Penny brohn

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Title on last post wrong

[moominkat]

Hi there, I left this on your original thread:

"I went last year. The setting is lovely and the people very kind and as others have said, you should come away relaxed and perhaps better able to handle your current situation. My oncologist recommended I go, via Target Ovarian.

Some of the course wasn't for me, there's a slight boarding school atmosphere and I'd already picked up a lot of what they cover via Maggies Centre and a nutritionist I'd been speaking to (yayy Maggies!) But it was good to have what I was told by them confirmed and there was other stuff which was new to me. Plus they also cover mindfulness, meditation and yoga nidra, which I wanted to learn about and found very soothing. I still occasionally chat to some of the women I met on the course, I set up a FB group; some of them live close by and have been back.

The food is interesting, but for people who must be careful what they eat so as not to cause bowel problems (if, say, a tumour is pressing in on it) should be aware it's quite harsh, raw vegetables and high in fibre, all of which you may have been told to avoid. So talk to their nutritionist about that and they can suggest foods you can bring."

Main thing is - relax and enjoy yourself, it's been designed for people like us.