Bridgeport Hospital Announces Upcoming Sessions

Newtown residents are invited to participate in any of the following information or support activities offered by Bridgeport Hospital:

Better Breathing Club — The Better Breathing Club will meet 1:30 pm April 28 in Bridgeport Hospital’s first-floor duPont Board Room. The club provides educational and emotional support for people with chronic respiratory conditions.

Cancer Support — Living with Cancer, an educational support group for cancer patients and their families, will meet 5 to 6:30 pm April 10 and 24 in the Norma F. Pfriem Cancer Center at Bridgeport Hospital.

Look Good...Feel Better — Look Good...Feel Better, the American Cancer Society program that helps women with cancer improve their appearance and self-image through hands-on beauty techniques, will be offered 5 to 6:30 pm April 11 in the first-floor Operations Conference Room at Bridgeport Hospital. Parking and admission are free, and light refreshments will be served.

Ostomy Support — The United Ostomy Chapter of Greater Bridgeport will meet 2 pm April 16 at Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, 40 Lindeman Drive, Trumbull. Meetings, which include an educational session and business meeting, are open to all area residents who have had any type of ostomy operation, including a colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy.

Smoking Cessation Classes — Bridgeport Hospital will offer QuitSmart stop-smoking classes from 6 to 7:30 pm May 16 and May 30, June 5 and 12 in the hospital’s first-floor Operations Conference Room, 267 Grant Street. Tuition of $75 covers all four classes and the QuitSmart stop-smoking kit.

For information or to register for any of these sessions, call toll-free 888-357-2396.