Family Support Group For PatientsWith Blood-Related Cancers
Family Support Group For Patients
With Blood-Related Cancers
BRIDGEPORT â The Fairfield County chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is sponsoring a free family support group at St Vincentâs Medical Center, 2500 Main Street, on the first Tuesday of every month beginning on March 6.
 The group is open to adult patients, family members, and friends who are coping with a diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, or Hodgkinâs disease. Meetings will be held from 3:30 pm to 5 pm on level 3 in the MR Conference Room. For more information or to make a reservation, call Teresa Money McLaughlin, RN, at 203/576-6158.
Blood-related cancers will strike an estimated 107,900 Americans each year and kill approximately 60,500 individuals. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the worldâs largest private organization concerned solely with funding research towards cures for blood-related cancers and improving the quality of life for patients and their families. For more information about the society and services offered to patients and families, call Phyllis Osterman at 203/967-8326 or visit www.leukemia-lymphoma.org.