Living beyond cancer
Posted Jul 29, 2010 By EMC News
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Tweet ThisEMC Lifestyle - The Canadian Cancer Society will offer a program this fall for post-treatment cancer patients and their caregivers who strive to live a healthy life. Living Well Beyond Cancer is based on the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program researched and developed at Stanford University. The program is designed to help people gain confidence in their ability to control their symptoms and live the best possible life with a long-term condition. This free program is conducted as a two- hour workshop held weekly for six weeks, and is led by two trained Stanford-licensed peer leaders with a cancer or caregiver experience. The highly interactive meetings focus on building skills, sharing experiences and mutual support.
Living Well Beyond Cancer will address: techniques to deal with the psychosocial aspects of cancer, appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, communication and healthy eating.
The next session will be held at the Canadian Cancer Society Ottawa office at 1745 Woodward Drive from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm, starting Wednesday September 15, for six weeks. Space is limited, so please register by contacting the Ottawa office at 613-723-1744 ext. 3621.
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