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DEDICATED GROUPS
The dedicated groups, facilitated by the Center’s clinical staff, provide a safe
environment for discussing and exploring the concerns and emotions of living with
a cancer diagnosis. Participants have the opportunity to discuss issues related
to treatment, living with cancer, coping strategies, life after cancer…anything
related to their cancer journey. The focus of the following groups is on the life-altering
impact of a cancer diagnosis. Because this experience is common to all types of
cancer, the groups are mixed diagnosis except for the Ovarian Cancer Group.
Terminology:
Cancer
survivors are anyone with a cancer diagnosis – newly diagnosed, in
treatment or post-treatment
Significant others
are family members, friends, and/or caregivers of the cancer survivor
Cancer Survivor Groups
• Men’s Groups
• Women’s Groups
• Young Women’s
Group (primarily 20’s through 40’s)
• Mother's Group (women
with children at home)
• Co-ed Groups
•
Ovarian Cancer Group
Daytime and evening groups; some meet weekly and others
twice monthly
Significant
Other Groups
• Spouse/Partner Groups
• Non-Spousal
Group in formation
Daytime and evening groups; meet weekly
Children’s
Group
• Ages 8 to 12
• Children who have a family
member with a cancer diagnosis
Eight-week group; meet weekly
Spirituality
Discussion Groups
• Daytime Women’s Group
•
Evening Co-ed Group
Survivors and significant others welcome; meet weekly
Bereavement Groups
• Significant others who have lost a partner or spouse to cancer
Meet
twice monthly
Contact
the Center if you are interested in a group. A clinician will help you determine
the group most appropriate for your needs.
NETWORKING
GROUPS
Networking Groups are cancer specific
and provide a comfortable forum for sharing information and providing insight
and ideas to those facing similar diagnoses. These groups are “drop-in” and do
not require a commitment or registration. Click
here to see the specific dates and times of all Open Networking Groups on
the current
calendar.
Networking
Groups are open to Survivors and family members unless otherwise specified. Schedules
are subject to change so please check the calendar.
Breast Cancer Networking
Evening
networking meets 2nd Wednesday monthly (7:00-8:30 p.m.)
Afternoon networking
meets 4th Wednesday monthly (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
SURVIVORS ONLY (anyone
with a cancer diagnosis – newly diagnosed, in treatment or post-treatment)
Colon
& Rectal Cancer Networking
meets the 2nd Wednesday of the
month (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
Gynecologic
Cancer Networking
Includes Cervical, Uterine/Endometrial, Ovarian
and Vulvar Cancer
meets the 3rd Thursday of the month (6:00 p.m. – 7:00
p.m.)
Kidney Cancer Networking
meets
the 4th Wednesday of the month (5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
Leukemia/Lymphoma
Networking
meets the 1st Wednesday of the month (7:00 p.m. -
8:30 p.m.)
Lung Cancer Networking
meets
the 3rd Thursday of the month (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)
Melanoma
Networking
meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month (6:30 p.m. –
8:00 p.m.)
Multiple Myeloma Networking
meets
the 1st Wednesday of the month (7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.)
Pancreatic
Cancer Networking
meets the 2nd Thursday of the month (6:45 p.m.
- 8:30 p.m.)
Survivorship Networking
For
individuals who have completed treatment and their family.
meets the
4th Thursday of the month (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.) Contact
the Center if you are interested in one or more of our groups.
OFF-SITE
GROUPS
Condell Centre Club
1405 Hunt Club Road, Gurnee
www.condell.org
Join the Cancer Wellness Center and Condell Medical Center
for a series
on survivorship. Thanks to support from the
Grandy Fund, these programs are
open to anyone diagnosed
with cancer and their loved ones:
I’ve
survived… I need to be with people who get it.
Thursday, May 1,
5:30-7:00 p.m.
I’ve survived… how
do I communicate with my family?
Thursday, June 5, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Rush North Shore Medical Center
Kenton-Knox Conference Room
9701 Knox St., Skokie
www.rnsmc.com
Join the Cancer Wellness Center and Rush North Shore Medical
Center for
a monthly cancer support group. These programs
will feature discussions about
topics relevant to the cancer
experience and are open to anyone diagnosed
with cancer and
their loved ones. These drop-in support groups are facilitated
by professional counselors from the Cancer Wellness Center.
I’m
done with treatment, now what?
April 17, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Communicating
with family
May 15, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Stress
reduction techniques
June 19, 11:00 a.m.–12:00
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