Support and Financial Resource Guide
About This Guide
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance has found an overwhelming need for financial assistance and support during and after treatment for colorectal cancer. In response, the Alliance created this guide to help ease the burden of finding financial resources and additional support. The Alliance updates this guide with new information on a regular basis.
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African Americans and Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in black men and women. African Americans are also diagnosed with CRC and young-onset CRC more often than members of other communities in the US. Colorectal cancer can be prevented through screening and is treatable when caught early. Generally, African Americans are at higher risk for cancer than other racial or ethnic groups in the US. More than one in three will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
CRC Patient Support and Community Action Brochure
After a diagnosis, it's common for patients and caregivers to feel alone with their questions and concerns. The Alliance believes no one should face this disease alone. The Patient Support and Community Action Brochure provides patients and their families with free support resources and, when they're ready, opportunities to make an impact against colorectal cancer.
Preparing For Your Doctor's Visit When Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer
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BlueHQ is your all-inclusive colorectal cancer support hub with personalized resources, tools, and communities. Powered by the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, BlueHQ helps you navigate treatment and survivorship, connect with people who understand, and find the right information. BlueHQ is support magnified.
Essential viewing
Are you newly diagnosed and looking for information? Our Colorectal Cancer Resource Guide helps patients navigate through a new diagnosis and tells you what to expect physically and emotionally. Hear from other patients, doctors, survivors, nurses and social workers to get the information you need to know.
Chapter 1: Just Diagnosed
Defines colorectal cancer and talks about what to expect after a cancer diagnosis. This chapter also will provide a guide on how to utilize the internet, how family history and Lynch Syndrome affects your loved ones.
Facebook Live: What You Need To Know When Newly Diagnosed
Did you recently find out you or a loved one has colorectal cancer? Watch the Colorectal Cancer Alliance’s Stephanie Rouse and the Cancer Support Community’s Danelle Johnston talk about the top ten things you should know about colorectal cancer diagnosis, treatment, communicating with your healthcare team, and much more.
Chapter 2: Becoming your own Advocate
Discusses building your healthcare team, ensuring you and your healthcare team communicate effectively, asking questions and keeping a journal of what the doctors say, bringing someone to your doctor’s appoint and reaching out to others.
Chapter 3: Treatments
Talks about treatment options, the four stages of colorectal cancer and the treatment for each, as well as clinical trials.
Chapter 4: Managing Side Effects and Recurrence
Explains how to manage side effects after surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, coping after surgery, and pain management.
Chapter 5: Quality of Life and The Caregiver
Discusses the emotional impact on you and your loved ones, as well as the effect on your children and your spiritual life. Also touches on how to handle relationships and the impact cancer will have on your sex life. Lastly, this chapter reinforces how both the patient and caregiver need to take care of themselves.
Chapter 6: The Other Side of Cancer and Inspirational Messages
Addresses the pragmatic topics of how to manage your career and finances and the importance of reaching out to colorectal cancer organizations. Finally, chapter six provides inspirational messages from others with a direct connection to this disease.
In loving memory
These resources are in loving memory of Michael Paul and Erica Gough Paul. Thank you to Lucky Dog Films, Fogo Motion and everyone who made these videos possible.
Find a screening facility or surgeon
Find federally-funded or low-cost screening resources
Other resources
National Women’s Law Center
Toolkit to Getting the Coverage You Deserve: What to Do If You Are Charged a Co-Pay or Deductible for a Preventive Service
WebMD
Health Care Reform: Online Guide to Health Insurance and the Affordably Care Act
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