The Wellness Community

The Wellness Community and the Lance Armstrong Foundation are partnering together to help cancer survivors make the transition from active treatment to post-treatment care.  According to a 2007 Institute of Medicine report, 10.5 million cancer survivors in the U.S. face a heavy physical and psychological burden as they transition from cancer patient to survivor.  Live Well! Life Beyond Cancer builds upon TWC's popular Return to Wellness program, which was created to meet the emotional and physical needs of post-treatment breast cancer survivors.

In March 2007 TWC and the LAF piloted Live Well! to nearly 100 survivors, both male and female with various cancer diagnoses,  at TWC-Foothills in Pasadena, CA, TWC- Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, TWC- Greater St. Louis, TWC- Philadelphia, and TWC- Southwest Florida in Sarasota, FL.  Results from the first five pilot sites showed that participants experienced positive changes after the six week intervention period.
Live Well! Life Beyond Cancer will be offered in 10 cities across the United States in 2008.  There is no charge to workshop participants, who will meet for two and one-half hours once a week for six weeks.  The program will be held at:

• TWC-Delaware
  4810 Lancaster Pike
  Wilmington, DE
  302.995.2850
  Monday, January 21st
  Time TBD

• TWC- San Francisco/East Bay
  3276 McNutt Avenue
  Walnut Creek, CA
  925.933.0107
  Tuesday, January 22nd
  6-8:30pm

• TWC-Delmarva
  1506 S. Salisbury Blvd
  Salisbury, MD
  410.546.1200
  Wednesday, February 13th
  Time TBD

• TWC-Central Indiana
  8465 Keystone Crossing, #145
  Indianapolis, IN
  317.257.1505
  April
  Time TBD

• TWC-South Bay Cities
  109 W. Torrance Blvd., #100
  Redondo Beach, CA
  310.376.3550
  Saturday, January 12th
  10am-12:30pm

• TWC- East Tennessee
  702 Lindsay Place
  Knoxville, TN
  865.546.4661
  Saturday, February 2nd
  10am-12:30pm
  Will be held on the 4th Floor Conference Center of University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

• TWC- Central New Jersey
  3 Crossroads Drive
  Bedminster, NJ
  908.658.5400
  Monday, January 28th
  5:30-8:00pm

• TWC- Valley Ventura
  530 Hampshire Road
  Westlake Village, CA
  805.379.4777
  Monday, January 14th
  6-8:30pm

• TWC- Greater Miami
  8609 South Dixie Highway
  Miami, FL
  305.668.5900
  Thursday, January 17th
  6-8:30pm (no session February 14th)
  

• TWC- Central Arizona
  360 E. Palm Lane
  Phoenix, AZ
  602.712.1006
  Thursday, February 14th
  1-3:30pm

Expert panelists at the six sessions such as physicians, nutritionists and fitness experts will discuss various topics including:

• Exercise after treatment
• Specialized nutrition for people after cancer treatment
• The need for continued emotional and social support
• Medical effects of cancer treatment and long-term medical management.