FREE AWARENESS WRISTBANDS!! If you have had breast cancer surgery please contact us and we will send you a FREE awareness wristband to warn medics not to use needles or blood pressure equipment on your "surgery" arm. Let us know whether you would like size medium or large.
Links to Breast Cancer websites
Below are some websites that provide information and support for women with breast cancer. There are also forums where contact can be made with other women affected by breast cancer to discuss and compare experiences. Please note that the information on these sites should not be used as a substitute for medical advice from your health care professionals and if you are concerned about any matters relating to your health, you should contact your G.P. or cancer hospital.
INFORMATION & SUPPORT WEBSITES:
Breast Cancer Care provides information, practical assistance and emotional support for anyone affected by breast cancer. Contact the nurse or talk to other women on the forums.
Macmillan Cancer Supportand Cancerbackup have joined forces to provide information and support to people affected by any kind of cancer. They also give help to people living with cancer through practical and emotional support. Grants are available to help with the costs associated with cancer, they have a national helpline and can supply information and booklets covering a wide range of subjects of interest to people with cancer.
CancerHelp UK is part of Cancer Research UK and has lots of information about breast cancer.
Look Good Feel Better offers professionally run beauty workshops in hospitals (Leicester Royal Infirmary is the nearest) for women living with cancer.
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MELTON & RUTLAND CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
The Melton and Rutland Cancer Support Group meets monthly at the Samworth Centre, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray on the first Thursday in each month at 10.00 a.m. Anyone affected by any kind of cancer will be made welcome.