SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
Here is a LONG list of contact information about Cancer Support Organizations, organized by type of cancer. We want to help you find what you need and we try hard to keep this information up to date, accurate, and current. Please let us know if you feel we should revise our list in any way!
Cancer check list
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 1,133 views
Filed under Knowledge, Programs, Support, Treatments
Checking this page could save your life!
Cancer Facts:
There is no type of cancer from which someone has not been cured!
There is no type of cancer for which there are no treatments!
Cancer is the most curable of all chronic diseases!
ACTIONS:
Make a commitment. The most important single factor is to do everything in your [...]
A new tool for Clergy to help Cancer Patients
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 347 views
Filed under Programs, Support
The diagnosis of cancer is a traumatic event for individuals and is usually the first time they realize their mortality. They are scared, out of control and need help. One of the first sources from whom they might seek help is the clergy. Because the diagnosis of cancer is not a death sentence, this is [...]
Support – that vital ingredient
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 140 views
Filed under Support
Cancer is a unique disease in many ways.One of them is that it affects the entire family and friends. Another is the fact that support is a vital factor in the recovery process. Therefore, this article is directed toward the family and friends of cancer patients.
You [...]
Searching for Support
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 94 views
Filed under Support
Numerous clinical trials validate the benefits of a cancer support group. There is little doubt that individuals attending a support group live longer than those who do not. But even greater than that is the fact that those attending a support group have a substantially better [...]
Stress Reduction Through Support Groups
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 173 views
Filed under Support
An individual diagnosed with cancer today has slightly better than a 50% chance of being cured. Your goal must be to swing that pendulum as far toward 100% as possible. This must be your aim regardless of the statistics for your particular type of cancer.
If yours is [...]
Gifts
February 5, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 105 views
Filed under Support
In 1985 we started the R. A. Bloch Cancer Support Center on the grounds of the University of Missouri-Kansas City based on work done by Harold Benjamin at his Wellness Community. Like everything else we do, it is totally free to all participants and donations are never solicited. Early in its infancy, Raymond and Anna [...]
HELP is only a phone call away
February 5, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 226 views
Filed under Programs, Support
The trauma of being diagnosed with cancer is enormous. All of us who have been there know it. The questions that race through our minds, even while the physician is still trying to explain the situation, are unending. Will I die? Will I be an invalid? Will I have terrible pain? What do I tell [...]
Get a second opinion for prompt proper and thorough treatment
February 3, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 283 views
Filed under 2nd Opinions, For Patients, Support, Virtual Tours
The talk around the cancer community today is all about the pharmacist who diluted chemotherapy drugs and the people who suffered and died as a result. It was such a deceitful action with such horrid effects that it is difficult to contemplate. It is hard to imagine a man with ten million dollars even dreaming [...]
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