The Peru Gazette

FitzPatrick Cancer Center program offers resources, support and education

PLATTSBURGH, NY – Helping people who have completed cancer treatment begin a new chapter in their lives is the goal of an eight – week program offered by the FitzPatrick Cancer Center, part of University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). Moving Toward Wellness: Finding Your Best Path for Life After Cancer, offers information, resources and support to those who are focused on wellness after cancer treatment. The program begins Mon., Sept. 29. The weekly classes will be held each Monday at CVPH from 5 to 7 p.m.

Practical, useful information about creating or enhancing healthy habits, dealing with long-term and short-term side effects of treatment, and coping techniques to deal with the emotional distress of cancer will be explored. Other topics of discussion will include exercise, nutrition, stress management, fatigue, “chemo brain,” anxiety around scans and fear of recurrence.

“With the support of professionals and others who are going through many of the same things, Moving Toward Wellness offers people looking to rebuild their lives after treatment with great information and resources,” explained Alex Fleming, MSW, FitzPatrick Cancer Center social worker. The series is facilitated by Stacey LaFave, MSW, oncology social worker.

Registration is required. To register, for more information or to be added to the FCC’s mailing list, contact Fleming at (518) 562-7534 or email, afleming2@cvph.org.