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BEAUFORT MEMORIAL
SEPTEMBER 2016
You’re Invited to
The Paula Williams Memorial
Cancer Support Group
Tuesday, September 27th at Noon
at the Keyserling Cancer Center
JC Codding, the Beaufort Memorial Outpatient
Breast Cancer Clinical Counselor and Social
Worker, will discuss emotional eating during or
after cancer treatment, including healthy juicing
and smoothies. And, Roxanne Davis-Cote, Jessica
Hausfeld and Chef Mike, with our Food Services
Department, will demonstrate the joy of
smoothies. Of course there will be some tastetesting so you will not want to miss this fun,
informative meeting! Lunch will be provided.
PAULA WILLIAMS MEMORIAL
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
NEWS YOU CAN USE
Financial Coping
We all know finances can be a major concern while
coping with a cancer diagnosis. Let BMH Cancer
Support Services assist you in navigating local and
national resources that can leave you to focus on
your treatment. For more information, contact
Jennifer Massey, LMSW, ACHO-Social Worker at 843522-7328.
Freedom From Smoking
LifeFit Wellness Services located at the Beaufort
Memorial Medical and Administrative Center (BMAC)
at Beaufort Memorial offers the American Lung
Association’s Freedom from Smoking program.
Participants examine their unique patterns of
smoking, learn how to handle triggers and urges, and
receive training on stress management techniques.
Should you have a need or a question, please
contact Jennifer “JC” Codding at 843-522-5874; or
by email at [email protected].
We look forward to seeing YOU!
Make sure to register by Monday, September 19. For
more information, call 843-522-5570.
DID YOU KNOW? Beaufort Memorial offers
free nutritional counseling, smoking cessation
resources, and a free exercise program that
includes classes like yoga. Call 843‐522‐5570 or
843-522-5635 for more information.
Beaufort Memorial | 989 Ribaut Road Suite 305 | Beaufort, SC 29902 | Confidential Phone 843-522-5874
SEPTEMBER 2016
Group Workshops
The Look Good Feel Better group workshop is a 2hour, hands-on workshop which includes:
The American Cancer Society
Look Good Feel Better Program
Helping Cancer Patients
The Look Good Feel Better program was founded and
developed in 1989 by the Personal Care Products
Council (at the time called the Cosmetic, Toiletry and
Fragrance Association, or CTFA), a charitable
organization supported by the cosmetic industry, in
cooperation with the American Cancer Society (ACS)
and the Professional Beauty Association (or PBA), a
national organization that represents hairstylists, wig
experts, estheticians, makeup artists, and other
professionals in the cosmetic industry.
All cosmetology volunteers who are part of the
program attend a 4-hour certification class to become
a Look Good Feel Better volunteer. Beaufort
Memorial is proud to partner with the American
Cancer Society in offering certification classes and
Look Good Feel Better Workshops in our local area.
Look Good Feel Better is free, non-medical, and salon
and product neutral. Volunteers and program
participants do not promote any cosmetic product
line or manufacturer. All cosmetics used in the group
program have been donated.
Group workshops
The Look Good Feel Better group workshop is a 2hour, hands-on workshop which includes:
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A detailed description and demonstration of the 12step skin care and makeup program
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Instruction on options relating to hair loss, including
wigs (types/care), turbans, and scarves, nail care
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Helpful suggestions on clothing and ways to use
flattering colors and shapes, as well as ways to
camouflage areas of concern during cancer treatment.
Each patient participating in a group workshop
receives a free kit of cosmetics, donated by the
cosmetic industry, to use as tools to learn techniques
during the program and take home. A group program
typically includes 6 to 10 patients and several
volunteer licensed beauty professionals who conduct
the workshop.
Look Good...Feel Better®
Workshops at Beaufort Memorial
Women who are currently undergoing chemotherapy,
radiation, or other forms of treatment for any cancer
diagnosis are invited to attend the Beaufort Memorial
FREE American Cancer Society Look Good...Feel
Better® workshop offered on select Mondays from 1‐3
p.m. at the Keyserling Cancer Center. For more
information or to pre-register and receive a free
makeup kit, be sure to talk with JC Codding.
The next workshop will Monday, September 19th.
Pre-registration is required.
SEPTEMBER 2016
Be sure to
GET ENOUGH SLEEP
Words of encouragement from Amy Luce Hane, RN, CBCN
Breast Nurse Navigator
Pain — and some pain-related medications — can
interfere with sleep. You might find it difficult to fall
asleep, or you may wake up during the night. On the
opposite end of the spectrum, some pain medications
can cause fatigue and make you want to sleep the day
away. Yet getting a proper amount of sleep is
important because sleep helps you cope with your pain
by boosting your energy levels and your mood.
BE LIFEFIT!
A life lived well is something to be celebrated. This
September connect with the Beaufort community and your
health through these fun and healthful Lowcountry events.
Saturdays, September 3, 10, 17 & 24
Downtown Beaufort Farmer’s Market
How can you sleep better, in spite of your pain? Take
these actions:
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Be strategic about medications. Talk to your health
care professional about timing if you are taking
medications. Take a medication that causes drowsiness
at night before bed. And if your medications include
stimulants, which can keep you awake, take those
earlier in the day.
Practice relaxation. Sit quietly, read, write in a journal
or listen to soothing music as you prepare for sleep.
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Sleep on a schedule. Routine sleeping hours can help
you sleep. Go to bed and wake up at about the same
time each day.
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Don't try to force sleep. If you wake up and can't go
back to sleep, try reading, writing in a journal or
watching TV until you feel sleepy.
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Watch what you eat and drink. Heavy meals and fluids
before bed might keep you up, or make you wake up in
the middle of the night. Caffeine, alcohol and nicotine
can also interfere with sleep.
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Set yourself up for success. Practice good sleep
hygiene: Close curtains and your bedroom door, use
comfortable bedding, keep the room temperature cool
and put your clock somewhere you can't see it.
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Plan ahead. Be physically active during the day to help
you sleep more soundly at night. Avoid naps or limit
them to 30 minutes during the day.
Join us every week in September at Henry C. Chambers
Waterfront Park Pavilion and visit Area Farmers & Growers,
Live Entertainment, Prepared Foods made with local
ingredients.
Saturday, September 25
Beaufort Library - Annual Waterfront Book Sale
Stimulate your brain with a great book. You’ll find
thousands to choose from at this fundraising event to
support Beaufort County Library System’s programming
and materials.
Be sure to “LIKE” us on Facebook!
Beaufort Memorial | 989 Ribaut Road Suite 305| Beaufort, SC 29902 | Confidential Phone 843-522-5874
What is emotional eating?
Emotional eating is the tendency of its sufferers to respond to
From “JC” Codding
stress by eating, even when not hungry, often high-calorie or
high-carbohydrate foods that have minimal nutritional value. The
Understanding Emotional Eating
Most people admit that when they're under stress, healthy
foods that emotional eaters crave are often referred to as comfort
foods, like ice cream, cookies, chocolate, chips, French fries, and
eating habits can be difficult to maintain. Whether eating to
pizza. About 40% of people tend to eat more when stressed,
fill an emotional need or grabbing fast food simply because
while about 40% eat less and 20% experience no change in the
there's no time to prepare something healthy, a stressed-out
amount of food they eat when exposed to stress.
lifestyle is rarely a healthy one.
While emotional eating can be a symptom of what mental-health
professionals call atypical depression, many people who do not
have clinical depression or any other mental-health issue engage
in this behavior in response to momentary or chronic stress. This
behavior is highly common and is significant since it can
interfere with maintaining a healthy diet and contribute to
Emotional eating facts
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Emotional eating is responding to stress by eating high-
obesity.
Is it possible to prevent emotional eating?
carbohydrate, high-calorie foods with low nutritional
value.
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difference between emotional eating and binge eating.
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Like most emotional symptoms, emotional eating is
single cause.
Research also shows that thinking about the future rather than
There are a number of potential warning signs for
staying focused on satisfying an immediate urge tends to prevent
emotional eating.
emotional eating. Other tips to prevent emotional eating
Health professionals assess emotional eating by screening
behaviors include engaging in meditation, exercise, and other
constructive stress prevention and stress-management techniques.
Overcoming emotional eating involves teaching the
eating habits, recognize their triggers for engaging in this
behavior, and develop other more appropriate ways to
JC’s Special Tip: Make food an EXPERIENCE. When you take
time to make smoothies, do juicing, try new recipes, listen to
prevent and alleviate stress.
music, cook with others and elongate the preparation phase of the
When untreated, emotional overeating can cause obesity,
food, it will help to decrease the use of food to satisfy the
problems with weight loss, and even lead to food
emotions while instead using the experience to satisfy.
addiction.
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emotions, and by using food as sustenance rather than a way to
solve problems (eating to live rather than living to eat).
individual healthier ways to view food and develop better
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stress, using constructive ways to understand and manage
thought to result from a number of factors rather than a
for physical and mental-health issues.
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The prevention of emotional eating primarily involves reducing
The quantity of food that is consumed is the primary
Reducing stress, using food as sustenance rather than as a
way to solve problems, and using constructive ways to
handle emotions can help to prevent emotional eating.