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Bandana Therapy March 27

Posted by karen on Saturday, July 4, 2009, In : ideas 

Bandana Therapy was an  idea that came to me as a solution to distract cancer  patients while in their chemotherapy treatment. With the help of Ada Baron from Kibbutz Dalia, we organized the bandana materials and paints for patients to use as the chemo did its job. The activity was a great success and continued to run  for several weeks.

 I would come straight from my own Radiation Therapy, for my lymphoma,  camera in hand, and get a thrill at seeing the splashes of color, swatches of materi...


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Giving Back: The Beginning December 2005

Posted by karen on Saturday, July 4, 2009, In : ideas 
I had made it through treatment!   What gift could we bring to Rambam to show our gratitude? Something to make another patient smile, was what I had in mind. Motty built a mobile magazine library unit for the Outpatient Clinic, and we collected hundreds of magazines of all types and in several languages from whoever was willing to give them. The unexpected wonderful thing that occurred, is that patients and families also began contributing to the library, bring in magazines and keeping the li...
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