SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
SUPPORT GROUP MEETING INVITATION
Please plan to join us at the next meeting of your local Acoustic Neuroma Support Group. We welcome you to learn about the latest treatment options, to network with other acoustic neuroma patients and find encouragement and support.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, January 24, 2019
5:30 - 7:30 PM
LOCATION:
UCSF - Mt. Zion Campus, Cancer Research Building
Lurie Conference Room - Room S173
2340 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
DIRECTIONS:
Visit https://www.ucsfhealth.org/maps_and_directions/mount_zion/
PARKING is available in the 1635 Divisadero Street garage. Call 415-444-5408 or visit http://www.1635divisaderogarage.com/dailyrate.html
TOPIC:
Ask the Doc: Acoustic Neuroma Decision Making
Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive Q&A and group discussion with our presenter. Please plan to join us and bring your acoustic neuroma related questions.
Presented by Aaron Tward, MD, PhD, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery;
Cochlear Implant Center, University of California, San Francisco
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO RSVP, PLEASE CONTACT:
Carol Most Walker, Support Group Leader/Facilitator
Phone: 415-889-3547 or E-mail: carol@wedrinktea.com
Tom Sattler, Support Group Co-Leader/Co-Facilitator
Phone 415-864-0764 or E-mail: tsattler@pacbell.net
The meeting will be facilitated by Carol Most Walker, a watch and wait acoustic neuroma patient and Tom Sattler, an acoustic neuroma post-treatment patient.
Sandwiches and refreshments will be provided.
Who should attend? Family members, caregivers, friends and interested persons are encouraged to attend.
Benefits of attending a local support group include communicating in a nurturing, non-judgmental environment with others who have shared a common acoustic neuroma experience; sharing information on dealing with specific problems, overcoming handicaps and reassuring others that better times lie ahead; educating and informing each other about the latest acoustic neuroma topics of interest; and providing emotional support to all patients, both pre- and post-treatment. This helps in reducing the isolation and loneliness that many acoustic neuroma patients feel.
Note: In no case does ANA endorse any commercial product, physician, surgeon, medical procedure, medical institution or its staff.