| By Rustom SeegopaulCancer patient Zandra Bryden, 65, has received assistance in the form of an air ticket from the Periwinkle Cancer Club to travel to Trinidad and Tobago where she will receive further treatment. Bryden was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999 in the United States, where she received treatment. After the symptoms had subsided,China NFL Jerseys, she travelled back to Guyana in 2002.By 2006,cheap nfl jerseys discount, the symptoms had resurfaced and she travelled to Trinidad and Tobago, via the assistance of the Seventh Day Adventist Church,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, where she received treatment at a community hospital. Subsequently she returned to Guyana, and continued her treatment at the clinic at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).Some time after, her doctor at the GPHC advised her that she required a certain type of drug for her condition that was not available in Guyana. The drug would apparently help prevent the cancer from spreading rapidly to other parts of her body. After some research was done, it was discovered that the drug was available in Trinidad and Tobago.Bryden explained that she is a widow and that she has limited income. Due to this,NFL Sport, finding the money for the airfare to Trinidad and Tobago would prove difficult for her. At this point in time, the Periwinkle Cancer Club, of which Bryden is a member,Cheap Jerseys China, stepped in and offered to help her by providing the air ticket for her to get to Trinidad and Tobago.According to Bryden, her family will be providing the money for her to stay in Trinidad and Tobago while she undergoes treatment at the St James Medical Complex.The Periwinkle Cancer Club has been in existence since 2006,NFL Jerseys Cheap, and its aim is to educate people about cancer, living with it, and how to cope with its symptoms. Member of the Periwinkle Committee, Bridget Callender, explained that of the 60 registered members of the committee, 40 have been diagnosed with cancer.The Periwinkle Cancer Club members help one another by teaching each other to do things. At the same time, they provide companionship to one another. They are actively involved in fund raising activities, from which they use the proceeds to run tests for mammograms for all of their members.Two of their members, who are cancer survivors, have benefited from having blood tests, which the club paid for.The club also works with doctors at the GPHC by providing a free counselling service for cancer patients. This counselling service deals with the type of diet which cancer patients need to adopt in order for them to live healthier lives. |
