Brain-tumor group offers info, support

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital sponsors Brain Tumor Support Group meetings at 7 p.m. every second Monday of the month in the children's section of the hospital, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick.

The goal of the support group is to provide an environment where brain-tumor survivors and their families and friends can help one another. We have an opportunity to share information and experiences encountered before and after surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy. For those of us who have experienced the difficulties associated with a brain-tumor operation and subsequent rehabilitation, these meetings serve a positive bonding function since we experience how others are coping.

While nonmedical in nature, the meetings offer a wealth of information from a number of brain-tumor associations. The sharing of information also has suggested that there is much hope for those diagnosed with a brain tumor since the medical profession has made tremendous advances in recent years.

For questions and information on how to join the group, please contact Bill Robinson at (848) 228-1476.

Bob Ahlers

Lakewood