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a.m. each Tuesday and is 
open to all women, not just 
those receiving treatment at 
Karmanos.
“I’
ve met some wonderful 
people,” she said about the 
group. “It’
s hard to find peo-
ple who will just sit and lis-
ten to you. The members are 
very warm and empathetic.”
Kathleen Hardy, LMSW, 
oncology social worker at 
Karmanos, leads the day-
time Women’
s Wellness 
Group, among other support 
groups at Weisberg.
“The daytime Women’
s 
Wellness Group is a group 
of amazing women,” she 
said. “Some have had 
chronic cancers and been 
in treatment for up to 13 
or 14 years. They may have 
cancer, but cancer doesn’
t 
have them. They face their 
fears, support one another 
and thrive. They inspire 
each other and focus on 
living their lives as fully as 
possible.”
Bialock describes Hardy’
s 
leadership and support as 
“truly amazing.” She also 
takes part in Karmanos’
 
complementary therapies 
including art classes and 
has recently begun learning 
about Mindfulness-Based 
Stress Reduction (MBSR) 
with Dr. Ruth Lerman at 
Adat Shalom, through a 
Karmanos referral. 
She also mentioned that 
she’
s developed a deep trust 
with Dr. Winer.
“Dr. Winer was a reassur-
ing presence,” she said. “He’
s 
brilliant and he’
s a good 
doctor. I have complete 
confidence in his treatment 
plans.”
Living with a chronic 
cancer that could return, 
Bialock gives this advice to 
others with cancer:
“Communication is real-
ly important when you’
re 
sick,” she said. “I do my own 
research. I want to know 

everything and I ask a lot of 
questions. I can’
t be intim-
idated by a white coat. My 
life is at stake.”
She said her cancer diag-
nosis has been the most 
difficult period of life she’
s 
been through. But she lives 
each day to the fullest and 
leans on her support system, 
which includes her 96-year-
old mother, Sadie, her 
daughter, Sarah, her sister, 
Linda, and, brother, David, 
cousin Ann and Rabbi 
Dovid Polter of Jewish 
Senior Life, as well as a very 
select group of friends, as 
she describes them. Bialock 
also says that her internal 
medicine doctor, William 
Sulaka, M.D., of Infinity 
Primary Care in West 
Bloomfield, has provided 
her ongoing support.
“I’
ve always been an opti-
mistic person,” she said. “I’
m 
sad a lot. Having a cancer 
like this, it’
s learning how to 
be spiritual. 
“My advice is to 
acknowledge the cancer. 
Acknowledge that you may 
have to live your life differ-
ently. You must get out there 
and be active. You need to 
find little things that make 
you happy.”

In addition to the daytime 
Women’
s Wellness Group, 
Karmanos’
 Farmington Hills 
location also holds an eve-
ning women’
s group, a men’
s 
group, a spouse’
s group, a 
family group and a young adult 
group. Karmanos’
 support groups 
are supported by the Lawrence 
and Idell Weisberg Cancer Patient 
Fund. If you are interested in par-
ticipating in one of these groups, 
contact Kathleen Hardy at (248) 
538-4712 or hardyk@karmanos.
org. For more information on 
cancer services or other support 
groups, call 1-800-KARMANOS 
(1-800-527-6266) or visit 
karmanos.org.

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