Your first source of support will be your medical team but there are many other organisations you, as patients and carers, might want to consider for non-medical issues – some of them are listed here.
Help and Support for all cancer types:
Cancer Matters Wessex – Information and Signposting to other services
Macmillan – Information and Advice
Dorset Cancer Care Foundation – Help with financial hardship
Butterflies – Dorchester self-help group
The Living Tree – Bridport self-help group
Help and Support for specific cancer types:
About Face – Head and Neck Cancers
Semi-Colons – Bowel Cancer
Go Girls – Gynae Cancers
GO Group – Gastrectomy and Oesophagectomy
New-Man Prostate Cancer Support
Other sources of Support and Information:
My Life My Care – Information and Advice
Marie Curie – Information and Support
NHS Choices – Information
Wessex Cancer Alliance – Information
Weldmar Hospicecare – End of life care
Mosaic – Support for bereaved families
General Well-being:
C’Fit – Cancer Rehab exercise referral (Weymouth and Portland)
Stepping Out – Cancer Rehab exercise referral (Bridport)
Wellness Works at 1610 – Exercise (Dorchester)
LiveWell Dorset – Health and Well-being information
Steps2Wellbeing – Health and Well-being help and information
The Garden Studio – Yoga and Alternative Therapies
The Purbeck Workshop – Creative Escapes
Transport:
E-zec Medical – Dorset Patient Transport
Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Dial-a-Bus – for those who are unable to use regular public transport