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Cancer Support Groups

Finding Support

Dennis Bogorad | Posted 04.02.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Prostate Cancer Support Groups, Gay Men Prostate Cancer, Gay Men Support Groups, Support Groups, Gay Men Prostate Cancer Support Groups, Cancer Support Groups, Prostate Cancer, Gay Voices News
Dennis Bogorad

My life partner of 33 years, Ron Winokur, died in 2006. He was 58 years old; I was 56. I looked for prostate cancer support groups for gay men while Ron was still alive, then for support groups for gay men who had lost their partners. There were none. I felt alone.

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The Club Name That Should Never Be Changed

Alan Zweibel | Posted 02.16.2013 | Fifty
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Alan Zweibel

Just know that I am not writing this as someone who was a friend of Gilda Radner's. Or who was a writing partner. Or even as a father whose three children, to this very day, refer to their godmother as Aunt Gilda.

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Cancer Support Groups Weren't For Me -- Until...

Aisling Carroll | Posted 11.20.2012 | Women
Read More: Young With Cancer, Living With Cancer, Generation Why, Ovarian Cancer, Cancer Support Groups, Cancer Groupie, Stupid Cancer, Women News
Aisling Carroll

I yank my sweater over my shoulders to strategically block the word "cancer" printed across my chest. I don't want to stand out as the biggest downer in Vegas.

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Colontown, A Community of Cancer Survivors

Robert Schwab | Posted 07.12.2011 | Denver
Read More: Cancer Survivors, Colorectal Cancer, Cancer, Colorado Cancer Coalition, Support Groups, Colontown, Facebook, Cancer Support Groups, Facebook Groups, Denver News
Robert Schwab

I'm out of the chemo room temporarily, and I've stepped from it into an online community where I can talk comfortably about my colorectal cancer.

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