AGH Offers Living Well Cancer Thriving And Surviving Workshop For Community

During treatment, patients have to navigate emotional as well as physical challenges that go beyond their actual plan of care, dealing with concerns of nutrition, strength, the ability to go out in public, and more.

Managing cancer treatment and recovery is unique for each person. After treatment, there can be the worry of the cancer coming back and confusing feelings of anger or sadness. Although many focus on physical changes, some face unexpected emotional and social issues. One of the most challenging obstacles may be coming to terms with what is now normal.

The Regional Cancer Care Center and Supportive Care Services department at Atlantic General Hospital are available to help patients physically and emotionally throughout their recovery. The hospital also offers a new six-week workshop series, called Living Well – Cancer Thriving and Surviving, for those who are currently undergoing or have completed cancer treatment.

Workshop participants will learn how to manage their pain or fatigue, regain physical fitness during and after treatment, communicate with friends, family and caregivers about the illness, and manage stress and difficult emotions, among other skills.

THE DETAILS

Living Well – Cancer Thriving and Surviving
Free 6-week workshop for cancer survivors, patients and their caregivers
Mondays, April 13 – May 18, 2015
1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Ocean Pines Community Center

To register, contact Gail Mansell, Director of Supportive Care Services at Atlantic General Hospital, at 410-641-9725 orgmansell@atlanticgeneral.org.

About Atlantic General Hospital

Atlantic General Hospital has been providing quality health care to the residents of Worcester, Wicomico, Somerset (Md.) and Sussex (Del.) counties since May 1993. Built by the commitment and generosity of a dedicated community, the hospital’s state-of-the-art facility in Berlin, Md., combines old-fashioned personal attention with the latest in technology and services. It provides quality specialty care such as weight loss surgery, orthopedics, outpatient infusion for individuals with cancer or blood/autoimmune disorders, retina surgery and a comprehensive women’s diagnostic center. Atlantic General Health System, its network of more than 40 primary care providers and specialists, care for residents and visitors throughout the region. For more information about Atlantic General Hospital, visitwww.atlanticgeneral.org.