A lttle late - but........

[candee]

Here is a flyer I received yesterday from Judy Willbergh, Supportive Care Manager at Meridian Health. This has been in the works for about 2 months. It seems at though some of the PsychoSocial support professionals have good intentions, but do not realize that cancer patients do not just sit around waiting with baited breath for our schedule to be filled up at the last minute. what else would we have to do with our time. This is from a woman that said we could revisit the conversation on a face to face lung cancer support group when we see what kind of turn out we get from this event. No wonder they are disappointed with results.

Anyway here is the info:

CancerCare, CHEST Foundation, and the Oncology Nursing Society

Present

“Living with Lung Cancer”

A FREE two part telephone education workshop series for people living with lung cancer, their families, friends and health professionals

Part I: Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST

Living with Lung Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment and Supportive Care

Phillip Bonomi, MD

Part II: Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST

Living with Lung Cancer: Navigating Your Healthcare Team,

Resources and Support Systems

Frank C. Detterbeck, MD

Winfield A. Boerckel, CSW, MSW, MBA

Each telephone session will be followed by a support group hour that will be facilitated by Ocean Medical Center’s Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist and the Supportive Care Manager

Sessions will be held at

Meridian Life Rehabilitation Center

801 Arnold Avenue

Point Pleasant, New Jersey 08724.

Space is limited, so please contact

The Meridian Health Line

at 1-800-560-9990

to register.

I am attending in the privacy of my home - as I had to to get my life on the road - no time to wait for others.