ARKANSAS
Little Rock 501-686-8145
3rdTuesday
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley 510-204-2548 1st
Thursday
Castro Valley 510-483-8027 3rd Thursday odd
months
Fresno 559-459-1603 Thursday
Greenbrae/Corte Madera
415-925-7787 or 415-924-1699 2nd Monday
Hollywood 323-957-9571 2nd
Thursday
La Mesa 619-740-4577 Quarterly
Los Angeles 310-815-1077
2nd Wednesday
Los Gatos 408-866-4059 2nd Monday
Napa 707-257-4047
Quarterly
Newport Beach 949-764-5645 1st Tuesday
Newport Beach
949-722-6237 2nd Tuesday
Orange 714-731-0233 4th Thursday
Redding
530-243-1102 or 530-241-4387 Saturdays
Sacramento 916-422-5973 or
916-791-4326 4th Wednesday
San Diego 760-434-3599 3rd Tuesday
San
Diego 858-541-6709 or 858-541-6789 4th Wednesday
San Francisco
415-776-4480 or 415-600-6281 2nd Wednesday
San Luis Obispo 805-782-9300
Mondays
Santa Monica 310-829-7472 Call for info
Torrance
310-540-0992 Phone support only
COLORADO
Colorado Springs
719-776-5273 Fall and Spring
CONNECTICUT
Danbury* 203-790-6568 or
203-744-3586 2nd Tuesday
Stamford 203-325-1544 x18 3rd Tuesday
Quarterly
Waterbury 203-758-6138 1st Wednesday
Windsor
860-683-0080 Twice a year
FLORIDA
Bradenton 941-798-6170 3rd
Wednesday
Casselberry 407-862-8642 3rd Wednesday
Daytona Beach
386-322-3571 3rd Monday
Ft. Myers 239-939-8219 1st
Saturday
Hallandale 954-454-7575 2nd Tuesday
Largo/Clearwater
727-535-6746 or 727-459-7644 Fridays
Lauderhill 954-749-7976 3rd
Saturday
Margate 954-978-4180 2nd Wednesday
Margate
954-970-1441
Melbourne 321-752-1500 or 321-433-0288 2nd
Thursday
Miami 305-285-2966 Wednesday Quarterly
Naples
239-592-5500 3rd Thursday
Naples* 239-417-4600 Afternoon: 2nd & 4th
Wednesday; Evening: 3rd Wednesday
Orange Park 904-269-9113 4th
Monday
Greater Orlando 407-324-3255 1st Wednesday
Panama City
850-747-7966 4th Thursday
Tampa 813-901-8516 4th Sunday
W. Palm
Beach 561-833-1747 Call for info
GEORGIA
Atlanta 770-310-5565 or
404-255-6732 Wednesday
Greater Atlanta 770-442-1317 4th
Thursday
HAWAII
Lihue, Kauai 808-742-1840 3rd
Wednesday
ILLINOIS
Barrington 847-842-4847 1st Saturday in Feb,
May, Aug, Nov (Quarterly)
Geneva 630-208-4592 2nd Wednesday odd
months
Glenview 847-776-9285 or 847-776-9275 Saturday
Bi-annually
Harvey 708-915-5062 2nd Wednesday even
months
LOUISIANA
New Orleans 504-897-5922 3rd
Wednesday
Shreveport 318-865-0339 3rd
Thursday
MAINE
Ellsworth 207-326-9656 4th
Tuesday
MARYLAND
Annapolis 410-897-0120 2nd Thursday odd
months
Bel Air 410-838-2262 or 800-684-9885 1st Wednesday odd
months
Ellicott City 410-997-0555 2nd Wednesday even
months
MASSACHUSETTS
Greater Boston Area 781-894-2309 3rd
Wednesday
Springfield 413-794-5432 4th Tuesday
Worcester
508-865-8987 1st Tuesday
MICHIGAN
Detroit 313-745-0903 4th
Wednesday
Ironwood 906-932-0673 3rd Wednesday
Ithaca 989-875-4193
3rd Thursday
Traverse City 231-935-6691 last
Tuesday
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis 952-926-9316 3rd
Monday
Woodburg 651-232-6767 Wednesday
MISSOURI
Columbia
573-814-2968 4th Wednesday Joplin 417-623-0166 or 417-659-6694
1st Tuesday
even month
Springfield 417-889-1345 2nd Sunday
NEVADA
Reno
775-982-3500 2nd Tuesday
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua 603-577-8400 2nd
Monday
NEW JERSEY
Freehold 732-294-2700 2nd
Monday
Livingston 973-322-7293 2nd Wednesday
Somers Point
609-653-3512 2nd Thursday even months
West Long Branch, NJ: Wyatt
Rehabilitation (formerly Norton Clinic for Lymphedema & Physical
Therapy)
240 Wall St....The Pea Pod Lymphedema Support Group, first Tuesday
of the month at 5:30 p.m.
Refreshments are served. Please call
(732) 222-8556 for further information.
http://www.nortonlymphpt.com/
Westwood
201-358-6000 or 201-358-3242 2nd Wednesday
NEW YORK
Capitol
District 518-459-5086 Phone support only
Hewlett 516-374-3190 3rd
Monday
New York 212-717-4810 or http://www.lymphnet.org/
Philmont
518-672-7981 Call for info
Poughkeepsie 845-437-3036 2nd
Tuesday
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte 704-332-3393 4th
Wednesday
Raleigh 919-782-5954 1st Tuesday
OHIO
Beachwood
216-292-0600 Quarterly
Cincinnati 513-948-2763 3X per
year
Columbus 614-566-0929 or 614-566-0592 3rd Tuesday
Troy
937-440-4827 4th Tuesday
UTAH
Central Utah 435-283-4327
Salt Lake
City 801-272-5008 4th Thursday
VIRGINIA
Alexandria 703-504-3535
2nd Wednesday (Lower Extremity)
Richmond 804-254-5164
Tuesday
Springfield 703-909-0299 1st or 3rd
Saturday
WASHINGTON
Bellevue 206-297-2100 1st
Wednesday
Kent 206-575-7775 2nd Thursday
Seattle 206-297-2100 3rd
Monday
Tacoma 206-297-2100 2nd Thursday
WEST
VIRGINIA
Morgantown 304-292-2105
Quarterly
WISCONSIN
Beloit 608-364-5178 2nd Tuesday Even
Months
Brookfield 262-780-0707 Thursdays
Elkhorn 414-723-5646
Starting
WYOMING
Rawlins 307-328-1809 1st & 3rd
Wednesday
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga 423-553-8175 1st
Tuesday
Knoxville 800-225-8129 Call for info
Nashville
615-222-6671 2nd Tuesday
TEXAS
Austin 512-467-9231 or
512-416-6390 4th Wednesday
Austin 512-471-9840 4th
Thursday
Beaumont 409-924-9410 or 409-656-7255 Saturday
Bedford
817-267-9599 2nd Thursday
Dallas/Ft. Worth 972-231-6511 3rd Thursday odd
months
Fort Worth 817-922-2530 Quarterly
Houston 713-723-4174 3rd
Tuesday every other month
Lubbock 806-725-8005 Tuesdays
Quarterly
Sugar Land 281-242-5807 or 281-242-5813 Thursday 4 times
annually
INDIANA
Lafayette 765-423-6885 2nd Tuesday, even
months
Mishawaka 219-273-2635 3rd Tuesday
KANSAS
Merriam
913-676-2444 3rd Monday
Wichita 316-634-3495 3rd
Monday
KENTUCKY
Edgewood 859-344-2273 3rd Monday, Sept through
May
Louisville 502-899-9363 4rd Monday
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City
405-752-1070 1st Saturday odd months
NEW JERSEY
New
Jersey
West Long Branch
Wyatt Rehabilitation "Pea Pod" Lymphedema Support
Group, first Tuesday evening of the month @ 5:30
PM. Refreshments
are provided. Please RSVP so we may plan accordingly.
Phone: (732) 222-8556.
Address: 240 Wall Street, Suite 100, West Long Branch, NJ.
Please contact
Tracey Podolsky for further information. [email protected]
Website: www.wyattrehab.com (formerly
Norton Clinic for LE and PT)
OREGON
Medford 541-608-5543 or
541-608-4255 3rd Monday
Milton-Freewater 541-938-3208 2nd
Tuesday
Tualatin 503-413-7753 4th
Tuesday
PENNSYLVANIA
Bryn Mawr 610-526-8608 3rd
Thursday
Gettysburg 717-337-4206 or 717-633-9595 3rd Tuesday
Quarterly
Philadelphia 215-728-7000 2nd Wednesday
Pittsburgh
877-398-5277 Thursday
RHODE ISLAND
Providence 401-454-0404 Call
for info
SOUTH CAROLINA
Murrells Inlet 843-651-5398 Call for
info
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City 605-719-1100 Thursdays/3 months (4
times a year)
Whereas traditional support groups depend on
participants congregating in a common room to enable their
interactions, the Internet obviates the need for physical proximity and
can still provide a forum for patients
(some clinicians) to
exchange comfort and support, usually through simple messaging. They can also
share
ideas and generate hypotheses, some of which might lead to
actual therapeutic breakthroughs.[1]
These groups are so powerful as
healing entities that one of my patients, recently suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of metastatic cancer, remarked to me on the
anniversary of his diagnosis that his
online support community has
literally saved his life, making his daily struggle more manageable.
The
power of these communities cannot be overstated.
source:
Daniel Z.
Sands, MD, MPH
[email protected]
Reference
Landro L. The
growing clout of online patient groups. Wall Street Journal. June 13, 2007.
Available at:
http://www.jmir.org/cms/view/in_the_news Accessed
February 18, 2008
Little Rock 501-686-8145
3rdTuesday
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley 510-204-2548 1st
Thursday
Castro Valley 510-483-8027 3rd Thursday odd
months
Fresno 559-459-1603 Thursday
Greenbrae/Corte Madera
415-925-7787 or 415-924-1699 2nd Monday
Hollywood 323-957-9571 2nd
Thursday
La Mesa 619-740-4577 Quarterly
Los Angeles 310-815-1077
2nd Wednesday
Los Gatos 408-866-4059 2nd Monday
Napa 707-257-4047
Quarterly
Newport Beach 949-764-5645 1st Tuesday
Newport Beach
949-722-6237 2nd Tuesday
Orange 714-731-0233 4th Thursday
Redding
530-243-1102 or 530-241-4387 Saturdays
Sacramento 916-422-5973 or
916-791-4326 4th Wednesday
San Diego 760-434-3599 3rd Tuesday
San
Diego 858-541-6709 or 858-541-6789 4th Wednesday
San Francisco
415-776-4480 or 415-600-6281 2nd Wednesday
San Luis Obispo 805-782-9300
Mondays
Santa Monica 310-829-7472 Call for info
Torrance
310-540-0992 Phone support only
COLORADO
Colorado Springs
719-776-5273 Fall and Spring
CONNECTICUT
Danbury* 203-790-6568 or
203-744-3586 2nd Tuesday
Stamford 203-325-1544 x18 3rd Tuesday
Quarterly
Waterbury 203-758-6138 1st Wednesday
Windsor
860-683-0080 Twice a year
FLORIDA
Bradenton 941-798-6170 3rd
Wednesday
Casselberry 407-862-8642 3rd Wednesday
Daytona Beach
386-322-3571 3rd Monday
Ft. Myers 239-939-8219 1st
Saturday
Hallandale 954-454-7575 2nd Tuesday
Largo/Clearwater
727-535-6746 or 727-459-7644 Fridays
Lauderhill 954-749-7976 3rd
Saturday
Margate 954-978-4180 2nd Wednesday
Margate
954-970-1441
Melbourne 321-752-1500 or 321-433-0288 2nd
Thursday
Miami 305-285-2966 Wednesday Quarterly
Naples
239-592-5500 3rd Thursday
Naples* 239-417-4600 Afternoon: 2nd & 4th
Wednesday; Evening: 3rd Wednesday
Orange Park 904-269-9113 4th
Monday
Greater Orlando 407-324-3255 1st Wednesday
Panama City
850-747-7966 4th Thursday
Tampa 813-901-8516 4th Sunday
W. Palm
Beach 561-833-1747 Call for info
GEORGIA
Atlanta 770-310-5565 or
404-255-6732 Wednesday
Greater Atlanta 770-442-1317 4th
Thursday
HAWAII
Lihue, Kauai 808-742-1840 3rd
Wednesday
ILLINOIS
Barrington 847-842-4847 1st Saturday in Feb,
May, Aug, Nov (Quarterly)
Geneva 630-208-4592 2nd Wednesday odd
months
Glenview 847-776-9285 or 847-776-9275 Saturday
Bi-annually
Harvey 708-915-5062 2nd Wednesday even
months
LOUISIANA
New Orleans 504-897-5922 3rd
Wednesday
Shreveport 318-865-0339 3rd
Thursday
MAINE
Ellsworth 207-326-9656 4th
Tuesday
MARYLAND
Annapolis 410-897-0120 2nd Thursday odd
months
Bel Air 410-838-2262 or 800-684-9885 1st Wednesday odd
months
Ellicott City 410-997-0555 2nd Wednesday even
months
MASSACHUSETTS
Greater Boston Area 781-894-2309 3rd
Wednesday
Springfield 413-794-5432 4th Tuesday
Worcester
508-865-8987 1st Tuesday
MICHIGAN
Detroit 313-745-0903 4th
Wednesday
Ironwood 906-932-0673 3rd Wednesday
Ithaca 989-875-4193
3rd Thursday
Traverse City 231-935-6691 last
Tuesday
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis 952-926-9316 3rd
Monday
Woodburg 651-232-6767 Wednesday
MISSOURI
Columbia
573-814-2968 4th Wednesday Joplin 417-623-0166 or 417-659-6694
1st Tuesday
even month
Springfield 417-889-1345 2nd Sunday
NEVADA
Reno
775-982-3500 2nd Tuesday
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua 603-577-8400 2nd
Monday
NEW JERSEY
Freehold 732-294-2700 2nd
Monday
Livingston 973-322-7293 2nd Wednesday
Somers Point
609-653-3512 2nd Thursday even months
West Long Branch, NJ: Wyatt
Rehabilitation (formerly Norton Clinic for Lymphedema & Physical
Therapy)
240 Wall St....The Pea Pod Lymphedema Support Group, first Tuesday
of the month at 5:30 p.m.
Refreshments are served. Please call
(732) 222-8556 for further information.
http://www.nortonlymphpt.com/
Westwood
201-358-6000 or 201-358-3242 2nd Wednesday
NEW YORK
Capitol
District 518-459-5086 Phone support only
Hewlett 516-374-3190 3rd
Monday
New York 212-717-4810 or http://www.lymphnet.org/
Philmont
518-672-7981 Call for info
Poughkeepsie 845-437-3036 2nd
Tuesday
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte 704-332-3393 4th
Wednesday
Raleigh 919-782-5954 1st Tuesday
OHIO
Beachwood
216-292-0600 Quarterly
Cincinnati 513-948-2763 3X per
year
Columbus 614-566-0929 or 614-566-0592 3rd Tuesday
Troy
937-440-4827 4th Tuesday
UTAH
Central Utah 435-283-4327
Salt Lake
City 801-272-5008 4th Thursday
VIRGINIA
Alexandria 703-504-3535
2nd Wednesday (Lower Extremity)
Richmond 804-254-5164
Tuesday
Springfield 703-909-0299 1st or 3rd
Saturday
WASHINGTON
Bellevue 206-297-2100 1st
Wednesday
Kent 206-575-7775 2nd Thursday
Seattle 206-297-2100 3rd
Monday
Tacoma 206-297-2100 2nd Thursday
WEST
VIRGINIA
Morgantown 304-292-2105
Quarterly
WISCONSIN
Beloit 608-364-5178 2nd Tuesday Even
Months
Brookfield 262-780-0707 Thursdays
Elkhorn 414-723-5646
Starting
WYOMING
Rawlins 307-328-1809 1st & 3rd
Wednesday
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga 423-553-8175 1st
Tuesday
Knoxville 800-225-8129 Call for info
Nashville
615-222-6671 2nd Tuesday
TEXAS
Austin 512-467-9231 or
512-416-6390 4th Wednesday
Austin 512-471-9840 4th
Thursday
Beaumont 409-924-9410 or 409-656-7255 Saturday
Bedford
817-267-9599 2nd Thursday
Dallas/Ft. Worth 972-231-6511 3rd Thursday odd
months
Fort Worth 817-922-2530 Quarterly
Houston 713-723-4174 3rd
Tuesday every other month
Lubbock 806-725-8005 Tuesdays
Quarterly
Sugar Land 281-242-5807 or 281-242-5813 Thursday 4 times
annually
INDIANA
Lafayette 765-423-6885 2nd Tuesday, even
months
Mishawaka 219-273-2635 3rd Tuesday
KANSAS
Merriam
913-676-2444 3rd Monday
Wichita 316-634-3495 3rd
Monday
KENTUCKY
Edgewood 859-344-2273 3rd Monday, Sept through
May
Louisville 502-899-9363 4rd Monday
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City
405-752-1070 1st Saturday odd months
NEW JERSEY
New
Jersey
West Long Branch
Wyatt Rehabilitation "Pea Pod" Lymphedema Support
Group, first Tuesday evening of the month @ 5:30
PM. Refreshments
are provided. Please RSVP so we may plan accordingly.
Phone: (732) 222-8556.
Address: 240 Wall Street, Suite 100, West Long Branch, NJ.
Please contact
Tracey Podolsky for further information. [email protected]
Website: www.wyattrehab.com (formerly
Norton Clinic for LE and PT)
OREGON
Medford 541-608-5543 or
541-608-4255 3rd Monday
Milton-Freewater 541-938-3208 2nd
Tuesday
Tualatin 503-413-7753 4th
Tuesday
PENNSYLVANIA
Bryn Mawr 610-526-8608 3rd
Thursday
Gettysburg 717-337-4206 or 717-633-9595 3rd Tuesday
Quarterly
Philadelphia 215-728-7000 2nd Wednesday
Pittsburgh
877-398-5277 Thursday
RHODE ISLAND
Providence 401-454-0404 Call
for info
SOUTH CAROLINA
Murrells Inlet 843-651-5398 Call for
info
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City 605-719-1100 Thursdays/3 months (4
times a year)
Whereas traditional support groups depend on
participants congregating in a common room to enable their
interactions, the Internet obviates the need for physical proximity and
can still provide a forum for patients
(some clinicians) to
exchange comfort and support, usually through simple messaging. They can also
share
ideas and generate hypotheses, some of which might lead to
actual therapeutic breakthroughs.[1]
These groups are so powerful as
healing entities that one of my patients, recently suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of metastatic cancer, remarked to me on the
anniversary of his diagnosis that his
online support community has
literally saved his life, making his daily struggle more manageable.
The
power of these communities cannot be overstated.
source:
Daniel Z.
Sands, MD, MPH
[email protected]
Reference
Landro L. The
growing clout of online patient groups. Wall Street Journal. June 13, 2007.
Available at:
http://www.jmir.org/cms/view/in_the_news Accessed
February 18, 2008