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Ongoing Services
These services are currently available.
LOOK GOOD ... FEEL BETTER
Leigh Renai - Coordinator
A free programme for women with cancer. Learn, through hands-on experience, techniques to help restore your appearance and self-image during chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Not to be missed - this is a real treat!
Contact the Cancer Society 04-389-8421
DRAGON BOATING
The CanSurvive Dragon Boat team offers you a really different sort of challenge.
New members are always welcome so if you wish to be part of the team as a paddler, or as a supporter or sponsor, then please contact
Mary McAvoy - 04-566-4660 or email: cansurvivedragonboatteam@xtra.co.nz
MASSAGE with Bobbie-Joe Wilson
Tuesdays between 9am - 4pm
$25.00 waged / $10.00 unwaged
Relaxing, soothing and nurturing massages subsidised by the Cancer Society are available at the Cancer Society Rooms in Newtown for people with cancer and their caregivers.
Phone the Cancer Society on 04-389-8421 to make an appointment.
LYMPHOEDEMA ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT CLINIC - LOAM
Learn how to successfully manage your lymphodema with expert assessment and education.
This is a subsidised service offered by the Cancer Society with clinics run in Newtown, Lower Hutt and Kapiti. A medical referral is required - contact your GP, surgeon or cancer care team. Cost: $15.00/session.
Contact: Gail - 04-389-8421 for information
ART THERAPY
With Mary Brownlow
An opportunity for cancer patients or those close to them to express their feelings or fears through drawing, painting or working with clay.
Art Therapy is particularly good for children who have a parent with cancer. It allows them to express their fears and feelings in a very safe, supportive way.
Fee: $25.00 or $10.00 if unwaged.
Call Sue Corkill on 389-8421
AFTER TREATMENT EXERCISE PROGRAMME
Restore your muscle tone, increase your strength
Water-Based Exercise Programme at the Sports-Wide Rehabilitation Clinic
A free three-month exercise programme available to all people who have received chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy treatment for cancer within the last three years. Particularly useful for those who have just completed treatment
Contact Sue Corkill 04-389-8421
SILKY PILLOWS
The Silky Pillow is a soft kidney shaped satin pillow which can be worn under clothing to protect your body from knocks and assist with a comfortable night's sleep after surgery or radiotherapy... Silky Pillows are made by women of various Inner Wheel clubs for those who have had breast surgery or treatment. We would like to offer them also to others who may like additional comfort following abdominal, chest or bowel surgery. Free of charge.
Contact the Cancer Society - 389-8421.
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