Fall 2021
What is "Onco-Hero Happenings"?!
Working with cancer patients is a tough on professionals and volunteers.

So here's a place to...
See what's up with other Onco-Hero's.
Discover a great new cancer resource.
Hear the latest issues impacting oncology.
Absorb a devotional written just for you.
Join the discussion...
When Divorce Clashes with Cancer Treatment: 3 Ways to Help
By Karen Tripp MS LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
Executive Director Cancer Companions
A week after Joy was diagnosed with HER2+ Breast Cancer, her husband asked for a divorce. The divorce did not deter the arrival of chemotherapy, a double mastectomy and radiation treatment.

Even the most amicable divorce can be debilitating. Add a cancer diagnosis to the mix and you have cancer patients whose quality of care and quality of life can be adversely affected.
Meet Marilyn.
She's Facilitating a Bible Study for you!
"You can’t pour from an empty cup and oncology staff and volunteers often give and give."
Everyone has bad cancer days, this often applies to those that work with cancer patients and caregivers.

Marilyn's goal for this Bible study group is to help oncology workers and volunteers refresh their sense of caring and remember that our strength ultimately comes from God. "We often get so caught up in caring that we forget to 'cast our cares on Him for He cares for you.'”
(1 Peter 5: 5-7).

Marilyn’s passion for sharing the word of God with others is contagious and uplifting, and she has a unique gift ...

Read more about Marilyn and the group CLICK HERE
Marilyn L. Weitzel R.N., Ph.D.
As a nurse with over 54 years of experience, Marilyn Weitzel has joined Cancer Companions as a Bible Study Facilitator in our brand new Onco Heroes Bible Study specifically for Oncology Workers and Volunteers.

Onco Worker/Volunteer Bible Study
Meets on Zoom the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursdays at 6:00pm Central Time
An Onco-Hero
A Cancer Resource Treasure
Chris Buck: MS, RN. OCN
Oncology Research Nurse
Why did you choose to be an Oncology Research Nurse?  

I was drawn to nursing through being a volunteer EMT. I was drawn to oncology because of an encounter I had in nursing school.

While I was a nursing student, I cared for a woman with stage IV ovarian cancer who was being discharged to home hospice. That encounter had a huge impact on me with my decision to care for oncology patients.
Triage Cancer
Cancer Finances-Law-Insurance
Briefly share about Triage Cancer and its mission?
Triage Cancer is a national, nonprofit organization that provides free education on the legal and practical issues that may impact individuals diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers, through events, materials, and resources.
What is a fun fact about your organization?
Our founders, Joanna Fawzy Morales and Monica Fawzy Bryant, are not only cancer rights attorneys, but sisters, too!
A Prayer and Devotional for You
Prayer for Nurses and Staff
by Pastor Greg Holder
This past 30 Days of Cancer Prayer event Greg Holder (lead pastor at The Crossing, Chesterfield, MO) prayed with us as we took time to pray for all Nurses and Staff.
Driving Home From Work
A Devotional
The heaviness of working with cancer patients typically does not catch up with me until I’m in my car driving home from work. It’s not that I haven’t done a good job that day. Usually, I can see that I have done a very good job. It’s just that at the end of the day I go home to my family and my clients go home to their cancer. READ MORE
Cancer Companions
Premiere Christian Cancer Ministry
"What we do." 2 Minute Video

Cancer Companions trained volunteers provide...

Christian Cancer Bible Studies and
Cancer Prayer Partner program
for cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their loved ones.
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