Breast Cancer Education Classes

DANBURY — Biweekly Breast Cancer Education Classes will take place on June 8 and June 22 at The Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital.

The classes, which are conducted on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, are open to any newly diagnosed woman with breast cancer who plans to undergo or recently received breast cancer surgery. The classes take place from 4 to 5:30 pm in the Ruth C. Donovan Resource Room Library, located on the first floor, Stroock Building (Locust Avenue entrance). Family members and friends are also invited to attend.

The purpose of these classes is to provide information about what to expect before and after breast cancer surgery, including pre- and postoperative care, lymphedema precautions and exercise, relaxation techniques, as well as information regarding local support services.

Instructors include oncology health care professionals, complementary medicine coordinator, surgical staff nurse, occupational therapist, and volunteers from Bridges (a newly established program by the Community Cancer Collaborative that connects newly diagnosed breast cancer patients to breast cancer survivors).

For more information regarding Breast Cancer Education Classes at the Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital, call cancer care coordinator Joanne Ballerini, RN, at 797-7771 or online at www.danburyhospital.org.