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The Group Room

Live Sundays · 1-3pm PT · 4-6pm ET


When the Doctor and Nurse Become the Patient


This Sunday in The Group Room we'll have a very personal discussion with two physicians and one oncology nurse -- all are cancer survivors. What happens when the medical professional becomes the patient? What is the journey like - going from healthcare provider to recipient? These survivors have all published their experiences or written on behalf of oncology issues.  We'll gain some insight as to the common emotions and experiences that we all share here in The Group Room. Call us at 1-800-GRP-ROOM or e-mail at info@vitaloptions.org, and visit our new website at www.thegrouproom.tv!

Join host Selma R. Schimmel, CEO & Founder of Vital Options International, and special guests:


Laura Liberman, MD
Director, Program for Women Faculty Affairs, Attending Radiologist, Breast Imaging, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; author of I Signed as the Doctor: Memoir of a Cancer Doctor Surviving Cancer; and a lymphoma survivor
 
Julie K. Silver, MD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; Chief Editor of Books, Harvard Health Publications; Founder of Oncology Rehab Partners; author of After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger and What Helped Get Me Through: Cancer Survivors Share Wisdom and Hope; and a breast cancer survivor.  Dr. Silver's children wrote two award-winning children's books for the American Cancer Society called Our Mom is Getting Better and Our Dad is Getting Better.
 
Nancy Jo Bush, RN, MN, MA, AOCN, ONP

Assistant Clinical Profe ssor at the UCLA School of Nursing and Oncology Nurse Practitioner; contributing author for many medical and nursing publications including co-editor of Psychosocial Nursing Along the Cancer Continuum; and a melanoma, breast, and ovarian cancer survivor

 

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Next week:
Live from the 13th World Conference on Lung Cancer in San Francisco, CA!

Sunday, August 2


 
Vital OptionsFor a complete listing of stations or to listen to the live Internet Simulcast visit vitaloptions.org.  The Group Room can be heard live every Sunday from 1-3pm PT/4-6pm ET on select stations around the nation, streamed live online, and on XM Satellite Radio America's Talk 158 on Sundays, 7-9p ET. Download The Group Room podcasts on iTunes!

The Group Room is produced by VITAL OPTIONSŪ INTERNATIONAL, a non-profit cancer communications, support and advocacy organization, in association with Premiere Radio Networks.

 
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Keep The Group Room on your bookshelf

CancerTalk bookCancer Talk: Voices of Hope and Endurance from The Group Room, the World's Largest Cancer Support Group
by Selma R. Schimmel
with Barry Fox, Ph.D.
Published by Broadway Books, a division of Random House


Cancer Talk, based on The Group Room - the nation's only talk-radio cancer support show - brings hope, information and inspiration to everyone affected by cancer. Show host Selma Schimmel, a cancer advocate and longtime survivor, has gathered the voices of cancer patients and survivors, family and friends, physicians, therapists and other healthcare professionals to create an invaluable guide to help you:
  • Deal with the wide range of emotions a cancer diagnosis provokes
  • Cope with relationships, intimacy and physical changes
  • Optimize the doctor-patient relationship and navigate treatment options
  • Handle the side effects of treatment
  • Understand legal, workplace and insurance issues
  • Live with and beyond cancer
Anyone whose life has been touched by cancer will find new support from the intimate and empowering voices of the only real experts out there--the people who live with cancer.

Cancer Talk is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Random House. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Vital Options International programs.
Everything Changes
The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20s and 30s
by Kairol Rosenthal

Everything ChangesOn a shoe-string budget and with tape recorder in hand, Kairol Rosenthal emerged from treatment and hit the road in search of other twenty- and thirty-something cancer survivors. From the Big Apple to the Bible Belt, she dusts the sugar coating off of the young adult cancer experience, exposing the gritty and compelling stories of twenty-five complete strangers.

The men and women in Everything Changes confess their most vulnerable moments, revealing cancer experiences they never told anyone else - what they thought about at night before going to bed, what they wish they could tell their lovers but were too afraid to. With irreverent flare and practical wisdom, Everything Changes includes stories, how-to resources, and expert advice on must-know issues.

Everything Changes is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and wherever books are sold.

Check out Kairol's blog!

Everything Changes



Hope Begins in the DarkGet Your Free Copy Today!

Hope Begins in the Dark by Jamie Reno

Jamie Reno, Award-winning Newsweek journalist and lymphoma survivor, has written Hope Begins in the Dark, a collection of 50 compelling lymphoma survivors' stories. Featuring inspiring personal accounts from a wide range of lymphoma patients including former professional baseball player Andres Galarraga, comedian Robert Schimmel, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Hope Begins in the Dark stresses the importance of self advocacy during treatment.

The publication of this book was made possible through the partnership with Vital Options International, and an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

If you would like a complimentary copy of this book courtesy of Vital Options International and GlaxoSmithKline, please click here or visit www.vitaloptions.org.

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