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Where did you find your cancer support group?

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LizziB

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11/06/2023 at 6:13 PM

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Hello everyone,

How are you doing today?

At Carenity, we try to connect patients living with chronic illnesses via an online platform. Your voices can be expresses, shared, and you can find community with others living with similar conditions to yours.

But what about in-person connection, where have you found your support group? Was it at your hospital? A meet up group? A fundraiser? Through friends?

Please share where you found your support group, where you turn for help.

Take care,

Lizzi from the Carenity team

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Laurell410

04/02/2024 at 5:36 PM

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I participate in about 3 different support groups all virtual. MAYO CLINIC, LACNETS and a monthly one with social workers who are part of mskcc . You can regsiter for MAYO CLINIC and LACNETS support groups on their websites

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Where did you find your cancer support group? https://www.carenity.us/forum/cancer/living-with-cancer/where-did-you-find-your-cancer-support-group-5570 2024-04-02 17:36:55

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DCline3dogs

02/18/2024 at 9:05 PM

I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.

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