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Cheryl54
Review for Cansurvive Gyn Cancer Support Group, Birmingham, AL, USA
The CanSurvive GYN Cancer Support Group is open to women who have/had gyn cancer, their families, friends, loved ones, and the professionals who treat them. We currently have 2 support group meetings a month. It is so important to be with other people who have "been there" and know you are not alone.
We maintain a website (www.cansurvivesupportgroup.org) and an e-list to keep patients informed on what is going on. We post meeting and speaker notes so those patients who are unable to attend can get the benefit of the meetings.
We also reach out to patients with gift cards provided through the social worker; netbook computers for patients to use while getting chemo; e-mails, calls, & cards; literature for patients and their families; meeting small, practical needs; and, annual patient support kits
We reached over 2,000 people last year through awareness tables. Since there is no early detection test for ovarian cancer, we make sure to give them information about the signs and symptoms of that cancer. We also distribute literature on the other gyn cancers and stress the importance of Pap smears and HPV vaccines for cervical cancer.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
In 2005 I was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. A friend of mine had been diagnosed with the same disease a few years before and she encouraged me to join the CanSurvive GYN Cancer Support Group. I finally felt well enough to attend meetings a couple months after I completed chemo. The women in the group were a tremendous support for me. We had speakers at the meetings sometimes and other times we just shared with each other.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
,,,find sponsors to fund us so we did not have to worry about fundraising.
