AnCan and Kicking Cancer in Heels co-sponsor our Blood Cancers Virtual Support Group.

We are a group of women and men who come together as peers to discuss our experience with one or more blood or hematologic cancers. These include, but are not restricted to, Leukemia, Lymphoma, and  Multiple Myeloma plus variations on one or more of these diagnoses.

Individuals seeking support as a patient, caregiver, healthcare professional, or family member/friend are invited to attend scheduled meetings. The purpose of the meetings is to learn by sharing our experiences with the understanding that we have a lot to learn from each other.

This is a peer-moderated group. As such we cannot provide medical advice – we can speak about our own experiences with treatments and other aspects of living with blood cancers. We discuss:

• Treatments
• How your disease affects you personally
• How family members and/or friends react
• How you deal with anger about the changes to your life
• How you deal with “telling about & preparing for the end”
• How it has changed your relationships – both caregivers & patients
• Intimacy and sexuality

… and any other topic YOU feel is important and you’d like to bring up.

Our inspirational moderators, Michele Nadeem-Baker (CLL), Sally Torgeson (MM), Lynn Bailey (SLL), and Al Ruvalcava (PV) live courageously with their conditions. They are very unique in their own ways and you can read more about them by clicking on their names.

So, if you’re interested and you’d like to share experiences, please drop by. To receive a reminder notice before each meeting, please sign up here.

Our sessions may be recorded and posted to AnCan’s YouTube Channel, shared on social media and elsewhere.

If you’re a multiple myeloma patient, we encourage you to check out the Myeloma Crowd on Health Tree, with whom we collaborate. And there are excellent resources for all blood cancers on PatientPower including our very own, Michele Nadeem-Baker.