Living Well with Your Symptoms
Living Well with Your Symptoms is a 6-week programme designed to explore specific symptoms and develop strategies to help you manage living with them.
‘It was really helpful to meet others who have similar conditions and symptoms as me, but at different stages. We helped support each other.’
Our aim is to provide you with the tools and guidance you need to feel empowered to live as well as possible for as long as possible.
The sessions will be held at the Turner Centre, at St. Michael’s Hospice. These will be formatted in a group setting.
– Thursday mornings: 10:30am – 12:00pm
It is encouraged that you attend each session, to enable you to have the best understanding and support, however it is not essential.
You will be contacted by a member of the St. Michael’s Hospice Therapy team prior to attending the programme, this is to answer any questions or concerns you may have.
The programme is detailed below:
Week 1 – Fatigue Management
Week 2 – Anxiety, Stress and Sleep Management
Week 3 – Breathlessness Management
Week 4 – Medical Management of Breathlessness
Week 5 – Exercise with breathlessness and wellbeing assessment
‘I found all the sessions really informative and helpful, especially the medical management of breathlessness and understanding why I take the medications that I do’.