Since 1994, Pathways a program of The Connection for Women and Families, has provided support, education and wellness programs for women with cancer, creating a community in which shared experiences lead to personal growth and healing. Pathway is committed to empowering women to recognize their strengths and encouraging them to make choices that enable them to become their own self-care advocates. Programs are available free of charge to female cancer survivors.
Our ongoing support groups:
Tuesday - General Cancer Support Group; for women with any type of cancer at any stage of treatment: newly diagnosed, undergoing treatment or post treatment.
Tuesday - Gynecological Cancer Support Group; for women with ovarian and other gynecological cancers, at any stage of treatment: newly diagnosed, undergoing treatment or post treatment.
Tuesday Evening - Facing Breast Cancer Together; for women at any stage of breast cancer treatment: newly diagnosed, undergoing treatment or post treatment.
Education:
1. Healing Foods Cooking Demonstration 4 sessions beginning 09/30/2010
2. Pain relief through movement, Date TBD
3. The Pathways Women's Cancer Teaching Project through which trained survivors provide educational programs to physicians, nurses, other hospital professionals and the community. These sessions allow for patients to describe their experiences with cancer focusing on initial diagnosis, quality of life, and encounters with physicians and the health care system.
4. Pathways Lending Library
Our ongoing wellness programs:
Saturday -Gentle yoga
Monday - Dragon Boating at Lake Parsippany - April - October
Tuesday - Rehabilitative Water Exercise 6 Evening sessions, beginning 10/6/10
Wednesday -Post breast surgery support and rehabilitative water exercise 6 daytime sessions beginning 09/15/2010
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