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Bosom
Buddies A breast cancer patient support group.
Group discussion is led by a facilitator regarding coping
skills during the breast cancer experience. Programs are
presented by professional educators in the area of breast
cancer.
Second
Tuesday of each month,
6:30 p.m.
Offered at Palmetto Health
Baptist – 1501 Sumter
St., classroom B.
Call (803) 296-3000 for
more information.
Family
Matters A
support group for family
members and close friends
of cancer patients.
Includes group discussion
and education which
focuses on coping with
cancer.
Second
Tuesday of each month, 6:30
p.m.
Offered at Palmetto Health Baptist.
Call (803) 296-3000 for more information.
Breast
Health Patient Educators
Our Circle of Care approach to treatment is tailored to each patientâs
specific diagnosis, personailty, lifestyles and desires. A prime example of this
is our Breast Health Patient Educators who take the extra steps to individually
educate and support our patients from the point of their diagnosis throughout
the end of their medical treatment.
Call
Isabel Law, RN, SC Comprehensive
Breast Center, Palmetto
Health Baptist, (803)
296-5244 or
Call Dottye Wodogaza, RN,
SC Comprehensive Breast
Center, Palmetto Health
Richland, (803) 434-3377
MARYS – Meeting
And Reviving Your Spirit For
African-American breast
cancer patients and
survivors.
When:
Third Tuesday, 11:35
a.m. – 1:15 p.m
Where: Celia Saxon Health Center, 2240 Matthews Street, Columbia, SC
Click here to
download the MARYS brochure.
 Recurring
Breast Cancer Online
Forum
This
is a support group for patients
whose breast cancer has recurred
after treatment. Patients tell
us that learning they have
cancer a second time is harder
than when they first found
out they had cancer. Recurrent
breast cancer may be local
or systemic. Local recurrence
means that the disease has
returned to the breast, underarm
lymph nodes or nearby tissues.
Systemic recurrence means that
the cancer has spread to distant
organs. Getting information
and support can help you deal
with your concerns and feelings.
You might want to
Consult
with a breast health
patient education nurse
Receive books and other resources
Become a member of an online group (click
here for information)
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