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My psychiatrist thinks I should find a breast cancer support group, either in person or online. Google hasn't shown me many face to face options. There's a weekly group that meets downtown (I think) in a bank on Wednesday evenings. I could go to that some weeks and not others because we have other things going on on Wednesday evenings. If it is downtown, the bus might even be an option, even after 6 p.m.

There's also a monthly group on Monday evenings at St. Joe's, but that's a pretty long car or bus ride away, and I'm not convinced I'd want to do it. If I did get there by bus, getting home the same way would be much more difficult. The buses run later now than they used to, but they're not, on most routes, more frequent. Hm. Yes, the bus website says that the bus from St. Joe's to downtown runs hourly after 6:30. I'd have a forty minute wait after the meeting and a twenty five minute ride to downtown. The bus from there to home wouldn't leave for another forty minutes. The bus station lobby would be open. I suppose the A-Ride is an option. The time involved would be similar, and $3-$5 each way isn't terrible.

As to online, I know my sister does stuff on Facebook, but... Facebook. The American Cancer Society has online forums, and those are probably okay. I mean, at least I know the organization isn't some fly-by-night thing that's going to sell my data to snake oil salesmen. The other site I found was breastcancer.org, and I'm not convinced. All of the pages say they were last updated in April of 2015, and I can't find any indication of more recent content. It may be there, but it's not public. There are personal stories listed, lots and lots of them, but not one is dated as to when it was posted.

I just hate signing up for things like that. Loathe it. Also, from what my sister says, there are some folks in the community who won't consider me a 'real' survivor because I didn't do chemo (and don't consider her a real survivor because she didn't do either radiation or chemo). I really don't want to deal with assholes on the subject. Really, really not.

Date: 2016-06-15 06:59 pm (UTC)
retsuko: (Default)
From: [personal profile] retsuko
I'm surprised your psychiatrist doesn't have a group in mind already. Is she researching some as well?

Date: 2016-06-15 02:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] garnigal.livejournal.com
Also don't rule out the possibility of finding someone at the meeting who is going your way. Obviously you can't guarantee it, but if you put it out there at your first meeting you may be surprised.

Date: 2016-06-15 03:46 pm (UTC)
thornsilver: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thornsilver
Wow, that's a new way to be asshole I've never heard of before. Live and learn.

Date: 2016-06-15 07:00 pm (UTC)
rahirah: (Default)
From: [personal profile] rahirah
Well, for what it's worth, I can at least assure you that the American Cancer Society forums are totally legit.

Date: 2016-06-16 02:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evalerie.livejournal.com
Another option would be to search Yahoogroups and see if there is a group there that seems compatible. I've found that for some topics I need to hop from group to group for a while until I find one that I like, but for most topics there are so many options that there does turn out to be one that I'm happy with. For whatever that's worth.

I know two other local people who have had breast cancer. If you would like to be put in touch with them (well, one is Chris and you know where to find her as well as I do :) ), maybe they have some advice about support groups, or maybe they themselves would be a resource to talk to?

Date: 2016-06-16 08:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evalerie.livejournal.com
Me too. I think going back to school *and* having Ross five days a week kind of took over her life. I don't think it's anything personal against either of us.

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