The Prostate Cancer Institute provides regular support to the St George Prostate Support Group. The Group meets on a bi-monthly basis on Friday afternoons at St George Leagues Club. The venue was kindly donated by the club. The group provides honest and accurate information from highly qualified and entertaining speakers. Partners are also welcomed and encouraged to attend.

Meetings alternate between more formal education, discussion sessions and less formal, social gatherings. A range of helpful resources is available through the group. It gives members the opportunity to link up with some "buddies" who may have trod a similar path. Partners will also benefit from talking to other partners.

Meeting dates for 2008 are as follows:
Venue: Prince Edward Room 1,
St George Leagues Club,
Princes Highway Kogarah NSW 2217
Time:    1.30pm to 3.30pm
August 15th                    Erectile Dysfunction                    Dr William Lynch (Urologist)
October 17th                   Osteoporosis                              Dr Terry Diamond (Endocrinologist)
December 12th               To be advised

For further information about the group our contacts are as follows:
St George Hospital Continence Service: 9113 3278 ask for Margaret, Jeannette, Hayley, Anthea or Rhonda or Prostate Cancer CNC Pauline Thomson 9113 3421
The Prostate Cancer Institute also has a Psycho Social Oncology Team consisting of social workers, clinical psychologists and a psychiatrist to further support our patients and their families. To link into these services please consult your doctor or nursing staff at the Institute.

If you are unable to attend these meetings, you can search for support groups in more convenient locations around Australia through Lions Australia and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. Alternatively, you can visit the online support group at You Are Not Alone Now or the Cancer Council of NSW have telephone support groups, online support groups, living well after cancer programs and well as the cancer connect program which links people together who have a similar type of cancer.

Additional Information

Finding Information About Cancer On The Internet

Coping With A Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

Life after cancer and issues about survivorship

Woody's Story: Fighting Prostate Cancer

Other helpful sites Beyond Blue