Care Place

You may remember my blog post on cancer support groups as well as a discussion thread I started, listing various groups. I have actually joined one called CarePlace. This is not just for cancer patients, but has a wide target audience.

According to their own description ‘CarePlace is an online community for people experiencing similar health related concerns and their caregivers to come and share, find support and gain knowledge. At CarePlace you can join multiple communities, participate in forum discussions, create a journal, tell your story, post photos, send hugs and form your own groups. In addition to sharing experiences and finding support, CarePlace is a resource for learning about conditions, treatments and helpful organizations from other members.’

I like the fact that the communities appear to be growing. This is certainly so for the cancer-specific communities. So far there are groups for breast cancer, lung cancer, brain cancer, various soft tissue and blood cancers and skin cancer. And the list has consistently increased.

Back to my own site – so far we have gotten a few more links for cancer support groups. You can check the ongoing discussion here withan expanding list of links to cancer support groups. I have gotten a few from as far as Australia. We really appreciate them all. Please continue to add any links that you come across. I know that other readers will find them useful.

Also remember the poll at the end of the page concerning your experiences with medical insurance. I think that this is a very important issue as I am sure you would agree.

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