Webinar: Let’s Talk Medicare 2024

Webinar: Let’s Talk Medicare 2024

This could be scary…It’s almost open enrollment season for Medicare!

A dreaded time to receive multiple communications in untold ways that often read like a foreign language. It’s only fitting that we talked about it the day before Halloween.

Join AnCan as we bring experts Amanda Goodstadt, Esq. from Triage Cancer, and Medicare Insurance Broker Kim Umphres to explain all things confusing around 2024 Medicare insurance options, and make this enrollment season a little less spooky and intimidating.

Our panel will explain the whole menu from alphabet soup plans to doughnut holes! Learn the difference between Traditional and Advantage plans and if you can switch between them, what HMOs and PPOs mean, how to sign up to see any doctor anywhere and much more.

Featuring AnCan favorites, Dr. John, Sally Torgeson, Jim Schraidt, and Kim Stroeh, we’ll share some laughs and learn a lot as well.

 

 

Click here for a special handout from Triage Cancer with Medicare resources.

 

Special thanks to Bayer, Pfizer, Myovant Sciences, Foundation Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Janssen – Johnson & Johnson, Telix, and Blue Earth Diagnostics for sponsoring this webinar.

 

 

To SIGN UP for any of our Virtual Support groups, visit our Contact Us page.

ICE  Checklist … in case you go cold!

ICE Checklist … in case you go cold!

ICE Checklist … in case you go cold!

Last month’s Under 60 Stage 3 & 4 Prostate Cancer meeting was small, intimate and produced a true gem from Down Under to benefit all AnCan’rs …

For the life of me, I forget what raised the topic … maybe a Death with Dignity discussion – but Aussie AnCan’r, Steve Cavill told us about the ICE “In Case of Emergency” Checklist Document that he and his wife Leonie, who occasionally attends our Care Partners Group, have both completed. Steve and Leonie reside in the suburbs of Melbourne and are currently heading towards mid-Winter.

This ICE Checklist takes much, if not all, the difficulty out of placing your key information in one place. Like your vital passwords to your laptop, phone or bank accounts; names of key individuals in your life and more. You know .. all that information making it possible for someone to piece your life together if you’re suddenly no longer with us.

Frankly it’s information we should all compile no matter how old. With this checklist guide at hand to march us through it, there can be few excuses. Just remember, this version of the ICE checklist was created in Oz, so it may not be fully applicable Stateside.  If one of our US volunteers has time to ‘Americanize’ it, I feel sure it will be greatly appreciated – we have very few solicitors in the US and a few too many attorneys!

Here’s the checklist document in Word format ICE Document Template  Now do your part …. and a BIG THANK YOU, Steve Cavill!!

Webinar: Let’s Talk Medicare 2024

Webinar – What Is a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist – And Why You Need One!

AnCan Foundation supports several conditions that compromise the pelvic floor as a result of surgery, radiation, or just side effects of the disease itself. It can impact continence and sexual function for all!

A non-interventional rehab solution is pelvic floor physical therapy – a sub-specialty in itself.

Join one of AnCan’s favorite superstars, urologist Dr. Rachel Rubin, and esteemed expert Dr. Tracy Sher. Together, shared how pelvic floor exercises can help you recover function!

You’ll also get a ton of questions answered, asked by MS Moderator Kim Stroeh, and Prostate Cancer moderator Dr. John Antonucci.

Watch here:

 

Special thanks to Bayer, Pfizer, Myovant Sciences, Foundation Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Janssen – Johnson & Johnson, and Telix for sponsoring this webinar.

 

Check back later for slides.

For information on our peer-led video chat VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS, click here.

To SIGN UP for any of our Virtual Support groups, visit our Contact Us page.

AnCan Art Friends Art Class – March 16, 2023 – Sunset Clouds

Art Friends

Hey Friends! If you missed last Thursday’s art class, then I have the recording for you right here! Share it far and wide, and don’t forget to email your pictures to Alexa (Alexa at AnCan.org).

Supplies:

  • Canvas Size 12in x 12in or similar. Feel free to use a rectangle as well
  • Acrylic Paints: White, Blue (or whatever other Sky & sea color you want), Orange, Yellow, optional Purple
  • Palette Knife
  • Brush: 3/4in or similar
  • Optional tiny brush OR tooth pick OR cotton swab for optional birds
  • Water
  • Napkins

 

Watch here:

Have fun with this and please don’t hesitate to reach out to Hannah@AnCan.org with any additional comments & questions. Happy painting!

AnCan Art Friends – February 21, 2023 – Butterflies

AnCan Art Friends – February 21, 2023 – Butterflies

Come float away with us, as we create colorful butterflies in this art class! Watercolor pencils can be found at Dollar Tree, Michaels, Hobby Lobby, any craft supply store. You can also use regular watercolor paints, crayons, and colored pencils. Don’t feel like you need to go out and purchase an entirely new set of supplies!

 

What you’ll need 

  • Paper – watercolor paper if you are using watercolor pencils or paints
  • Art medium of your choice –  watercolor pencils, watercolor paints, crayons, or colored pencils (if using watercolor pencils or paint)
  • Brushes – any you have
  • Water + napkins

 

Watch here: