Every organization here was found and checked by a person. We accept no payment, referral fee, or sponsorship for inclusion — and never will.
This is not medical advice
These are contacts, not recommendations. Programs, eligibility, and hours change — confirm details directly, and talk to your care team.
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What the cost labels mean
Free
No cost to you. Grants, donated products, and free services from nonprofits. Most require proof of diagnosis, and many have income limits or waiting lists.
Insurance-Friendly
Routinely covered by Medicare and many private insurance plans with a prescription. The seller bills your insurer directly.
Possible Reimbursement
Coverage varies depending on your plan, your provider, or your point of purchase. Reimbursement may be available, but you will likely pay up front and file the claim yourself.
Self-Pay
Typically purchased out of pocket.
Call to Confirm
This company does not say on its website whether insurance applies. It may or may not — call and ask before you buy. We would rather tell you we don't know than guess.
Alliance for Fertility Preservation
Free
The place to start. They run Fertility Scout to find a clinic near you, keep a state-by-state map of what insurance must cover where you live, and maintain the full directory of programs that help pay.
Cost: Free to use. They do not sell anything.
Fertility Scout finds clinics near you
A state-by-state coverage map — the law is different in every state
The complete directory of financial assistance programs, including regional grants we do not list here
A nonprofit built around one question: how do you keep working, or get back to work, during and after treatment. Guides on what to tell an employer and when, plus resume help and career coaching.
Cost: Their own menu lists their publications as free. Their site would not load fully for us, so ask about the resume review and coaching when you write to them.
Guides on what to tell an employer, and when
Resume review service and career coaching
Free publications to download or order, in English and Spanish
Conferences, webinars and workshops on balancing work and cancer
They publish no general phone number — staff are listed individually — so email is the way in.
Checked 2026-07-09: their site loads its pages only in a browser, so we confirmed the free publications from their own menu but could not read the service pages to confirm the cost of each one.
Cancer Nation (formerly the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship)
Free
The oldest survivor-led cancer organization in the country — the people who coined the word "survivor". They work on the laws and rules that decide what your care looks like.
Cost: Free. A nonprofit.
Survivor-led since 1986
Advocates for survivorship care planning and for continued access to reconstruction surgery
Publishes plain statements on policy changes that affect survivors
AdvocacyBooks & educational materials
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This is an advocacy organization, not a helpline. They change policy; they do not take calls about your individual case.
They rebranded from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. The old name is still on a lot of resource lists.
Checked 2026-07-09: they publish no general phone number we could confirm, so email is the way in.
Free professional counseling from oncology social workers, plus financial help with transportation, child care and home care. One phone call gets you a real person.
Cost: Free. Funded by donations, first-come first-served.
Free counseling with oncology social workers
Help with transportation, child care and home care costs
Also runs a separate co-payment assistance foundation
Phone: 800-813-HOPE, Mon–Thu 10am–6pm ET
Serves all 50 states and Puerto Rico
CopaysTravelCounselingTherapists
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You must have a confirmed diagnosis, be in active treatment, and meet federal poverty guidelines.
Funding is first-come, first-served. If money has run out they will refer you elsewhere.
Over 250 free workout videos on YouTube, led by personal trainers certified in exercise oncology. Gentle yoga through to high-intensity intervals, available at 2am in your living room if that is when you can manage it.
Cost: Completely free. Nothing to sign up for.
More than 250 workout videos, free, on YouTube, 24 hours a day
Led by trainers certified specifically in exercise oncology
Ranges from gentle yoga to high-intensity intervals
No gym, no membership, no travel, no schedule
Phone: (877) 236-8820
Cancer exercise programsStrength trainingYogaFatigue recovery
Good to know (1)
Nobody is watching your form. If you are just out of surgery or have swelling, start with a physical therapist before working alone from a video.
Free weekend retreats for women in treatment or recovery from breast cancer, built around fly fishing, with oncology and counseling professionals present.
Cost: Free. The retreat costs you nothing.
Retreats are completely free to attend
60 retreats a year, serving over 800 women from all 50 states
Oncology and counseling professionals attend each retreat
One-to-one and group support, alongside the fishing
Phone: (888) 553-3500
Counseling
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Apply through the retreat locator on their site; each retreat has its own deadline, usually six to eight weeks ahead.
They describe the benefit as emotional support and connection rather than physical rehabilitation.
Free home cleaning while you are in treatment, through a network of 1,400 partner cleaning companies across all 50 states and Canada.
Cost: Completely free.
Free house cleaning for anyone in cancer treatment
All 50 states and Canada
1,400 partnered cleaning companies
Has served over 65,000 patients since 2006
Household bills
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Apply through their Patients page; availability depends on a partner company near you.
No public phone number; contact through their website form.
We could not read this company’s contact page from their own site, so we have not published a phone number or an email we could not confirm. Reach them through their website.
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EBeauty Community
Free
A national wig exchange. Women donate wigs they no longer need, and EBeauty gives them free to women in treatment.
Cost: Free. Donated wigs, given at no cost.
Wigs are completely free
Has served more than 100,000 women
Works with 90+ hospitals and cancer centers across 27 states
You can donate your wig onward when you are done with it
Wigs
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Request through the Request a Wig page on their site.
Their hospital partner network covers 27 states, so local pickup may not be available everywhere.
Find a Nutrition Expert (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
Free
The national directory of registered dietitians, run by their own professional body. You can search for one who specializes in cancer rather than taking whoever is nearest.
Cost: The search costs nothing. What the dietitian charges, and whether your plan covers it, is between you and them.
Search by specialty, so you can look specifically for cancer expertise
Run by the largest organization of nutrition professionals in the country
Every person listed is a credentialed dietitian, not a self-described nutritionist
Free to search
Nutrition counselingFind a dietitian
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This is a directory, not a service. It finds you a person; it does not treat you or bill anyone.
Matches you one-to-one with someone who has had your cancer, your age, your situation — a real person who has been where you are. Matches are made by hand, not by algorithm.
Cost: Completely free.
Free for patients, survivors, previvors and caregivers
One-to-one match with a Mentor Angel who has been through it
Matching done by people, considering age, cancer type and shared experience
Over 47,000 matches in 20 years
Spanish-language services available
Counseling
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Call 1-866-IMERMAN or request a mentor through their site.
Free, confidential, one-to-one guidance on changing how you work so that you can keep working — your hours, your workload, your equipment, working from home.
Cost: Free. It is paid for by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Free, expert and confidential — you do not have to give your name
One-to-one consultation by phone or live chat
An A-to-Z list of conditions matched to practical adjustments
Explains what the Americans with Disabilities Act requires of an employer
Fully funded by the U.S. Department of Labor
Workplace accommodationsFatigue managementLegal rights
A twelve-week program at your local YMCA, built for people rebuilding after cancer. Small groups, instructors trained in exercise and cancer, and you do not need a membership to join.
Cost: Free or low-cost at most YMCAs. You do not need to be a member.
Free or low-cost at most YMCAs — no membership required
Twelve weeks, two 75-minute sessions a week
Small groups of roughly 8 to 12 people, all rebuilding after cancer
Instructors trained specifically in cancer survivorship and exercise
Strength, endurance, cardio, flexibility and balance
More than 91,000 participants since 2007
Cancer exercise programsStrength trainingFatigue recovery
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You will usually need medical clearance from your doctor before starting.
Availability depends on whether your local YMCA runs the program — search their site first.
The largest program of its kind. They cover your fertility medication outright and cut at least a quarter off the cost of preserving eggs, sperm or embryos before treatment starts.
Cost: Free fertility medication, plus at least 25% off the procedure, for those who qualify.
Free stimulation medication through their partnership with EMD Serono
At least 25% off services at 150+ partner clinics and cryobanks
Has served 17,000 people and saved patients around $100 million
A national breast cancer nonprofit with a helpline, online support groups, and material organized by where you actually are — including the stretch after active treatment ends, which is the part nobody warns you about.
Cost: Free. A national nonprofit.
Breast Cancer Helpline: (855) 807-6386
Free online support groups and an online community called Flourish
Resources sorted by stage, including life after active treatment
Substantial material for living with metastatic breast cancer
National Cancer Institute — Cancer Information Service
Free
A trained person on the other end of the phone who will answer cancer questions — yours, or the ones you are asking on behalf of someone else. Free and confidential, and they have been doing it since 1975.
Cost: Free. It is a federal service.
Call 1-800-422-6237, Monday to Friday, 9am–9pm Eastern
Live chat and email as well as phone
Covers living and coping after treatment, not only diagnosis
A deep, plain-language library written by cancer clinicians. Its best feature builds you a personal survivorship care plan — what you were treated with, what to watch for, what to ask at every follow-up.
Cost: Free to read. Run out of the University of Pennsylvania.
Builds a personal survivorship care plan you can print and hand to a doctor
Written and reviewed by oncology clinicians at a teaching hospital
Sections on side effects, sexuality and fertility, nutrition, and coping
Also covers insurance, legal, employment and money worries
Available in Spanish
Books & educational materialsLong-term monitoringSurvivorship care plan
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It is a library, not a helpline. There is no phone number and no one to call.
Support built around the Jewish breast and ovarian cancer community — one-to-one counseling, peer matching, genetics conversations, and help for parents and caregivers.
Cost: Free.
Free individual counseling through their Link Program
Peer-to-peer matching with women who have been there
Conversations about genetics and inherited risk
Guidance for parenting through treatment, and for caregivers
Also offers financial assistance
CounselingTherapistsLiving expenses
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Built for the Jewish community, but their site does not say services are limited to Jewish women. Call and ask if you are unsure.
Grants to help young adults afford egg or sperm freezing before cancer treatment. Founded by Maggie Davis, who faced this herself after a breast cancer diagnosis at 24.
Cost: A grant toward the cost of freezing eggs or sperm. Nothing to pay back.
Grants specifically toward egg and sperm preservation
Founded in 2015 by a woman diagnosed with breast cancer at 24
Apply directly through their grants page
Email: mary@teammaggiesdream.org
Egg preservationFinancial assistance
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Grant amounts and eligibility rules are not published on their site — you have to apply to find out.
They do not say whether they serve the whole country. Ask.
Their old address, teammaggieforacure.org, now redirects here.
Grants that go toward what your insurance leaves behind — copays, and in some funds travel. You search for the fund that matches your diagnosis, then apply online or by phone.
Cost: Free. Grants that pay your out-of-pocket costs; you do not repay them.
Apply online at any hour, or by phone Monday to Friday, 8:30am–5:30pm Eastern
Search by diagnosis or by medication to find the right fund
A notification list tells you when a closed fund reopens
Help and application available in Spanish
Run by the Patient Advocate Foundation
CopaysGrantsTravel costs
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Funds open and close as money runs out. If yours is closed, sign up to be told when it reopens rather than assuming it is gone.
Formerly Co-Pay Relief; copays.org redirects here. The old name is still on many resource lists.
Checked 2026-07-09: they warn that claims are processing more slowly than usual because of high volume.
U.S. Department of Labor — Family and Medical Leave
Free
Where to find out whether you can take unpaid time off for treatment without losing your job, and have your job back when you return.
Cost: Free. It is a federal agency.
Free helpline that will tell you whether you qualify
Covers time off for your own treatment and for caring for a family member
Explains what your employer must do, and what it need not
Legal rightsTime off work
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Not everyone is covered. It depends on your employer’s size and how long you have worked there. The helpline will tell you which side of the line you fall on.
The federal agency that handles job discrimination. If an employer punishes you for having cancer, refuses a reasonable adjustment, or pushes you out, this is where a complaint is filed.
Cost: Free. It is a federal agency.
Free information line, staffed in many languages
Handles discrimination based on disability and on pregnancy
Explains how to file a complaint and what happens after
Offers mediation as well as investigation
Legal rightsWorkplace accommodations
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The deadlines to file are strict, and shorter than most people expect. Call the information line and ask what yours is before you do anything else.
Freezing is one bill; storing what you froze is a bill that arrives every year, indefinitely. This program discounts those storage fees for cancer patients. Named for Verna Hazelrigg, who died of breast cancer at 36.
Cost: Reduced long-term storage fees, not free storage.
Cuts the ongoing cost of storing eggs, embryos, sperm or ovarian tissue
Covers the piece other programs do not — the years afterward
Separate application forms for embryos and for eggs, sperm or tissue
Embryo storageFinancial assistance
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This is a discount, not free storage.
Eligibility rules are not published. You contact your ReproTech storage location directly.
No central phone number or email on the program page.
We could not read this company’s contact page from their own site, so we have not published a phone number or an email we could not confirm. Reach them through their website.
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Wellness House
Free
Free exercise, nutrition and stress-management classes, in person around Chicago and online. Open to anyone affected by cancer, including family and caregivers.
Cost: Free for everyone. Nothing to pay.
Everything is free, including the online programs
Exercise and nutrition classes, support groups, stress management
Open to family members and caregivers, not just patients
Spanish-language line: (630) 654-5529
YogaPilatesCancer exercise programsCounseling
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Headquartered near Chicago. Their site lists online programs but does not confirm those are open nationwide — call and ask before you count on it.
What to Ask Before a Hormone Clinic (ACOG guidance)
Free
Not a clinic — the professional guidance that tells you which hormone clinics to walk out of. Worth ten minutes before you hand anyone a credit card.
Cost: Free to read.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says FDA-approved hormone therapies are recommended over compounded 'bioidentical' preparations
They advise against pellets for testosterone: no safety data, and a pellet cannot be removed once implanted
Blood and saliva hormone level testing to dose compounded hormones is not recommended
Compounded preparations are not FDA-approved and are not tested for consistency
Certified menopause practitioners
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Written for clinicians, so the language is technical in places.
Many hormone clinics that advertise directly to women sell exactly what this document advises against. Ask whether what you are being offered is FDA-approved.
Find a Menopause Practitioner (The Menopause Society)
Insurance-Friendly
The directory of practitioners who passed The Menopause Society's certification exam. If you want someone who actually knows this material rather than someone selling something, start here.
Cost: The directory is free. These are ordinary medical practices — most take insurance like any doctor's visit.
Search by zip code or country
Certified practitioners hold the MSCP credential — they passed a competency exam
Certification lasts three years and must be renewed
Run by the professional society, not by anyone selling hormones
The national directory of physical therapists, run by their professional association. You can filter for oncology specialists — the people trained to rebuild strength and shoulder movement after breast surgery.
Cost: The directory is free. The therapy itself is usually billed to insurance, like any physical therapy.
Free public directory, run by the American Physical Therapy Association
Filter by oncology as a board specialty
Also filter for telehealth or home visits
Search by zip code or city
Oncology physical therapyPelvic floor therapy
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The association says plainly that it does not verify or endorse anyone's skills, and does not guarantee the listings are accurate.
Call the therapist and confirm they treat your specific situation before booking.
Post-mastectomy bras, breast forms and swimwear, made by the same family company for nearly fifty years. Certified fitters answer the phone, and they will file your Medicare claim for you.
Cost: If Medicare is your primary insurance, Jodee files the claim for you and gathers the paperwork from your doctor. Private plans you file yourself.
Bras, breast forms, and a full mastectomy swimwear line
Speak to a certified fitter on the phone at (800) 821-2767
They request the paperwork from your doctor and file your Medicare claim directly
Most bras fall between $30 and $50
Pocketed brasBreast formsMastectomy swimwear
Good to know (4)
A doctor has to prescribe the items before Medicare will reimburse anything.
They cannot file claims for Medicare Advantage plans — only for original Medicare as your primary insurance.
Medicare reimburses up to 80% of its own price list, and that list can be lower than the catalog price. You may owe more than 20%.
With private insurance, you pay Jodee and file the claim yourself.
An online-first service with certified mastectomy fitters available remotely — it verifies your benefits, bills insurance directly, and delivers to your door.
Cost: Verifies your coverage, bills insurance directly, and ships to your door.
Bills insurance directly; items ship to your home
Certified mastectomy fitters available online, not just in a store
Verifies coverage on your behalf before you order
Built for people who do not live near a boutique
Specialty fitting servicesPocketed brasBreast forms
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Says it accepts 'most health insurance plans' but names no specific carriers — confirm your plan before ordering.
Medicare status and prescription requirement are not stated on the site.
No phone number published; the Maryland address is by appointment only.
Finds pelvic floor physical therapists near you. This is probably the most under-used resource on this page — it is real, licensed medical care for pain during sex, and insurance covers it.
Cost: The directory is free. Pelvic floor physical therapy is billed to insurance like any other physical therapy.
Over 1,500 pelvic and abdominal health physical therapists
Free to search, by zip code, specialty, certification or language
Map, list and category views
Run by the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy
Pelvic floor therapyOncology physical therapy
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The Academy states plainly that it does not verify credentials, run background checks, or endorse any clinician on the list.
Listings are informational only. Call and ask about their experience with cancer patients.
The national directory of certified sex therapists and counselors. These are people professionally trained to talk about sex — not a general therapist who will be as uncomfortable as you are.
Cost: The directory is free. Therapists set their own fees; some take insurance, many do not.
Free public directory, searchable by state
Filter for therapists, counselors or educators
Certification requires specific training in sexuality, not just a counseling license
Some members specialize in sex after cancer treatment
Phone: (202) 449-1099
Sexual health counselingCouples counselingIntimacy counselingTherapists
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Ask directly whether a therapist has worked with cancer patients — certification covers sexuality broadly, not cancer specifically.
"American Breast Care does not sell direct to consumers." You must go through a fitter.
Whether insurance is billed depends entirely on the fitter you choose, not on this company.
No phone or email published on their site.
We could not read this company’s contact page from their own site, so we have not published a phone number or an email we could not confirm. Reach them through their website.
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Amoena
Possible Reimbursement
The dominant manufacturer of breast forms and pocketed bras. Buying direct from their site is self-pay; buying the identical product through one of their retailers can be billed to insurance.
Cost: No insurance on direct online orders — buy through a local Amoena retailer to have it billed.
The most widely carried breast-form and mastectomy-bra brand in the US
Store locator finds nearby fitters who WILL bill your insurance
Everything from post-surgery camisoles to breast forms and swim forms
Pocketed brasBreast formsSwim forms
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Buying straight from their website means no insurance — you pay in full.
Same product, different cost depending on where you buy it. The shop, not the brand, decides whether insurance gets billed.
Finds clinicians who practice sexual medicine — doctors and nurse practitioners who treat pain, dryness and loss of desire as medical problems, because they are.
Cost: The directory is free. Whether a given clinician takes your insurance varies — ask when you book.
Free provider finder from the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health
A long-established maker of compression sleeves, gloves and wraps, sold through a network of dealers who fit you properly and deal with your insurance.
Cost: You cannot buy from them directly — their locator finds a dealer near you, and the dealer handles insurance.
Compression sleeves, gloves, wraps, stockings and socks
Dealer locator across North America
Dealers fit you in person rather than guessing at sizing
Phone: (888) 255-1300
Compression sleevesGlovesNight garments
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They sell through dealers, not direct. Whether insurance is billed depends on the dealer you choose.
Their site does not specifically discuss swelling after breast cancer surgery, though their garments are used for it.
Gel-filled caps you cool and wear during chemotherapy to try to keep your hair. They travel with you rather than requiring a machine at your treatment center.
Cost: You pay them, then claim it back — they publish an insurance claim guide to help.
Used at 1,400+ hospitals including Yale, Mount Sinai and MD Anderson
They publish an insurance claim guide for reimbursement
Free consultation before you commit
Financial support options offered
Scalp cooling
Good to know (3)
Only a London phone number is listed; US patients contact them by email or callback request.
Pricing is not on the homepage — request the pricing and shipping page.
Scalp cooling has to start with your first chemotherapy session to work.
Find an exercise professional certified by the American College of Sports Medicine — including their cancer exercise specialty, developed with the American Cancer Society.
Cost: The directory is free. Personal trainers are paid out of pocket.
Run by the American College of Sports Medicine
They offer a cancer exercise specialty certificate, created with the American Cancer Society
Linked to a national registry of certified exercise professionals
Cancer exercise programsStrength training
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Their page does not confirm you can filter the directory specifically for the cancer specialty. Ask any trainer directly whether they hold it.
No phone number or email published for the directory.
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Biodermis (Epi-Derm)
Self-Pay
Silicone sheets and gels for surgical scars, made for plastic surgeons and sold direct. Silicone is the most established non-surgical scar treatment there is.
Cost: Bought out of pocket. Free shipping on all orders.
Silicone sheets, gels and wound care under the Epi-Derm name
Used by plastic surgeons worldwide
Publishes a clinical evidence page
Free shipping on all orders
Phone: (800) 322-3729, weekdays Pacific time
Scar care
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Silicone goes on fully closed incisions only. Ask your surgeon when you are cleared to start.
Personal lubricants and vaginal moisturizers formulated to match the body's own chemistry, rather than the sugary drugstore versions that can make dryness and irritation worse.
Cost: Bought out of pocket. Most products $9 to $17.
Lubricants and moisturizing vaginal gel
Formulated around vaginal pH and the natural microbiome
No hormone or libido claims anywhere on their site
Roughly $9 to $17; free US shipping over $40
LubricantsVaginal moisturizers
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They do not state outright that products are hormone-free, though nothing hormonal is claimed or listed. Read the ingredients if this matters to you.
No phone or email on the homepage.
A moisturizer is used regularly to keep tissue healthy. A lubricant is used during sex. They are not the same thing and you may want both.
The recovery shirt, with interior pockets that carry your surgical drains so they are not hanging off you. Invented by a woman who woke from her own double mastectomy and was handed a man’s dress shirt.
Cost: Out of pocket. Their site lists prices and never mentions insurance.
Recovery shirt with built-in pockets for surgical drains
Also sells drain holders, bras and recovery pillows
Designed by Cherie B. Mathews, a breast cancer survivor, and patented
You need it the day you are discharged, so order before surgery
Once the shirt has been worn it cannot be exchanged or refunded. That is deliberate — no one receives a shirt another patient has worn. Check the size chart carefully before ordering.
There is no phone number or email address on their site. Contact goes through a form.
Checked 2026-07-09: the shirt was $35, marked down from $54.99, with a drain holder included. Sale prices move.
Vaginal dilators, pelvic wands and kegel weights, designed by a pelvic floor physical therapist. Their dilators are among the most widely recommended by pelvic floor clinicians.
Cost: Bought out of pocket, but eligible for an HSA card. Free shipping over $44.
Founded and designed by Dr. Amanda Olson, a pelvic floor physical therapist
Dilators, pelvic wands, kegel weights and lubricants
Made for pelvic pain, vaginal dryness and tightness
HSA eligible; free US shipping over $44
DilatorsPelvic floor therapyLubricants
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This company also sells supplements, a hormone therapy program and a weight-loss drug program. We are pointing you at their dilators and pelvic wands, not those.
No phone or email published on the homepage.
Ask a pelvic floor therapist how to use a dilator before you start. Used wrong, they hurt.
A whole skincare line built for skin damaged by cancer treatment — chemo rash, radiation burns, the dryness nobody warns you about. Created in 2003 by a survivor working with oncologists and dermatologists.
Cost: Bought out of pocket. Most products $30–$49.
Built specifically for skin compromised by cancer treatment
Founded by cancer survivor Lindy Snider with oncologists and dermatologists
Addresses chemo rash and radiation burns, not just dry skin
Free US shipping over $50
Phone staffed weekdays 9–5 Eastern
Radiation skincare
Good to know (1)
Ask your radiation oncologist before applying anything on the day of a treatment session — timing matters.
Silicone sheets, gels and scar tape you can pick up at a pharmacy — the widely available option for softening and flattening raised surgical scars.
Cost: Bought out of pocket, at most drugstores.
Silicone sheets, gels and scar tape
Marketed specifically for surgical scars
Formulas for C-section scars and for children
Sold through pharmacies and retailers
Scar care
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No pricing or phone number on their site; they sell through retailers rather than direct.
Their own claim is 4–8 weeks for early change, with most results at 60–90 days. Silicone goes on fully closed incisions only.
Ask your surgeon when you are cleared to start.
We could not read this company’s contact page from their own site, so we have not published a phone number or an email we could not confirm. Reach them through their website.
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Silagen
Self-Pay
Medical-grade silicone for scars — gels, sheeting, strips and shapes — sold only through a physician’s practice. Silicone is the best-established non-surgical scar treatment there is, and this is the version your surgeon is most likely to hand you.
Cost: Sold only through a doctor’s office. The practice sets the price and you pay them, not Silagen.
A full range: topical gels, silicone sheeting, strips and shapes
Sold exclusively through licensed medical practices
Made in their own facility in Illinois, registered with the Food and Drug Administration
Their sunscreen gel uses zinc oxide rather than chemical sunscreens
Publishes the science behind how silicone works on a scar
Scar careSiliconePhysician-dispensed
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You cannot buy it online. Ask your surgeon or dermatologist — they order it for their practice.
Silagen warns on their own site that counterfeit look-alikes are sold by third-party sellers. Buy it from a medical practice, not a marketplace.
Silicone goes on a fully closed incision, never an open one. Ask your own team when you are cleared to start.
Vaginal dilators, in silicone and rigid versions. Used to gently reopen tissue that has narrowed after radiation, and to make sex possible again without pain.
Cost: Bought out of pocket. Roughly $14 to $51. No prescription needed.
Silicone, rigid and graduated dilator sets
Specifically addresses narrowing after radiation
No prescription required
Around $14 to $51
Also sells lubricants and books
DilatorsLubricants
Good to know (4)
They make no hormonal or libido claims, which is what we want here — but they also publish no medical-grade certification.
Contact details are on a separate page; no phone or email on the homepage.
Ask your radiation oncologist or a pelvic floor therapist when and how to start. Dilators used wrong can hurt.
We could not read this company’s contact page from their own site, so we have not published a phone number or an email we could not confirm. Reach them through their website.
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yoga4cancer
Self-Pay
Yoga built specifically around what cancer treatment leaves behind, rather than general yoga you have to modify yourself. Free starter course, plus a directory to find a trained teacher near you.
Cost: Paid classes, but the introductory course is free.
A free course, Getting Started with Oncology Yoga
Find a Teacher directory of trained instructors
Designed around treatment side effects, not adapted from general yoga
Created by Tari Prinster, who wrote Yoga for Cancer
Classes available online
YogaFatigue recovery
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Class pricing is not published on their main page.
No phone number or email; contact through their form.
An FDA-cleared scalp cooling system installed at hospitals and infusion centers. You use it where you get chemotherapy rather than bringing caps yourself.
Cost: Cost and insurance coverage are not published. Ask your treatment center, and call their support line.
FDA-cleared for patients with solid tumors
Installed at treatment centers across the US
Interactive map on their site finds a location near you
Patient support line, Monday–Friday, 7am–6pm Central
Scalp cooling
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Their own cost page returned an error on 2026-07-09, so we cannot state the price or whether insurance covers it.
Availability depends on whether your treatment center has the machine.
Scalp cooling has to start with your first chemotherapy session to work.
Medical-grade compression sleeves and gauntlets that look like tattoos and patterns rather than beige medical wear. Made in the USA, seamless, moisture-wicking.
Cost: Their site never says whether insurance applies. Call and ask — Medicare does cover these garments.
Medical-grade compression in patterns you might actually want to wear
Sleeves, gauntlets, gloves and socks
Seamless construction, moisture-wicking, made in the USA
Can be bought with an HSA or FSA card
Free US shipping over $100
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Nothing on the site addresses insurance or Medicare, and these are items Medicare now covers. Worth a phone call first.
No phone number or email published; contact through their website.
We could not read this company’s contact page from their own site, so we have not published a phone number or an email we could not confirm. Reach them through their website.
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How these were vetted. Every field is read off the organization’s own website or a primary source; aggregator articles and blog posts are used as leads, never as sources. When a site cannot be read, or an organization serves only some parts of the country, it is withheld from this page rather than guessed at — for someone acting on this in a crisis, a blank is safer than a guess. Grants run out and reopen; boutiques close; insurance contracts lapse. Every card shows the date it was last checked, and cost labels describe the typical experience, not a guarantee — call and confirm before you buy or apply.
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