Help me, help you, A consumer advocate
Hi all, I've been invited to be a consumer advocate for a research project aimed at helping women post breast cancer treatment with self management skills for reducing the symptom severity & quality...
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Wow. Good for you. I also did the encore program. I was not really into face to face support groups during my treatment but I found doing the encore program after it finished fabulous. Not only did it help get my lymphedema under control but it also helped me make friends with a beautiful group of ladies who had all had breast cancer. We had all finished treatment and were from all walks of life. We now meet regularly just to catch up with each other. I call them my BC buddies, I somehow became the coordinator of our little friendship group. I am so blessed that encore helped me meet them all.
The other thing that helped me move on was after my reconstruction being asked to help facilitate the online breast reconstruction group. I really get so much out of helping other women find info and support during their reconstruction journeys. I wish I had more hours in the day to do more of this.
Hope me this helps
Paula :)