This quote from the New England Journal of Medicine, says it best:
"At present, the care of cancer survivors is often an afterthought, tends to be fragmentary, and is not well integrated into the mainstream of cancer care. Also, the best models for providing survivor care remain undefined."
To read the article in its entirety, follow this link.
In October 2012, a dream was realized for two dynamic ovarian cancer survivors: Anne Tonachel and Robin Bray. Their dream was to provide a restorative retreat for other ovarian cancer survivors in the northeast. When the amazing Kennedy family of Camp Kieve and The Kennedy Learning Center provided the retreat space (in honor of a family member with ovarian cancer), this restorative retreat was born.
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