Gilda’s Club gave me back my self-confidence, my self-respect, taught me how to look good again and how to feel good about myself. This Club saved me. I’m saying it with the greatest conviction. I don’t have family in this country. I’m not the type of person to lean on others. But you can’t do this alone.
After my surgery, a friend gave me a flyer on Gilda’s Club’s support groups. I took to my group like a fish to water. They have embraced me. I could not have made it without their support. I have loved every minute in Gilda’s Club, from the minute I entered the first time through the red door. It has been wonderful. The resource library and the excellent lectures on cancer have taught me a great deal. It’s more than education- it’s an insight into cancer. It helps you adjust to life with cancer. You can put your arms around it and look it square in the eye.
Gilda’s Club is a home. A home away from home. I don’t know how I would have gone through this without Gilda’s Club Chicago.
