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Breast Cancer Survivors Find Comfort Fly-Fishing

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(2 Jun 2017) Each spring, more than a dozen women in different stages of treatment for and recovery from breast cancer participate in a free weekend fly-fishing retreat in Vermont that offers than more than tips on angling.
This year's retreat held last month in the resort community of Stowe covered the basics of fly-fishing while offering the women support, counseling, medical information and relaxation.
Sue Cappucci, of Boscawen, New Hampshire, called it "amazing." She says she enjoyed the fishing but also valued the time together with women of different ages and experiences to share their stories and offer support.
The Casting for Recovery program was founded in Manchester, Vermont, in 1996 by a breast cancer surgeon and a female fly-fishing guide with the theory that the gentle motion of fly casting would be physically therapeutic for women who have had surgery or radiation.
Being in nature, on a river, in a beautiful setting with birds singing, also can be healing, said Sheila Reid, the program director for Casting for Recovery Vermont and New Hampshire.


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