Support Groups
Practical Help in Your Time of Need.
All Are Welcome!
Our Support Groups exist to provide support and practical help for many life issues that we can all face.
Bariatric Support Group
For those who have had gastric-bypass surgery and their families.
- Where: LMP Auditorium
- When: The first Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
- Contact: (803) 791-2828
Bereavement Support Group
For those who have lost a loved one.
- Where: Granby Room
- When: The first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
- Contact: (803) 791-2901
Better Breathers Club
Support group for persons with chronic lung disease.
- Where: Lower Level Classroom 1
- When: noon – 1:00 p.m.
- Contact: (803) 791-2621
Cancer Support Group
For any cancer patient of LMC. Varied topics, refreshments. Come as you are - hospital gowns welcomed!
- Where: Granby Room
- When: Every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.
- Contact: Chris Gibson at (803) 939-8774
Carolina Pumpers
For those with an Insulin Pump.
- Where: LMP Conference Room
- When: Meets every other month at 7:00 p.m.
- Contact: (803) 791-2318
Chapin Diabetes Support Group “Sugar Club”
For those with Diabetes and their families.
- Where: The Chapin United Methodist Church
- When: The fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
- Contact: Patricia Mayo at (803) 345-5327 or Fritz Hill at (803) 345-2706
Columbia Help
Support group for individuals dealing with Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV).
- Contact: (803) 781-5280
Columbia Parkinson Support Group
For Parkinson’s patients, caregivers, family members and others who are working in related fields or have an interest in Parkinson’s disease.
- Where: Lexington Medical Center Auditorium
- When: Third Sunday of every month, (except June) at 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Contact: Dottie Gantt at (803) 604-0061
Memorial Services
A service for the families of patients at LMC.
- Where: LMP Auditorium
- When: Each quarter. (Jan, April, July, October) at 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Contact: Pastoral Care at (803) 791-2901
Memories
For parents who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth or early newborn death.
- When: Meets the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
- Contact: (803) 791-2420
Sexual Trauma Services (STSM)
STSM is a private, non-profit, United Way member agency. STSM serves as a clinical, educational and outreach center for sexual abuse and trauma issues. We have a team of committed professionals and volunteers dedicated to the health and healing of the total victim through prevention, treatment, and advocacy. Services provided by the agency are free and confidential.
STSM maintains a 24 Hour Crisis Line: (803) 771-RAPE (7273)
Type 2 Diabetes Support Group
For those with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Where: Lower Level Classroom 4
- When: Meets the third Tuesday of every other month at 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Contact: (803) 791-2318
US Too
For all men who have been diagnosed with, treated for, or are concerned about prostate cancer. Wives are invited.
- Where: LMP Auditorium
- When: The first Wednesday of every month at 1:00 p.m.
- Contact: Allan Schurr at (803) 776-5834 or Roland Young at (803) 361-0057
We Have Cancer
A support group for family members of patients diagnosed with cancer. Free and open to the public.
- Where: 8th Floor, Conference Room
- When: Thursday afternoons, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
- Contact: Donna Peele at (803) 791-2033
Woman to Woman
Designed for newly diagnosed patients to have an opportunity to meet other women undergoing treatment.
- Where: Lexington Medical Park 1 – 2nd Floor
- When: The last Thursday of every month at 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: Kelly Jeffcoat at (803) 791-2521
