D.

Center for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Post-Polio Clinic

13850 Twelve Mile Rd.

Warren, Michigan 48088

Phone: (586) 778-4505

PPS clinic meets monthly on the first and third Thursdays

Please call to make appointment.

Dr. Ryan Website

Michigan Polio Network

Final Michigan Polio Network Board of Directors - 2017

Gwen Dyc-Schwendenmann, Carl Fenner, Bruce E. Sachs, Bonnie Levitan, Laura Barbour, Diane L. Dych-Sachs, Vera Hazel, Timothy P. Brown, Rick Kugel, Virginia Brown, Michael Scharl, Dan Matakas (left to right) 

Mike W.R. Davis, Janice Gross, Roger Gross (bottom left to right). 

MPN transitioned to Post-Polio Health International in 2018.

Michigan Polio Network

World Polio Day - October 24, 2023

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