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[Lisa11171]

Hi Everyone!

My name is Lisa and I am an ambassador for this group. What that means is that I am here for all of you, helping you deal with the COVID-19 virus in any way that I can. I can answer questions, give you ideas of things to do, commiserate with you about the isolation or fear you may be having issues with, try to come up with some fun group activities that we can do online, or simply just chat about whatever it is you want to chat about.

A little about myself: I am a 49 year old female who lives in Boston. I suffer from Metastatic Breast Cancer (diagnosed in 2018) and am a frequent contributor on the MBC board here on Health Unlocked. I love chatting with other people and do volunteer work on a Helpline and also am a Peer Counselor. I also have suffered from Depression since my teens and see both a Psychiatrist and Therapist. I also have a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and have done many types of volunteer work in that field also.

I LOVE to talk and am hoping to join in many conversations in this much needed new online group. I want to be here for all of you and I will also need support from you also! I am not having an easy time with everything that is going on and I have found that the best thing to do about that is to chat, chat, chat!!

I want to be your friend and to do everything in my power to get to know you and to find ways to help you with whatever you need. You can talk to me about anything and I believe there are no dumb questions and nothing wrong with being angry, scared, depressed, or any other emotion you may be feeling during this difficult time. Believe me, we are all having a rough time dealing with this and I want us to become a close knit group that can discuss ANYTHING with each other.

So welcome to all of you and I plan to spend some time on this board as many days as I can. As you can tell, I LOVE to talk and in the next few weeks I hope to come up with all kinds of fun activities to keep us from becoming bored or scared. I’m always open to suggestions so please, let me know if you have any ideas and over the next week we can try to put things into place.

I’m looking forward to getting to know all of you and also the other Ambassadors for the group. There will be a few of us so hopefully you will always be able to get the support you need.

Ok, now that I’ve written a book about myself, tell me about YOU!! I’d love to hear everyone’s introductions and what you hope this group will help you with. As I said, I’m open to all ideas and nothing you say will ever not be taken into consideration. I want to make this group a real resource to help us all during this unprecedented time of our lives. So please, tell us all everything you want to say.

I’m looking forward to hearing from as many of you as possible and I know some people prefer to just read and that’s great also! Nobody will ever be pushed to do anything they don’t want to do.

So welcome and let’s make this group awesome!!

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