Bulletin Board
Meeting information
Ovarian cancer survivors meet the last Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm at Clearview Cancer Institute on the 2nd floor (Community Room).
Next meeting: Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
If you have any topics you would like us to discuss at future meetings, please send them to regina35763@gmail.com. Our meetings are for US, and we want to talk about what your concerns are!
At our February meeting, our facilitators shared an article on "Chemo Brain." It had an image in of a brain scanned before and after chemo. Pretty interesting:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/28/168141465/another-side-effect-of-chemotherapy-chemo-brain
May 17, 2013 at John Hunt Park. It's time for the annual Relay for Life benefiting the American Cancer Society. Be sure to join the Lilies' team! You can join it by going to the main ACS Relay page, click Search for a Team, type in Lilies of the Valley, and when it comes up, click on Join This Team. Be sure and put in your t-shirt size when you register. Registration is free for survivors. http://www.relayforlife.org/
One of our Lilies, Anne Boles, was honored at the Russell Hill Foundation White Linen & Wine event on February 16. To see pictures from this event, visit the Russell Hill web site, or like its page on Facebook.
On September 4, 2012, several Lilies traveled to Montgomery where Mrs. Bentley declared the day Ovarian/Gynecological Cancer Day. After a lovely ceremony, the Capitol was lit in teal for the evening.
WAFF recently aired a segment on ovarian cancer that featured lily Kim Patterson and Dr. David Engle. http://www.waff.com/story/16768723/your-health-ovarian-cancer
Group Activities
- Prayer Warriors is returning! We will announce directions for how to join in an upcoming newsletter. Big thanks to Lynn Russell for facilitating.
Looking for ways to volunteer with us? Here are regular ways you can help! We need you!
- Dr. Oz dedicated an entire show to Ovarian Cancer on September 12, 2011 featuring well known gyn-oncologists, ovarian cancer survivors, and important facts about the disease. You can download this guide to read and use with friends when talking about ovarian cancer this month. http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/ovarian-cancer-one-sheet.
- See news coverage of our WAAY31 TV highlighting Lilies of the Valley during the Community Health Initiative Press Conference here.
- Ovations for the Cure has a "Princess Bead & Bracelet" program that provides beautiful keepsake bracelets to ovarian cancer patients free of charge. Click here for more details.
- The Legacy of Hope is taking applications, due the 15th of each month.
- WHO DAT?? View Dat! By clicking HERE.
- Did cancer pick the wrong diva? Nominate someone who has done something extraordinary while facing cancer too.
Educational Activities
- The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance presents a webinar series on a variety of educational and informative topics. Click here to register!
- Click here for information on GCF survivors courses
- Hope Line for Ovarian Cancer, Sponsored by L'Oreal Paris, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, & Cancer Care. Open M-F from 9-5. Service is FREE. Counseling service by CancerCare's oncology social workers. Call "Hope Line" for ovarian cancer: 1-877-OV-HOPE1.
- Cancer Care and the LiveStrong Foundation present teleconferences on Cancer topics, many related to ovarian cancer. Conferences are FREE but pre-registration is required. Click here for a complete list of dates, times and topics.
- Spirit of Survivorship! Read survivor stories and enter your own here .
- Watch the stories of our own Lilies survivors!
- See photos in our photo gallery!
