ProfessionalFree🇿🇦
Northside Debt Advice, Kimberley
A small team supporting organ transplant and heart conditions. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
Chronic pain support in South Africa
For people whose pain does not go away, and the life that has to fit around it. Talk with people in South Africa who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the South Africa circle: Weekly check-in ·
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Help for chronic pain in South Africa
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Soft Light Sleep Kits, East
Run by people who have been through chronic illness and long covid themselves.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
ProfessionalLow cost🇿🇦
Karabo Therapy Practice
Run by people who have been through living with cancer and long covid themselves.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
Professional🇿🇦
Mandla Counselling
We help people with organ transplant and caring for someone with cancer, in person in Bloemfontein and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
ProfessionalFree🇿🇦
Open Door Psychotherapy, Gqeberha
Run by people who have been through long covid and heart conditions themselves.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
ProfessionalFree🇿🇦
Simba Therapy Practice, Pietermaritzburg
A small team supporting living with cancer and caring for someone with cancer. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
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The Pietermaritzburg Men's Shed, Pietermaritzburg
Practical help for people dealing with caring for someone with cancer and organ transplant, plus a weekly drop-in.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
From people who came through it
“A note for the next person. I was where you are nearly four years ago. It was the side effects of the nerve tablets and I couldn't see past it. I've started painting again. You get yourself back in pieces. Praying for you.”
Retired postman S 47 · been through chronic pain“When doctors say the scans are normal and you still hurt, it's easy to doubt yourself. Don't. Pain is real even when it doesn't show up on a screen. Find one person who believes you, and hold onto the good weeks. I still have bad ones, but I've learned to plan around them. You will too. And if you can, get a buddy. Someone who gets it without you having to explain.”
Bright Bus · been through chronic pain“I am not going to tell you everything happens for a reason. It doesn't. But you can get through it. I did, and I am not especially strong. Heat pad, podcasts and low expectations got me through the worst flares.”
olumidebus1974 · been through chronic pain“This time last year I was exactly where you are. Back then it was fibromyalgia flare after a busy weekend. These days I mostly feel like me. You get yourself back in pieces.”
Lakshmi D · been through chronic pain