Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Looking for cancer support groups online...

I have been trying to look for cancer support groups online, especially those devoted to breast cancer and based in India...so far I have found nothing except information on the Cancer Patients Aids Association...

Maybe there are groups that exist offline....I don't know how to look for them though.

I really think that having informal support groups would make quite a difference for all those people who are battling such dreaded diseases like cancer or AIDS...Having someone to talk to who can give you the reassurance that things would be okay, who will tell you stuff that doctors generally don't would possibly help a lot.

My mom just had a mastectomy and her courage makes me really so proud....but she did go through a cycle of depression when she lost all her hair...Having someone around who KNEW exactly what she was going through would have made a difference, I am sure.....

Maybe she will be the one to start a group....

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Has your mother tried
http://community.breastcancer.org/

Let me know if I can be of some help. I know this disease only too well.