A Little Easier Recovery’s mission is to empower breast cancer patients to regain their dignity and control, and lead a better quality of life throughout all phases of their cancer treatment and recovery through established patient centered educational programs. These essential programsaddress crucial unmet needs and teach how to hold onto normalcy, how to navigate through the physical and emotional maze of cancer, to do more, to be empowered, and to find the strength and power to fight an unfair fight.

• The educational Jacki Program includes an innovative patient-designed recovery garment with a educational brochure and DVD for the patient/nurse education process discussing how to best use the Jacki for post-treatment self-care, drain management, pain reduction, increased mobility, and independence while restoring dignity and control.

• The Organization System (OS) teaches patients how to be a better communicator and self-advocate for their care; it also helps the caregiver deal with a more organized patient and allows their loved ones to all be on the same page. The OS is instrumental in helping patients navigate through the onslaught of medical paperwork. This began as a one-on-one educational program delivered by the oncology staff, and has since evolved into a group meeting forum in which patients and loved ones participate in a educational support group setting. The OS is available in both English and Spanish.

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