Tag: free cancer support

Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee Caitlyn Holland

Taking Care of Caregivers at Gilda’s Club

By Caitlyn Holland, member I wasn’t one of those girls who had been planning her wedding day since she was seven, but I knew what I wanted. At our age, Pete and I had been to enough weddings to know what we liked and didn’t, and of the two of us, I’m the type-A, agenda-toting…

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Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee Hal Trish Potts

Bearing the Unbearable Together

By Hal Potts, member That room. I couldn’t believe I was sitting in that room in Gilda’s Club. I learned about Gilda’s Club six years ago when my best friend Danny developed brain cancer and died six months later.  I had set up a CaringBridge website for him and three years later, to my complete…

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Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee Josh Griffith

Living the Dream

By Josh Griffith, member Why are all these people being released and I am still stuck in this room?  This is not a good sign.  Something must be wrong.  I would later realize this would become a very normal feeling and occurrence.  This being in a constant state of waiting or limbo.  When I mention…

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