New Private Facebook Discussion Groups
The Life Raft Group is launching two new private Facebook Support Groups for patients and their caregivers. These two groups are designed to provide a safe forum to discuss specific concerns in a closed [...]
The Life Raft Group is launching two new private Facebook Support Groups for patients and their caregivers. These two groups are designed to provide a safe forum to discuss specific concerns in a closed [...]
Our feature story is about a couple, Ira & Kay Stolzer, who have supported each other throughout their 41-year marriage and a GIST journey.
Angel Selena Rodriguez was living what she considered a very normal life. She was studying medicine, playing violin in an orchestra, and enjoying painting and drawing, and university in Venezuela.
The Life Raft Group is committed to ensuring your GIST journey is as manageable as possible. We want to ensure that we expand our resources in order to help patients stay on their treatment longer by helping them to manage their side effects.
Hope is an important resource during difficulty times. Mary Garland, Director of Communications for the LRG, shares her observations on hope.
The Chicago Area GIST Patients Support Group made history this year! This group has been meeting the longest of any LRG support group - continuously since 2002.
Wendi Lax is our wonderful state leader for Maryland. She is currently residing in Maryland, where she is helping the Life Raft Group create unity among the local patients and caregivers. For many years, [...]
At its heart, the Life Raft Group is a love story. In this video, Norman Scherzer shares two love stories, and asks us all to continue to keep the spirit of love alive [...]
The Life Raft Group completed the 2016 GIST Day of Learning series in St. Louis on October 8, 2016 at Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis. A huge thank you goes out [...]
Patient support and education is a vital part of the LRG’s mission. In 2015, we expanded our reach with four GIST Days of Learning (GDOLs) held in San Diego and Orange County, California, Chicago [...]