Clear Lake Regional Medical Center

Cancer Resource Library

Cancer Resource Center Offers Much More Than Hope

Call 936-525-3917 for more information on the programs and services.

What’s available?

Inside the volunteer-run Cancer Resource Center, cancer patients, cancer survivors and family members of loved ones touched by the disease can find a variety of benefits.

There is a comprehensive library of reference materials dealing with all aspects of cancer; brochures and pamphlets that provide factual information about various types of cancer and what patients can expect as they go through treatment, videos maybe checked out providing more of a visual aid for patients to learn about their illness and treatment, and of course there are books. Located in the library are reference books, medical journals as well as autobiographical books written by celebrities and public figures that have also fought the battle against cancer which gives patients a more personal view on what to expect when fighting this disease. All of these resources are available at no charge for patients to check out, peruse through and take home.

The center provides wigs styled by professional beauticians and hats at no charge for those who may lose their hair during the course of their treatments. Make-up kits are provided and volunteers are there to help patients with make-overs - all at no charge - as a way to help them through the process.

The Cancer Resource Center also provides help with prosthetics for breast cancer patients, support pillows made by volunteers and local churches are given to patients to use during recovery from surgery.

Equally important facets of the resource center’s outreach are the various support groups that affiliate with the center. As an affiliate of the American Cancer Society, the center provides forums for survivors' support groups. While the hospital has two basic cancer support groups on site, our patients do have access to the more than 40 various support groups that are part of the American Cancer Society.

Staffing the library are volunteers, some who have had family members undergo cancer treatment; some who have lost family members to cancer; and some who are cancer survivors themselves. These men and women are here to be helpful, provide information, insight and guidance and sometimes even lend a supportive shoulder.

How the Donna McVeigh Cancer Resource Center began:

In February 1999, after an evening dinner date with her husband and while on the road home with her husband following, longtime Conroe businesswoman Donna McVeigh was killed by a drunk driver who slammed into her car head-on.

A strong community activist and supporter of annual charity events, McVeigh was nearly equally well known as a founder of the county's Cattle Baron Ball benefiting the American Cancer Society.

And, even though McVeigh is no longer here, the spirit of her commitment in easing the suffering of others continues at Conroe Regional Medical Center where one of the nation’s largest cancer resource centers was named in her honor shortly after she died.