Women’s Cancer Support Group

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Once you hear the words, “you have cancer,” everything in your life shifts and changes. Women with any type of cancer diagnosis are welcome at this bi-monthly support group, whether you are newly diagnosed, working your way through treatment or just finishing treatment. Join other women in a safe, confidential and non-judgmental environment to talk and get support on all the different ways cancer impacts your life. Through educational speakers and open discussion learn ways to help manage your cancer and not be managed by your cancer.

Valley Medical Center, Medical Arts Building
Women’s Cancer Support Group
Facilitated by Basha Brownstein, MSW
1^st & 3^rd Saturdays, 10am-12pm

Dates for 2024:
1/6 & 1/20, 2/3 & 2/17, 3/2 & 3/16, 4/6 & 4/20, 5/4 & 5/18, 6/1 & 6/15, 7/6 & 7/20, 8/3 & 8/17, 9/7 & 9/21, 10/5 & 10/19, 11/2 & 11/16, 12/7 & 12/21

To Register, download the Zoom app and then CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Note: As soon as you register, you will receive an automatic email from Zoom that includes the link to the support group meeting. We recommend you save this link so that you may use it each month for this meeting.

The following presentations will be held at this group during the first hour:

5/18 Palliative Care: An Important Component of Cancer Care with Sarah Peterson, Supportive & Palliative Care Coordinator

6/15 Exercise & Cancer: How to Return to Regular Physical Activity with David Zucker, MD, PhD

7/20 Writing for Wellness with Gail Kretchmer, MFA

8/17 Healing & the Soul of Survivorship with Patti Carey

Please note that while we are holding our support groups online on Zoom that our Support Group Norms require participation by both video and audio unless you have been granted an exception by Cancer Lifeline in advance of the meeting.

If you are joining a meeting for the first time and are uncertain about how to use the videoconference platform we use for all of our groups, Zoom, please consider reaching out to our Lifeline during regular business hours before the day of the group so that someone with Cancer Lifeline can assist you in getting everything setup and answer questions you have. You can also call us at (206) 297-2100 during normal business hours, M-F 9am-5pm.

Our programming season occurs in four-month trimesters. Thus, the presentations identified on this page are those that will be held at the beginning of the support group meeting for the current program season. Anyone is invited to attend the presentation, regardless of whether you are a member of the support group. When you register, you will have the option of indicating whether you want to join the support group as well.