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Talk-Line: Hope Cancer Wellness Center's Joan Padilla · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Order past the hour. This is Wednesday, It's June eighteen,
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  Speaker 1: the year is twenty twenty five, and it's time for
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  Speaker 1: another informational edition of talk Line here at w i
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  Speaker 1: x in Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is
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  Speaker 1: time for our bi monthly look at news and information
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  Speaker 1: from your Hope Cancer Wellness Center. Our cancer comfort center
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  Speaker 1: across northern Illinois visits with us every other month to
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  Speaker 1: give us news and information and to give us the news. Today,
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  Speaker 1: as our executive director of the Hope Cancer Wellness Center,
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  Speaker 1: she is live with us at the microphones, and it's
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  Speaker 1: always a pleasure to have Joan Pide on board with us.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, ma'am, Good morning Steave. It's nice to have
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  Speaker 1: you with us. Thank you for joining us. Joan is
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  Speaker 1: here to I guess get us started into the summer
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  Speaker 1: of twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, here we are nice and hot.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, I don't know where the you know,
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  Speaker 1: spring has gone, but we're about ready to unfold summer
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  Speaker 1: now across our Northern Illinois area and along with that
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  Speaker 1: some news and information. Is it a lighter time during
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  Speaker 1: the summer than other periods, Joan, or times?
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  Speaker 2: Actually, we try to you know, get because of the
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  Speaker 2: nicer weather, fingers crossed and things. We like to add
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  Speaker 2: some things that so I wouldn't necessarily say that it
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  Speaker 2: does get lighter. We really focus on trying to incorporate
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  Speaker 2: things that go with the season. So we've got lots
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  Speaker 2: going on, and besides all of our regular programs and services,
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  Speaker 2: we've got some fun things coming up and some educational
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  Speaker 2: programs as well. Of course, So I'd like to share
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  Speaker 2: with everyone that on July second, mark your calendar, we
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  Speaker 2: are going to be working with Jade Ulrich. She is
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  Speaker 2: a dietitian from OSF Saint Catherine, and she's going to
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  Speaker 2: be presenting on the needs the dietary needs of for
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  Speaker 2: cancer patients. You know, what foods can bring on energy, strength,
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  Speaker 2: that kind of thing, and then also help to them
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  Speaker 2: to understand, you know, maybe some other choice is that
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  Speaker 2: they can make to help with the supplementation if they're
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  Speaker 2: you know, experiencing nausea and those types of side effects
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  Speaker 2: from their treatments and things. So Jade will be presenting
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  Speaker 2: on July second, that's at five o'clock, Stephen. We are
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  Speaker 2: going to be at the Towns Square classroom on the
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  Speaker 2: I believe it's the second floor, so we'd like everyone
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  Speaker 2: to if you're going through your cancer journey and you've
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  Speaker 2: been experienced some dietary challenges, please come. Jade will be
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  Speaker 2: there with a wealth of information for you to help
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  Speaker 2: make it a little easier for you.
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  Speaker 1: Do we need to preregister?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, please, because we want to make sure that we
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  Speaker 2: have the space, which I'm sure we do. They have
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  Speaker 2: lots of space over there in that classroom, so but
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  Speaker 2: they should definitely call the center at eight one five
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  Speaker 2: two eight eight four six seven three to register for
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  Speaker 2: that July second per five o'clock at town Square.
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  Speaker 1: Pre register again as soon as possible. That's coming your way.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm telling you, the way that the year has gone,
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  Speaker 1: it's no surprise that this will be coming upon us
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  Speaker 1: very shortly. It's just after the start of July. July
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  Speaker 1: second again at town Square. It's a dietary program given
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  Speaker 1: by OSF Saint Catherine. And again call the Hope Cancer
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  Speaker 1: Wellness Center and make your pre registration plans at eight
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  Speaker 1: one five two eight eight four six seven three. What
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  Speaker 1: else you got, don so on?
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  Speaker 2: Because of the nice weather, Steve, we've incorporated walking for
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  Speaker 2: Wellness and that takes place. We're doing some different time
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  Speaker 2: slots Steve, and we're splitting up the beautiful parks that
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  Speaker 2: we have in our area. So on this first and
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  Speaker 2: third Wednesdays we have walking. The first Wednesday of the
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  Speaker 2: month is at Sinnessippi and that is at eleven am.
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  Speaker 2: We meet back by where the pavilion is where the
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  Speaker 2: sledding hill back there, So that's where we meet at
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  Speaker 2: the pavilion and that's at eleven am. This is not
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  Speaker 2: an aerobic walk. This is just a nice, easy paced
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  Speaker 2: walk and for chatting and getting to know each other.
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  Speaker 2: So we don't necessarily require that you RSVP for that,
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  Speaker 2: but just b note that if the weather is bad,
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  Speaker 2: those are automatically then canceled. It's all weather dependent. And
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  Speaker 2: then on the sixteenth we will be at Lowell Park
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  Speaker 2: and that's an evening walk at five pm and they
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  Speaker 2: meet right there at the front entrance there by the
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  Speaker 2: Nature Center building. And so we'd like everybody to join us.
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  Speaker 2: We've got beautiful parks in our area and it's just
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  Speaker 2: nice to get out and enjoy mother Nature, the sounds
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  Speaker 2: and than the companionships.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, and as Joan mentioned, it is not any kind
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  Speaker 1: of aerobic fitness walk. It's more just of a comfort walk.
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  Speaker 1: That's what walk. Yes, exactly, I like that just to
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  Speaker 1: get just to get comfortable and just to you know,
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  Speaker 1: stretch your legs. It's good especially for those that maybe
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  Speaker 1: you know needed uh you know to get out and
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  Speaker 1: uh and do just that, you know, stretch, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just get gathered together and stroll again through these areas
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi and Lowell Parks again spotlighted with the Walking for
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  Speaker 1: Wellness program through the Hope Cancer Wellness Center. And again
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  Speaker 1: if you need information, you can call Hope Cancer Wellness
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  Speaker 1: at eight one, five two, eight eight four sixty seven three.
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  Speaker 1: The executive director of Hope Cancer Wellness is live with
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  Speaker 1: us on the talk line this morning. Joe Pidilla joins
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  Speaker 1: us in the Wednesday spotlight. What else do we have
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  Speaker 1: coming up?
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  Speaker 2: So for our we like to have events that are
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  Speaker 2: more just gathering. We are putting together a Memory Bracelets
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  Speaker 2: event and that is on July twenty third at five pm.
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  Speaker 2: This is going to incorporate some mindfulness meditation, but then
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  Speaker 2: a time to share stories of our own lives, but
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  Speaker 2: then our loved ones and then create a memory bracelet
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  Speaker 2: that you can take to your loved one or to
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  Speaker 2: give to a family member. So just a nice social
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  Speaker 2: time to get together. And so we do want you
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  Speaker 2: to reserve your space because that is limited. So if
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  Speaker 2: you could please call, or you can email. Our emails
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  Speaker 2: are on our website at Home of Hope Online dot org,
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  Speaker 2: or you can call the center at eight one, five two, eight,
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  Speaker 2: eight four, six seven three. All of our programs STEVE
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  Speaker 2: are open to not just cancer patients of course, but
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  Speaker 2: they're caregivers and family.
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  Speaker 1: Members absolutely, absolutely anybody connected with cancer. Anybody please again
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  Speaker 1: take advantage of these free programs that Hope Cancer Wellness
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  Speaker 1: offers throughout the year. It's not just during this period,
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  Speaker 1: of course, Joan spotlights period by period for us here
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  Speaker 1: at w ANKXON, but there are so many programs that
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  Speaker 1: you can take advantage of throughout the entire year that
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  Speaker 1: are free of charge and are geared once again towards those, yes,
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  Speaker 1: directly affected by cancer, but as Joan just pointed out, caregivers,
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  Speaker 1: family members again, any connection that you have, you're invited
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  Speaker 1: to partake. And again the Hope Cancer Wellness that fills
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  Speaker 1: the calendar, and this one is a really neat one.
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  Speaker 1: Again the date on that Joe that.
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  Speaker 2: Is on the memory braceis is July twenty third at
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  Speaker 2: five pm. All of our information the newsletter goes out
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  Speaker 2: through emails, but is also on our website as well.
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  Speaker 1: And Joll mentioned the website address, so please, you know,
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  Speaker 1: go to that website address. It's a Homo Hope online
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  Speaker 1: dot org. Yeah, and again I'll call if you and
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  Speaker 1: you can subscribe to the the newsletter. You'll be happy
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  Speaker 1: to send them all with.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, definitely, if they want to see what's happening every month,
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  Speaker 2: they just need there's actually a form on our website
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  Speaker 2: that they can fill out to say I want to
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  Speaker 2: be on your newsletter, and so then they will get
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  Speaker 2: that and if they want it mailed, we can mail
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  Speaker 2: it too, but email, of course is a lot easier
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  Speaker 2: and more friendly to our environment.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, we turn our attention now from the
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  Speaker 1: special programs that are on the calendar to some more
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  Speaker 1: regularly scheduled programs that we want to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: everybody knows about it. And we always kind of make
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  Speaker 1: a reminder of these regularly scheduled programs through Hope Cancer
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  Speaker 1: Wellness and these are offered pretty much on them on
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  Speaker 1: a monthly basis.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, so every month we really focus on our
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  Speaker 2: support piece of our mission as well as our wellness piece.
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  Speaker 2: And the support piece is that we have our support
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  Speaker 2: group facing the challenge. It's on the third Tuesday of
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  Speaker 2: the month, so we just had that last evening at
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  Speaker 2: four pm. Individual support sessions can always be made with
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  Speaker 2: our client services Kayla. She's available at any time. But
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  Speaker 2: if you do need just an individual appointment, you do
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  Speaker 2: need to schedule that and you can do that easily
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  Speaker 2: by calling the office and we'll get that time scheduled
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  Speaker 2: for you. We also offer our wellness pieces of you know,
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  Speaker 2: to help relieve the anxiety, just get pampered a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: but those are our yoga so we have that on
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  Speaker 2: the first and third Tuesdays of every month at five pm.
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  Speaker 2: That is drop in Steve, so they do not need
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  Speaker 2: to reserve their time. We have plenty of mats and chairs.
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  Speaker 2: Brandon Lumsey is our yoga instructor. He's fabulous and we'll
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  Speaker 2: take you from beginners to all the way to those
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  Speaker 2: that are advanced. You know, he really is great at
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  Speaker 2: really connecting with you and getting you on the level
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  Speaker 2: of yoga stretches and things like that that are good
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  Speaker 2: for you. Okay, so we're very happy to have Brandon
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  Speaker 2: with us. And then we also offer our massage therapy
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  Speaker 2: that's Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Those are by appointment of course,
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  Speaker 2: as well as our reiki sessions are on toes two
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  Speaker 2: thursdays a month that we have that available, and of
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  Speaker 2: course we've also added and expanded acupuncture to be included
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  Speaker 2: in that, so we have acupuncture a couple times a
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  Speaker 2: month as well, and so we're very happy to be
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  Speaker 2: able to offer all these wonderful programs free of charge,
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  Speaker 2: and they really do help ease that anxiety, reduce those stresses,
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  Speaker 2: and just help the patient.
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  Speaker 1: That's the goal. That's the mission of the Hope Cancer
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  Speaker 1: Wellness Center to ease the pain, to relieve the anxiety.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of build obviously a lot of build
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  Speaker 1: up when it comes again to those that once again
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  Speaker 1: are directly involved with cancer, but again those that need
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  Speaker 1: the care and assistance the whole cancer winness centered Wait,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you'd be amiss not to take advantage of
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  Speaker 1: the free offerings that they give you, and especially on
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  Speaker 1: a monthly basis, as John mentioned, with yoga, massage, the
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  Speaker 1: rest again just on a routine basis that you can
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  Speaker 1: kind of get regularly routined into, you know, and really
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  Speaker 1: make the journey less stressful.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's our goal.
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  Speaker 1: That's exactly what the goal is. And along with that
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  Speaker 1: goal of making it less stressful, they offer the education,
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  Speaker 1: the information. They've got so much to offer, especially in
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  Speaker 1: these special programs that Joan spotlights each and every time
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  Speaker 1: she's with us. There's always special programming come up through
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  Speaker 1: the Hope Cancer Wellness Center. They like to again maybe
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  Speaker 1: get off the beaten track, so to speak, of the
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  Speaker 1: regular routine and into special programs you know that they
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  Speaker 1: offer for those and those are the ones that really
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  Speaker 1: need your callback to the Hope Cancer Wellness Center for registration,
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  Speaker 1: and so we offer those and again they're free of charge,
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  Speaker 1: nothing costs you a thing. When Joan talks about all
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  Speaker 1: of the great stuff going on at the Hope Cancer
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  Speaker 1: Wellness Center, as we move into June July, our next
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  Speaker 1: report probably won't be until August, I mean anything down
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  Speaker 1: the line.
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  Speaker 2: Joan, you know, we've got a lot of fun stuff
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  Speaker 2: coming up, of course, but we look to Birdie's for boobies.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be hosting their golf tournament in September, so we'll
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  Speaker 2: talking about that, will be present there to not only
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  Speaker 2: thank their wonderful team, but to thank the golfers and
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  Speaker 2: to bring awareness of our organization. You know, that's what's
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  Speaker 2: so key is that we are small, Steve, and we
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  Speaker 2: really rely on our community members to share our story,
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  Speaker 2: to share our mission, so that when that diagnosis comes through,
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  Speaker 2: that our community says, hey, you know what, there's a
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  Speaker 2: wonderful resource right here in our Sock Valley area, and
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  Speaker 2: please give them a call. And so please, word of
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  Speaker 2: mouth is awesome. Please share absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Hope Cancer Wellness Center the physical office is located between
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  Speaker 1: Dixon and Sterling on Route Too at Plock Road. It's
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  Speaker 1: right next to Sinissippi Center, so the cancer treatment center
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  Speaker 1: in that area. That's where home of Hope's physical office
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  Speaker 1: is located. But of course they get the message and
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  Speaker 1: the education out to all of Underwill and Illinois area.
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  Speaker 1: So give them a call goo online and be a
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  Speaker 1: part of their mission as they move through the year.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll keep you updated right here on wi accent.
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  Speaker 1: Pleasure having you on.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you so much, David means the world to us.
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  Speaker 1: JOm Pedee, our executive director of the Hope Cancer wellness Center,
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  Speaker 1: our guest on the talk line today, Let's go to
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  Speaker 1: press at eight and thirty with Tim Lee.
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  Speaker 2: Don't You