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CANCER SURVIVORS GET SPECIAL TREATMENTS AT SPAS
Spas around the country now offer free or discounted facials, massages, and manicures to cancer patients at day spas, proving that these havens for the hedonistic can also have a heart. A few notable examples are mentioned below. To find similar deals near you, try Googling "spa treatments cancer patients" along with your city or state.
Thousand Wave Spa for Women in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago’s luxurious Thousand Waves Spa for Women has made a real commitment to helping women with cancer ease the stress and anxiety of their diagnosis, treatment and recovery. The idea behind the program is that the fear and depression associated with cancer can be alleviated. The spa’s Stress Management Program for Women with Cancer offers former or current cancer patients 5 free visits to the spa facilities, as approved by the patient’s physician, and 5 free 1-hour massages or bio-energetic therapy treatments. The spa visits include unlimited access to the redwood sauna, eucalyptus steam bath, Jacuzzi and relaxation room. Participants are permitted to bring a female friend or relative for companionship and support. When demand is high for the program, preference in scheduling appointments is given to the newly diagnosed, those undergoing painful treatments and those hose in an advanced stage of the disease. Contact Thousand Waves at (773) 549-0700 or at http://thousandwavesspa.com/, and a staff member will be happy to elaborate on the offerings, answer all questions, and set up an appointment at which an intake form will be supplied.
Sunstone Cancer Support Centers in Tuscon, Arizona
Sunstone Cancer Support Centers, with five locations throughout Tucson, offer a wide range of integrative therapies for cancer patients and survivors. Services range from acupuncture and massage to reflexology and Reiki. All programs are available at little or no cost to participants, thanks to the generosity of community members who support Sunstone’s message of hope and healing, as well as the importance of the mind-body connection. The Centers also offer Day Programs for survivors, support groups and loved ones/nonprofessional caregivers. These mini retreats enable survivors to make connections within the community, as well as take a genuine respite from the otherwise everyday stress of treatment. Sunstone can be reached at (520) 749-1928 or http://sunstonehealing.org/index.htm.
Spa Gregorie in Newport, California
Greet the Day is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of people living with cancer through therapeutic oncology massage and education. Spa Gregorie’s in Newport, California, in conjunction with Greet the Day, offers complimentary spa day retreat programs for cancer patients and survivors, including a morning group meditation and relaxation session, either a facial or massage conducted by a certified oncology masseuse and lunch. Spa Gregorie’s can be reached at (949) 644-6672 or http://www.spagregories.com/, and Greet the Day, which offers additional services to the community, has a website at http://www.greettheday.com/.
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