Resources & Support
Our Cancer Care team offers holistic support for patients, connecting them with resources across North Mississippi Health Services and beyond. We wrap support around patients and families during their cancer journeys. Our team includes social workers and registered dietitians. We host monthly support groups and annual Camp Bluebird.
Patient Guide
Our goal is to help you through this process with the information you need to understand your personal plan of care. The Cancer Care Patient Guide contains resources and information regarding common cancer treatments, procedures and symptom management.
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Social Work
Throughout their cancer journey, our social workers help patients who need assistance with transportation, financial burdens, emotional issues or other problems related to cancer treatment. They can offer assistance with:
- Wigs and head coverings
- NMMC Cancer Care Food pantry
- Referrals to local resources
- Counseling
Contact:
- NMMC Hematology Oncology-Tupelo: (662) 377-4631
- NMMC Radiation Oncology & Cancer Care Starkville: (662) 377-2269
Cancer Care Patient Fund
Overseen by the Health Care Foundation of North Mississippi, this fund assists patients in need and their families with the support they need to continue treatment. Assistance can include pain and anti-nausea medications, nutritional supplements, transportation and other necessities. See your oncology social worker for more information.
Nutrition Counseling
Cancer and cancer treatments may affect the way food tastes and smells. They can affect appetite and the way the body absorbs nutrients. Our registered dietitians help to support weight maintenance, address weight loss and ease nutrition-related side effects caused by cancer treatment. They can offer assistance with:
- Nutritional supplements
- Side effect discomforts related to food
- Nutrition deficits and weight loss
- Recipes to increase calorie and protein intake when needed
- Tube feeding introduction for PEG tubes including administration options
- Personalized regimen for PEG tube nutrition
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Survivorship
From the day you are diagnosed with cancer, you are considered survivors. NMMC Cancer Care offers opportunities for patients and their families to build their capacity for the life-long cancer survivorship journey.
Camp Bluebird
Held annually, Camp Bluebird offers a day of entertainment, arts and fellowship for adult cancer survivors, including those newly diagnosed, in treatment or in remission. The 2024 camp will be Sept. 28 at Tombigbee State Park near Plantersville.
- Register Aug. 19-Sept. 13 by calling (662) 377-4631
- Cost: Free
Cancer Journey Support Group
Free to cancer survivors and their caregivers, the support group is led by oncology social workers. These groups allow cancer patients the opportunity to share common experiences, problems and solutions. They also provide an avenue for patients to talk confidentially with others who are coping with and surviving cancer.
- In Tupelo, the support group meets 2-3:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month in the NMMC Hematology Oncology Break Room.
- Call (662) 377-4631 or (662) 377-2269 for more information.
COPE Library
The Cancer Online Patient Education (COPE) library allows access to updated, accurate information at NMMC Cancer Care locations.
