The Date is Set!

I am finally happy to announce that the Midwest/St. Louis GIST gathering will be held on April 26th at the Siteman Cancer Center. There is a hotel (Parkway Hotel) that is attached to the hospital and I will be getting more information regarding the rate (it will be a special hospital rate) for those interested. The Siteman Cancer Center will also be providing the food so they will be setting up a registration hotline for those who are attending so they can get a more accurate head count. As far as what will be going on that day: the day might start off at around 9AM, speakers include: Dr. Joel Picus from Siteman Cancer Center speaking about medical updates and clinical research, a nutritionist and a psychologist. More importantly though, a chance for all of us to meet each other. We meet with the Siteman Cancer Center next on February 6th, so I will update the blog and support groups with more detailed information as soon as it is available. Please email me at campbellksoup@hotmail.com if you have any other additional questions.

A special thanks to Ally Klein and Dennis Luber (also GIST survivors) for their hard work and determination to get this thing rolling.

Thank You,
Katie Campbell

First GIST St. Louis Get Together

We are excited to let you know that we are in the process of getting our first offical GIST get together in April 2008 at the Siteman Cencer Center here in St. Louis. As soon as we have the exact date set we will post all available information.