NMMC Cancer Center Support Groups
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| NMMC's Cancer
Center offers a variety of support groups for cancer patients and their
families. These groups allow cancer patients the opportunity to
share common experiences, problems and solutions. They also
provide an avenue for patients to talk confidentially with others who
are coping with and surviving cancer. Look Good, Feel Better helps female cancer patients enhance their appearance after undergoing radiation and chemotherapy |
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| treatments. Patients learn to use
make-up, wigs and other accessories to enhance self-image, confidence and
sense of control. Man to Man is designed to help men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their families find answers to common questions and concerns. United Ostomy Association Support Group offers educational materials for new ostomates and family members and provides interaction with NMMC enterostomal therapists. Reach to Recovery helps women with breast cancer meet the physical, emotional and cosmetic needs related to their disease and its treatment. It also provides information and support to loved ones and friends. This program works through carefully selected and trained American Cancer Society volunteers who have fully adjusted to their surgery. Camp Bluebird is a three-day
camp for cancer survivors. |
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"Life After Diagnosis" is a five-week series of community programs for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Sponsored by NMMC's Breast Care Center and Cancer Center, programs provide education and emotional support from health care providers and breast cancer survivors. Women can join the program at any point during the series. |
Gray Matters, a brain tumor
support group, addresses all the associated features of the illness,
including problems it may cause with memory, speech, sensation and
perception; seizures; a particular tumor's life-threatening nature;
and the variety of personality and behavior changes one may experience.
Meetings are held monthly at the NMMC Cancer Center. |
For more information on Support
Groups offered through the
NMMC
Cancer Center, call 1-800-843-3375.