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Being well is about more than remaining physically healthy or undergoing medical treatment for your illnesses. Being well is also about your emotional health. Northwest Hospital & Medical Center offers a variety of support groups for patients, their families and friends. Each group is an outlet for the feelings that may emerge during treatment for serious health issues. Support groups also provide a forum for learning from other patients’ experiences or for sharing your own story. Northwest Hospital offers support groups for people facing cancer, heart disease, grief and many other problems.

Better Breathers Club

Join the club to learn tips and techniques to better manage lung disease.

Offered: Second Monday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Rehab Patient Dining Room.

Call 206-368-1853 for more information.

Breast Cancer - A Healing Place

This support group is an opportunity for sharing and receiving support while coping with advanced breast disease. Offered second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 9:30 a.m.–11 a.m. Call the facilitator at (206) 920-5462 for a brief interview prior to joining.

Cancer Lifeline Programs at Northwest Hospital & Medical Center The following support groups are offered in partnership with Cancer Lifeline. Cancer Lifeline provides a unique array of services – from support groups and classes to activities and presentations – aimed at optimizing the quality of life for cancer patients, survivors, families, and friends. Support groups are held on the Northwest Hospital campus in the Professional Building, Suite 3. Cancer Lifeline has 24-hour telephone support at 206-297-2500 or 1-800-255-5505. For more information or to sign up for support groups, please call the Cancer Lifeline at 206-297-2500. For more information on times and locations, or to sign up for support groups or classes, please call Cancer Lifeline at 206-297-2500 or 1-800-255-5505, or look for flyers in the Northwest Hospital lobby.

Brain Cancer Support Group If you have been living with the effects of brain cancer and would like to meet with other survivors, family and friends, this group is for you. We welcome people with a primary diagnosis of brain cancer as well as those with brain metastases. No registration necessary. Offered every second Tuesday of the month from 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Facilitated by Megan Swan, MA, PhD Candidate; Lauren Shelly, M.A. Clinical Psychology Breast Cancer Support Group This free support group is open to all breast cancer patients, especially those who are newly diagnosed and undergoing treatment. Group members do not need to be receiving care at Northwest Hospital to attend. Although there is no set agenda, meeting topics often include: adjusting to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment; the effects of breast cancer on family and friends; and coping with the demand of work and home during treatment. No registration necessary. Offered every first and third Wednesday of the month from 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Facilitated by Kathleen Albin, MA; Beth Murphy, MA, PsyD Candidate Colorectal Support Group Have you just been diagnosed with colorectal cancer or living with it for a while? The group offers information, education and support through speakers and sharing time. Both support groups are open to survivors, family members and friends. Come to either group or both! No registration necessary. Offered every first Wednesday of the month from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30pm. Facilitated by Megan Swan, MA, PhD Candidate; Anna Charbonneau, MA Gynecologic Cancer Support Group For patients diagnosed with ovarian, uterine, cervical or any other type of gynecologic cancer, their family and their friends. Fourth Wednesdays, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Professional Building, Ste. #3. Facilitated by Tracy Kalloway, MA; Mary Murphy, LICSW Lung Cancer Support Group Do you have a diagnosis of Lung Cancer? Have you been looking for a place to connect with others living with lung cancer? This newly established group might be just what you have been hoping for. No registration necessary. Offered every second and fourth Thursday of the month from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Facilitated by Meg Sweeney, MSW; Ruth Berven, MA; Lauren Shelly, MA Visit our Events page for dates of additional classes offered by Cancer Lifeline on the Northwest Hospital campus.

Diabetes Support, Resources and Network

Learn about and discuss: meal planning, blood glucose monitoring devices, weight loss, treatment for high and low blood sugars, medication management, dietary supplements, diabetes myth busters, monitoring for complications and what’s new in diabetes research and technology.

	When:	Second Tuesday of each month 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Third Thursday each month 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
	Where:	Diabetes education classroom/TCU dining room
	Register	Call 206-368-1564 or click here to register online.

Grief Support Group

A six-week support group for those coping with the death of a loved one. In this safe and non-judgmental environment participants will focus on the normal aspects of grieving and the grief-work tasks, consider ways of providing self-care, and develop coping strategies for getting through difficult times.

Please contact Spiritual and Grief Counseling at (206) 368 – 1891 for more information on class times and registration.

Pre-registration is required.

Stroke Support Group

This group for adults, their families and caregivers meets on the third Saturday of the month in the Northwest Hospital Easy Street section of the Rehabilitation Center, from 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (206) 361-2696.

Weight Loss Surgery Support Groups

Our monthly support groups provide an opportunity to interact with other post-operative weight loss surgery patients and discuss the physical and emotional changes following bariatric surgery. Our support groups are open to patients from other practices and individuals researching bariatric surgery. Call (206) 368-1350 for more information. For dates or click here to see a list of upcoming seminar dates. Groups are held in the TCU auditorium from 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.