FoneFriends

You are warmly invited to contact Ovacome FoneFriends. We offer a nationwide telephone network aiming to provide support to women and their families who are affected by ovarian cancer.

Frontline FoneFriends

• Have had ovarian cancer, so they can listen to your fears, questions and concerns empathetically
• Can share common experiences with you
• Can contact the Fone Friend who co-ordinates the area you live in
• Can give you the names of other useful organisations
• Can answer some basic questions about ovarian cancer and treatments based on their personal experience but NOT give medical advice

Your FoneFriends Area Co-ordinator

• Can put you in touch with one or more women with ovarian cancer in your area. These are women who want to take your call and are called FoneFriends. Some groups of FoneFriends create their own small support networks.
• Can link you with a Fone Friend if you have specific questions or concerns eg someone who has had the same chemotherapy, symptoms etc...
• Can try to link family members eg husband, sister, mother
• Some arrange open house meetings or get-togethers
• All area co-ordinators have had personal experience of ovarian cancer - either themselves or a relative, and will listen to your concerns empathetically

Talking through a concern can be comforting and therapeutic. Great inspiration and hope can come from women who have survived their treatment and are well

We appreciate telephone calls can be costly - Area Co-ordinators will call you back if asked.