Support Groups
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For more information, please contact Sandi Gatling, ph. 850-200-2307
Diabetes Support Group
Date(s): 2nd Tuesday of each month
Time(s): 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
A support group session where guest speakers discuss topics and answer diabetes related questions. For more information, call 850-863-7604.
Folks with Strokes
Date(s): 2nd Tuesday every other month (starting in January 2011)
Time(s): 11:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, 4th floor Boardroom
Cancer Support Group
Date(s): 2nd and 4th Tuesday each month
Time(s): 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, 4th floor, Cancer Care Center Resource Room
Feeling overwhelmed or confused? Have questions or just need someone who cares? This is for you! This program, sponsored by The Cancer Care Center at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, is open to the public, any cancer patient, and/or family.
For more information, call 850-315-7889.
Man to Man: Prostate Cancer Support Group
Date(s): 2nd Thursday each month
Time(s): 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, 3rd floor, classroom PCU-A
The Cancer Care Center at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, in conjunction with The American Cancer Society, will host the Man-to-Man Education and Support Group. Participants learn about prostate cancer and discuss topics relating to its treatment, side effects, and how to cope with the disease.
To register, please call the American Cancer Society office at 850-244-3813 or Tom Alexander at 850-651-2336.
Bosom Buddies: Breast Cancer Support Group
Date(s): 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month
Time(s): 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, 3rd floor, classroom PCU-B
Bosom Buddies is an organized support group for anyone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, whether it was several years ago or yesterday. Participants may be in remission or receiving treatment.
We offer answers to your questions and encourage you to take charge of your lives through special programs and discussions pertinent to the needs of participants.
For more information, call 850-315-7889 or Chirley Carnes at 850-651-0244.
S.P.O.H.N.C. - Support for People with Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer
Support for people with Oral, Head, or Neck Cancer will hold monthly meetings offering information, support and encouragement to newly diagnosed patients, survivors, family members and friends in a friendly forum. Educational presentations are also part of the program.
Dates, times and locations vary. Please call Ryann Ennis at 850-863-7580 for current information.
Look Good... Feel Better
Look Good...Feel Better teaches beauty techniques to women cancer patients in active treatment to help them combat the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment.
Look Good...Feel Better is a free, non-medical, product-neutral program offered in partnership with the American Cancer society, the national Cosmetology Association, and the Personal Care Products council Foundation, a charitable organization supported by the cosmetic and personal care products industry.
Dates: 3/14/11, 5/9,11, 7/11/11
Location: Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
For more information or to pre-register, please call 850-244-3813.