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Information and Expertise to Support You in Your Cancer Journey
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At Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee, we provide access to a wide range of educational resources. In addition to having a Cancer Resource Specialist on staff, we maintain a comprehensive and current lending library; it's home to hundreds of books, brochures and other materials on a variety of topics, including:
Specific cancers
- Blood cancer
- Brain cancer
- Breast cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Head, neck and thyroid cancer
- Kidney and bladder cancer
- Liver cancer
- Lung cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Skin cancer / Melanoma
Parenting and caregiving through cancer
- Childhood cancer
- Talking to kids about cancer
- Talking to friends and classmates about cancer
- Grieving the loss of a parent
- Caring for loved ones
- Caring for the caregiver
Managing side effects
- Pain management
- Coping with chemotherapy and radiation
- Managing hair loss
- Managing eye and vision changes
- Understanding skin changes
- Intimacy and sexual health
- Fertility and reproductive health
- Bone health
Coping with the cost of care and working with cancer
Survivorship and post-treatment
Death, dying, grief and loss
Integrative health
Mindy-body health and wellness
Cooking and nutrition
Inspirational and spiritual
As an affiliate of Cancer Support Community, Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee members also have access to a free cancer support hotline, as well as publications and podcasts, such as Frankly Speaking About Cancer. Learn more in the chart below.
Please call the Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee Clubhouse at 615.329.1124, or email us at info@gildasclubmiddletn.org, to learn more about these and other resources that can support you through your cancer experience.
Cancer Support Community's CancerEd Online is an interactive educational program for cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. CancerEd Online Quick Guides cover what you need to know about topics like self-advocacy, new ways of managing cancer care and precision medicine. Most quick guides last 5-10 minutes.
Cancer Support Community's Cancer Support Helpline provides access to licensed counselors who are ready to listen and offer guidance, as well as connect individuals touched by cancer to the various resources they may need.
Cancer Support Community's Frankly Speaking About Cancer® (FSAC) is Cancer Support Community’s landmark cancer education series that provides trusted information on a variety of topics important to those affected by cancer. FSAC provides innovative health education through print and digital publications, e-learning courses, online materials, webinars, in-person workshops, and a weekly radio show.
Hosted by Cancer Support Community CEO Kim Thiboldeaux, the Frankly Speaking About Cancer® (FSAC) is a weekly broadcast that empowers listeners to live well with cancer.
Parent Guides:
When a Parent has Cancer: A guide for caring for your children
by Wendy Schlessel Harpham, M.D.
A Tiny Boat at Sea
by Zetta Smith
Cancer in the Family: Helping Children Cope with a Parent's Illness
by Sue Heiney, Joan Hemann, Katherine Bruss and Joy Fincannon
Can I Kiss You? Answering Your Children's Questions About Cancer
by Neil Russell and Healh Communications Inc.
Cancer/Illness:
There’s So Much More to Wear than Hair
by Sarah Kravchuk
Henry and the White Wolf
by Tim Karu
Little Tree
by Joyce C Mills
Our Family Has Cancer, Too
by Christine Clifford
You and Your Cancer: A Child's Guide
by Lynda Cranston, Chantal LeBlanc, Maria Restivo, and Ronald Barr
When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness: Children can learn to cope with loss and change
by Marge Heegaard
The Year My Dad Went Bald: A tale of cancer, chemo and coping with a cold head
by Brian Kraft
A Mom of Many Hats
by Debbie Fink, Lisa Perea Hane, Caroline Smith Heming
Nowhere Hair: Explains your cancer and chemo to your kids
by Sue Glader
When Your Parent Has Cancer: A Guide for Teens
by National Cancer Institute
Benito, You Can Do It! (in Spanish)
by Alan Quiñonez
Ask My Mood Ring How I Feel
by Diana Lopez
Body Image:
It’s Okay to Be Different
by Todd Parr
The Gas We Pass
by Shinta Cho
Everyone Poops
by Taro Gomi
Germs Make Me Sick
by Melvin Berger
Emotional Awareness:
The Invisible String
by Patrice Karst
Let’s Talk about Feeling Afraid
by Joy Berry
Let My Colors Out
by C. Filigenzi
Fighting Invisible Tigers: A Stress Management Guide for Teens
by E. Hipp
The I'm Not Scared Book
by Todd Parr
Grief and Loss:
Forever Hellos, Hard Good-Byes
by Axel Dahlberg
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
by Leo Buscaglia
Gentle Willow
by Joyce C. Mills
I Miss You: a First Look at Death
by Pat Thomas