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I am starting a new support group : East Berkshire ovarian cancer support group

Www.eastberkshire-ovariancancer-supportgroup.co.uk.

St Mark's Hospital

St Mark's Rd

Maidenhead

Berkshire

SL 6 6DU

Last Wednesday of the month.

4-7 pm

Please come and get support and help support others.

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Count me in! it's in the diary.

Well done for getting this off the ground. The ladies of east Berkshire thank you :)

Love

Sue xxx

PS See message I sent you under messages!

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Jennie

Thank you for the info Midwife Gill, will pass on to the contacts in Oxfordshire.

Have tried to get ladies interested in starting a support group near Oxford but we seem to be quite wide spread. I assume present needs are taken care of by Maggie's Centre & the Cancer Centre at the Churchill Hospital, but if anyone reading this can't get to Maidenhead and wants to try to get together in or near Oxford I would be happy to try and organise something.

Regards to all, Jennie (ROCC for Oxfordshire)

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wendydee

Well done! Our support group is great, a real social occasion! If you need any ideas on what we do, just send ma a message. Good luck

Love Wendy xx

Very impressive, sorry I am not in your area, best wishes love x G x :-)

Hey just spotted this on the Maidenhead Advertiser - interesting. Link to original page below.

A pilot project in east Berkshire has launched today to urge women to see their GP if they show the potential symptoms of ovarian cancer.

The campaign, run for the Department of Health by the Thames Valley Cancer Network, is aimed at women aged over 50 who account for eight out of 10 cases of ovarian cancer.

The aim is to detect the cancer earlier, which increases the chances of survival and can significantly reduce the intensity of treatment, making recovery quicker.

The key symptom to look out for is an unexplained bloated feeling that occurs most days for three weeks or more. If this happens you should see your doctor.

As part of the campaign a team of health activists will encourage women to overcome a common reluctance to see their doctor, because they don't realise their symptoms are serious, they worry about wasting the doctor's time or are embarrassed.

Thames Valley Cancer Network's clinical lead for the pilot project Professor Sean Kehoe said: “Survival rates are better than they used to be, but we could do so much more if we were always able to intervene early.

"The great majority of women will survive if their cancer is diagnosed before it spreads."

maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk...

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zuzana in reply to

...i also heared on radio about OC and its symptons. finally its been recognised

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MidwifeGill in reply to

Yep... I am part of the Thames valley cancer network and ovarian cancer month is coming in March. I was coming down A4 yesterday and saw an ovarian cancer poster at the bus stop... Fab fab fab..... Get it out there.... That's my mission... My ca advanced and had spread like wildfire, hence WANTING a port so I can self tap or get district nurses to come as now off chemo the ascites will come......

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zuzana

im west berkshire but maidenhead is not far from me :)

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jurassic

Good luck to your new group. We have a very good one for all gynae cancers in Exeter.

Love Marilyn

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MidwifeGill

Thanks Marilyn ... You say had? Perhaps you moved x

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jurassic in reply toMidwifeGill

No not moved. We still have the group. It's been going now for about three yearsbut we meet in the morning once a month.

Love Marilyn

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