WINTER, 1999-2000                                                                                                         Volume 6, Issue 4

Mind, Body and Spirit

Sunrise Over the Ocean

This picture symbolizes not only the dawning of a new millennium, but also the hope that we all have in our daily lives.  With this issue of Surviving Cancer in Greater Washington DC, we are initiating the first in a continuing series on wellness topics, which we call Mind, Body and Spirit.   The first of these subjects deals with the potential benefits of therapeutic massage for cancer survivors.

Cathie Vonesh, a GWWCS member, is studying to receive Maryland State certification in Massage Therapy.  She dedicates her article to Edie Dunn, a long-time friend from New Jersey who died from ovarian cancer. 

“Edie’s many difficulties moved me to do something close to home for those with cancer or other health conditions.  I am thankful to her and many others who intimately shared with me what they learned from

their illness about the meaning of life.”

Future editions of this newsletter will address related wellness topics such as nutrition, spirituality and emotional support.  On the back page of this issue, there is also a listing of selected wellness resources, with their addresses, phone numbers and web sites.

Considering Massage Therapy

By Cathie Vonesh

Although not a cancer survivor myself, one of my passions in life is to help survivors through massage and other forms of body work, which explains my research efforts.  Also, my family and I once lived two

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[Phone numbers (where available)

and Internet addresses]

CancerAnswers

     (888) 226-8287     

     www.canceranswers.com

The Cancer Group Institute

     (305) 651-5070

     www.cancergroup.com

Cancer Information and Support International

     www.cancer-info.com/pancreas

Ronald Hirshberg Foundation

     (310) 472-6310

     www.pancreatic.org

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

     (410) 955-5718

     www.path.jhu.edu/pancreas

National Cancer Institute

     (800) 422-6237

     http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov

OncoLink – University of Pennsylvania

http://oncolink.upenn.edu/disease/pancreas

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)

    (877) 2-PANCAN

     www.pancan.org

Pancreatic Cancer Link Page

     (519) 752-0843

     www.the-wire.com/street/cancer/

The Pancreatic Duct

      www.sterner.org/~dsterner/pancreas/

Marsha Garil, a GWCCS member, is also the Mid-Atlantic regional coordinator for PanCAN She can be reached at (202) 966-3733 or by e-mail at m_garil@pancan.org