Resources, Support and Recommended Reading

• Don’t Suffer Silently - A cancer diagnosis can be frightening, but counseling can provide relief from the emotional challenges.
• CaringBridge
• ACS’s Cancer Support Network
• Susan G. Komen North Texas
• Cancer Support Groups
• Area Events from the American Cancer Society
• Planet Cancer (For Young Adults)
• Teens Living With Cancer
• One Pastor’s Cancer Battle, Spiritual Support
• Prostate Cancer Support Groups
• The Mesothelioma Center

• Bald in the Land of Big Hair: A True Story by Joni Rogers
• Dancing in Limbo: Making Sense of Life After Cancer (Jossey Bass/Aha Press Series) by Glenna Halvorson-Boyd
• Man to Man: When the Woman You Love Has Breast Cancer by Andy Murcia
• And a Time to Live – Toward Emotional Well-Being During the Crisis of Cancer by Robert Chernin Cantor
• Mind, Body, and Soul : A Guide to Living with Cancer by Nancy Hassett Dahm
• Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul: 101 Healing Stories About Those Who Have Survived Cancer by Jack Canfield
• When God and Cancer Meet: True Stories of Hope and Healing by Lynn Eib
• American Cancer Society's Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer by American Cancer Society
• You Can Beat Prostate Cancer by Robert J. Marckini
• A Primer on Prostate Cancer: The Empowered Patient's Guide by Stephen Strum
• 100 Q&A About Prostate Cancer (100 Q&As About) by Pamela Ellsworth
• Intimacy With Impotence: The Couple's Guide To Better Sex After Prostate Disease by Ralph Alterowitz
• Conquer Prostate Cancer: How Medicine, Faith, Love and Sex Can Renew Your Life by Rabbi Edgar J. Weinsberg

Medical Center of Plano

• Contact: Cathy Henry, RN (972) 519-1117
• Location: Surgery Center of Plano, 1620 Coit Rd Building II, 1st Floor Surgery Waiting Room
• Days/Times: 2nd Monday of every month, 7:00PM – 8:30PM

Methodist Richardson Medical Center (Richardson Regional)

Lake Pointe Church

• Contact: (469) 698-2250
• Location: 701  E. I-30, Rockwall, TX, Room A145
• Days/Times: Sundays, 5pm

Texas Oncology/Cancer Center, Dialogue Support Group

• Contact: Terri Wells (972) 686-6411
• Location: 4700 North Galloway, TX 75150
• Days/Times: 2nd Tuesdays, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Cancer Support Community

• Financial Assistance with Cancer Co-Pays
• Susan G. Komen
• Housekeeping for Female Cancer
• ACS’s Road to Recovery, Transportation Aid

HEALTH & WELLNESS

• Fit Steps for Life
• Yoga Information