Other Useful Charities and Groups
Backup - Tel: 080 800 1234
Medical advice is available and a wide range of free leaflets may be ordered by telephone.
Bosom Buddies
Support group for people with secondary breast cancer. Meets at Preston Hall hospital, 3rd Monday of each month 2pm-4pm. Contact: Sadie Sharp, Tel: 01732 870 703.
Breast Cancer Care - Tel: 080 800 6000
Kent Joint Co-ordinator - Sadie Sharp, Tel: 01732 870 703
The charity puts women of similar ages and similar breast cancer experiences in contact, to lend help and support to one another. A wide range of booklets and leaflets are available.
Maidstone Breast Cancer Support Group
This friendly group meet the last Saturday of the month at The Post Graduate Centre at Maidstone Hospital, Hermitage Lane, Barming, Nr. Maidstone, Kent.
For details or a list of dates and speakers, please contact: Fiona Anderson or Anna Matthews (Breast Care Nurses), on 01622 225 743 or send a stamped addressed envelope with your request for a list of speakers.
Some of the previous topics have included:
- Aromatherapy Treatments
- Dr J Weeks on breast awareness
- Hypnotherapy, Nutritional Therapy
- Breast Surgery
- Art Therapy
- Permanent make-up
- Physiotherapist
- Tattooing after breast reconstruction
- Breast Reconstruction
