Showing posts with label cancer education.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer education.. Show all posts

Saturday, January 3, 2015

CURE Magazine--a Resource for Cancer Patients and Caregivers

I love magazines and I read all kinds: beauty, history, current events, news, sports, fashion, style and now in my CancerLand life I also read CURE. The tagline for Cure is, "Combining Science & Humanity".

Now, it is true that when I was a newcomer to cancer  I didn't want to touch this magazine. There were always free copies in the oncology waiting room and I shoved them aside. I didn't want to need this resource, I didn't want to learn anything more about cancer and chemo and diets and caregiving. I was, well, sick of cancer. I was sick of my cancer, his cancer, our cancer.

But over time, and time is what we pay to cancer, I began to read the covers, and I began to care about the science of cancer, and I began to learn the language of cancer…and I'd read an article here and there. And I was surprised.

Now, I'm a subscriber. I clip articles for friends. I learn about new treatments and new strategies.

So, be smarter than me and be faster to learn than I was. If you or a family member or friend is hanging out in CancerLand pick up a copy and check it out. CURE is free, you can take a look at it here--the link is below, and you'll see that it is easy to get a free subscription.

I'm reading an article in this month's issue: "Promising Strategies in Colon Cancer and Melanoma". Both are cancers that I have experience with. And now, a breath away from each, I am happy to learn more.

Take a look. Here's the link:
http://www.curetoday.com

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Hope Club on the Go! in Albany

I heard the most wonderful news. The Hope Club of The American Cancer Society (Formerly Gilda's) is offering their free, emotional, educational and social cancer support services in new locations. This is great. Hope Club is taking the show on the road, so to speak, to several additional locations:

Monday nights at New Horizons Christian Church, 79 Osborne Street in Albany

Monday nights at Delaware Community Library, 331 Delaware, in Albany

Wednesday nights at Lincoln Park (Eagle and Morton) in Albany

Thursday nights at Berkshire Bank Community Room in Rotterdam.

And a Troy location coming soon!

This means Hope Club help and access to lots more people.

Shavina Richardson, MSW is the Outreach Manager for Hope Club. Call her for more info, times, dates, programs. Her number is 518-782-9833 ext 34 or on her Cell at 518-925-8380.