Support Group
PLTC currently sponsors many different peer support groups for cancer survivors, their family members and friends. There is no fee for attending support Groups.
Below you will find a listing of our current groups. Please look through the list and decide which of our groups you would like to visit. Once you have decided on a group for yourself or your loved ones, call the office for a referral to that group. At that time, you will be given all the information you need about the support group you have chosen. Factors such as time of the meeting, distance from your home, transportation, age, degree of emotional need, presence of persons with similar diagnoses and desired cultural perspectives can all be considered.
We encourage you to visit your chosen group(s) a few times to determine whether it will suit your needs. If the first group does not meet your needs, you may request a referral to another one of our support groups. The groups all have different personalities, determined by the individual members, each with a slightly different focus on the cancer experience.
If PLTC’s groups are not suitable, you may be referred to one of the other cancer support groups meeting in Albuquerque.
Our support groups are peer support groups. They are led by trained and compassionate facilitators who volunteer their time. Our facilitators have had some personal experience with cancer, have attended over 24 hours of specialized training, and want to contribute their time, energy and love to a community of people experiencing cancer in their lives.
More than 35 different support groups provide a safe, non-judgmental fellowship to share feelings and to obtain and provide information and emotional support through reassurance, encouragement and hope. We have groups for survivors, family members and friends; groups for men, women, breast cancer survivors, ovarian cancer survivors and those with various other diagnoses.
What is Survivorship?
- We define a cancer survivor as anyone who has received a diagnosis of cancer.
- Survivorship acknowledges the potential for quality living after a cancer diagnosis and encompasses all those touched by cancer, including survivors, their families, friends, work associates and health-care providers.
Confidentiality in Support Groups
- Everything said and heard in the group will be treated with respect for the group members’ privacy.
- Silence is acceptable. No one needs to say anything she/he does not wish to say. The group is supportive rather than judgmental.
- The group offers respect for individual choices and experiences.
- The group is not used to promote any product or any one approach to healing.
PLTC SUPPORT GROUPS - ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA
Pleas Call PLTC to attend one of the groups listed below or for more information (242-3263):
Albuquerque Brain Tumor Support Group
First Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm
Breast Cancer Survivors
Alternate Wednesdays, 5:00 – 6:30 pm.
Casa Esperanza, PLTC Cancer Support Group
Survivors and caregivers mixed diagnoses meet concurrently
Second and fourth Thursdays of the month, 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Northeast Heights Women’s
First and third Thursdays of the month, 7:00 – 8:30 pm.
Ovarian Open Arms
Third Saturday of the month, 10:00 – 11:30 am.
Rio Rancho/Westside
First Tuesday of the month, 1:30 – 3:00 pm.
Mixed - survivors and family, all diagnoses.
Sandia Breast Cancer Group
First and Third Tuesday, 12 noon – 1:00 pm.
Taylor Ranch/Westside
Mixed – survivors and family, all diagnoses.
Second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, 10:00 – 11:30 am.
Thursday Men’s Group -- People Living Through Cancer
Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.
Survivors all diagnoses.
Thursday Womens Caregiver Group-- People Living Through Cancer
Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.
Tuesday Womens Caregiver Group-- People Living Through Cancer
Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.
Tuesday Men’s Group -- People Living Through Cancer
Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.
Survivors all diagnoses.
UNM / PLTC Groups
Second and fourth Mondays of the month, 5:30 – 7:30 pm.
Mixed survivors and families, all diagnoses.
Valley Women’s
Mixed – survivors and family, all diagnoses.
Alternate Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
N Tramway Cancer Support Group
Mixed – survivors and family, all diagnoses.
Second Tuesday of the month, 5:30-6:30 pm.
East Mountain Cancer Support Group
Mixed – survivors and family, all diagnoses.
First and third Sunday of the month, 6:30 pm.
Bereavement Support Group
Limited to 10 Adults who have experienced a significant death.
6 consecutive Monday's 6:30 - 8:00 pm.
4 times a year
Young Women Affected By Breast Cancer
Women under 45 diagnosed with breast cancer
2nd and 4th Wednesday 6:30-8:00 pm
Kirtland Cancer Support Group
Mixed survivors/caregivers all diagnoses
Military personnel and their families
1st Monday of the month 6-7pm.
PLTC SUPPORT GROUPS - OUTSIDE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA
Please call People Living Through Cancer for referrel to group at 888-441-4439 toll free
Los Lunas North Valencia County
Mixed – survivors and family, all diagnoses.
Third Tuesday 6:30 - 8:00 pm.
Belen South Valencia County
Mixed – survivors and family, all diagnoses.
First and third Thursdays of the month, 7:00 – 8:30 pm.
Carlsbad New Hope Cancer Survivor and Caregiver Group (Affiliate)
Mixed Diagnoses
Every Other Friday 3pm-4pm
Clovis Sister Strength
(women) Mixed Diagnoses
First Thursday of the month, 7:00-8:30 pm.
Deming Women's Cancer Support Group
Suvivors mixed diagnoses
2nd Wednesday of the month 5:30pm
Affiliate Group
Deming Caregivers Support Group
3rd Thursday of the month evening hours
Men and Women Affiliate Group
Hobbs - Cancer Support Group
Mixed Diagnoses survivor and caregivers
Fourth Saturday 10:30 - 11:30am
Laguna Group
Second Tuesday of the month 5:30PM.
Las Cruces Cancer Survivors Support Group
Mixed Diagnoses
Second Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Las Vegas Group
Mixed Diagnoses - Survivors and Caregivers
First Tuesday of the month 6pm-7:30pm.
Mescalero/Ruidoso People Living Through Cancer
Mixed Survivors and caregivers all diagnoses
First Monday of the Month: NOON (lunch provided).
Roswell Women Living Through Cancer
Survivor & Caregivers
Mixed Diagnosis
Third Tuesday 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Roswell Men Living Through Cancer
Survivors and Caregivers all diagnoses
Third Tuesday 6:00 - 7:30PM
Santa Clara Pueblo
Awareness Support Group
Noon on Friday - Once a month
Santa Fe Women's Survivors Cancer Support Group
First, Second, and Third Tuesday's of each month
4-5:30pm
Shiprock Cancer Support Group
Mixed diagnoses, survivors and caregivers
Fourth Thursday of the month, 5 pm dinner served
Silver City Prostate Cancer Support Group
Third Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm
Silver City Cancer Caregivers Support Group
Third Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm
Springer Cancer Survivors Support Group
Mixed Diagnoses
Second Thursday of the month
6PM-7:30PM