{"id":921,"date":"2019-03-31T02:34:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T02:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/?p=921"},"modified":"2019-03-31T02:34:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T02:34:30","slug":"support-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/?p=921","title":{"rendered":"Support Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Itzhak Brook, MD, MSc, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine has written recently about his experiences in joining a laryngectomee support group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalhealthamerica.net\/blog\/overcoming-depression-after-laryngectomy-personal-experience-physician\" target=\"_blank\">Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the article he states:<em> Helping others and making a difference helps me cope with my own handicap and overcome the hardships I face.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His experiences in many ways mirror my own.\u00a0 After my surgery I eventually returned to work having coped well in my rehabilitation. A few years later, after taking early retirement I finally attended a support group meeting. Like Professor Brook, I gained so much and have continued to benefit from sharing experiences with so many others around the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Itzhak Brook, MD, MSc, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine has written recently about his experiences in joining a laryngectomee support group. Article At the end of the article he states: Helping others and making a difference helps me cope with my own handicap and overcome the hardships I face. His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/?p=921\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Support Groups<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}