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Support groups help people by putting them in contact with people who are coping with similiar issues, creating a powerful base for experience and knowledge sharing.  As a public service of FoxCare, a listing of area support groups follows:

Medical Support Groups
(listed alphabetically)

Group Name Notes Contact
AIDS Regional Case Manager Maureen Hennessy-Berman
607-432-6654
AIDS-Southern Tier Aids Program Information on AIDS education, support services, and free anonymous HIV testing 1-800-333-0892 or
607-432-6654
AIDS-Catskill Rural AIDS Services (CRAS) Women's drop in discussion group, First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta 607-436-9554
AIDS/HIV Positive Support Group Every Tuesday at Bassett Healthcare Immunology Clinic for 11 a.m. - 12 noon. Allan Schramm
607-547-3767
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (AMI) of Otsego County Meets first and third Weds of each month at 6:30 p.m., Merchants Exchange Bldg., 2 Dietz St., Oneonta. For family of friends of people who suffer from psychiatric illness. Ginnah 607-431-9735
Beth 607-432-8824
Kip 607-263-5162
Arthritis Support Group FoxCare Center on scheduled Thursdays Sara Lukose
607-432-1253
Asthma Support Group

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1st Tuesday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Fox Hospital Robin Ammerman
607-746-8614
Autism Support Group-Delaware Otsego Autistic Spectrum Support Group Information and support for parents, caregivers, educators, individuals, and families with an interest in Austistic Spectrum of Disorders. Janine or Louise
607-432-0001
Brain Injury Association Cooperstown support group meets 2nd Tuesday of every month in 2nd floor classroom of Bassett Healthcare old clinic building. Debra Wolff 607-547-6912
Krystyna Warchola 607-264-3923
Breast Cancer - After Breast Cancer 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. on the 2nd Thursday of every month, First Congegrational Church in Greene. Marlene Sherwood
607-656-4282
Breast Cancer- "Early Support" Visit/phone call from a cancer survivor American Cancer Society
1-800-835-1747
Breast Feeding Support Group Opportunities for Otsego, 3 West Broadway, Oneonta Tina or Norma 607-433-8074 or 607-433-8075
Cancer "Woman to Woman"

 

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Support and Educational group sponsored by Bassett Healthcare and the American Cancer Society for women with cancer. 7p.m. Bassett Clinic, 1st floor conference room. American Cancer Society
800-835-1747
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Support Group 607-432-8182
Diabetes Support Group Last Thursday of each month from 7:00 - 8:30 at Fox Hospital Bev Henrikson
607-433-0352
Diabetes Support Group 2nd Weds. at Delaware Valley Hospital, Walton 607-865-2159
Dialysis Support Group St. James Church Steve Baldwin
607-547-3456, pager 842
Epilepsy Society of Southern New York, Inc. Case management, counseling, crisis intervention, education, employment counseling, job coaching, job development and placement, neurological referrals, advocacy and support groups. Kathy Sas
Case Manager
24 Prospect Ave.
Binghamton NY 13901
607-722-6822
Hepatitis B and C Support group for people with chronic Hepatitis B and C, FoxCare Center Ste. 300 Deb., 607-263-5112
"I Can Cope" Classes for Cancer Patients

 

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Education classes providing cancer information, facts, and encouragement and practical hints for patients, families, and friends daily with daily challenges of living with cancer. American Cancer Society
800-835-1747
Infertility Support Group FoxCare Women's Wellness Center Betty Hilson
607-431-5185
Interstital Cystitis Last Monday of each month at the Foxcare Center, Suite 300. Rita Brown
607-432-7701
Peggy Coager
607-538-9149
Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, Otsego County Meets the 1st Wednesday of every month at 10:30 a.m., Elm Park Methodist Church, Chestnut St., Oneonta NY Phyllis Koepke
607-988-6691
Dolores Kilts
607-286-7727
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Upstate New York Chapter http://www.nmss.org 315-422-1447
800-733-5385
800-FIGHT-MS
Ostomy Support Group Alternates between Fox Hospital and Chenango Memoral Hospital. Educational consults available. Arlene Peabody
607-432-3045
Overeaters Anonymous For those with eating disorders. O'Connor Hospital, Delhi
914-676-3763
607-746-2067
1,2,3,4, Parents! Interactive Sessions to teach parents the fundamental attitudes and skills necessary for parents of young children. Lisa Depperman
607-431-5105
Parents of Twins, Triplets, and More Parenting skills and support group focusing on the unique challenges involved in raising twins and triplets. Beth Beaudet
607-433-1792
Prostate Cancer "Early Support" For a visit or phone call from a cancer survivor. American Cancer Society
800-835-1745
Prostate Cancer "Man to Man Support Group" 3rd Tuesday of each month, 1:30=3:30 p.m. at the Hannah Lee House, corner of Fernleigh & Mill Streets, Cooperstown Ed Shultis
607-432-6774
Transplant Support Group 607-432-6250