It is in anticipation of pink October that the 8th edition of the “L’Echappée Rose” tour will start at the end of August 2023, thus giving a breath of fresh air to people with cancer.
- “L’Echappée Rose” is an initiative of the association Everyone against cancer which brings rest and relaxation to cancer patients, their companions and caregivers.
- It will pass through hospitals in 25 French cities (Bry sur Marne / Paris / Rouen / Champigny sur Marne / Créteil / Suresnes / Bris sous Forges / Neuilly sur Seine / Metz / Dijon / Besançon / Clermont Ferrand / Challes les Eaux / Nice / Grasse / La Seyne Sur Mer / Aix en Provence / Avignon / Nîmes / Toulouse / Libourne / Rodez / Villefranche de Rouergue).
- The various workshops offered (make-up, relooking treatments, etc.) help restore strength and self-confidence to patients and their families.
Since 2017 and for the 8th time, the “L’échappée Rose” tour continues its course through France. And this year, it will start on August 24.
Set up by the association Everyone Against Cancer, this traveling well-being institute will visit 25 French cities and hospitals this year, compared to 23 in 2022, in order to meet women and men affected by cancer. The patients themselves are thus concerned, but also the accompanying persons and caregivers.
This great initiative will last 2 months and end on October 23, 2023.
Multiple stopover towns
From Bry-sur-Marne to Villefranche-de-Rouergue, via many other towns and their hospitals (such as Paris, Rouen, Champigny sur Marne, etc.), “L’Échappée Rose” will enable patients, their families and caregivers to allow themselves a moment of relaxation in this painful ordeal that is the disease.
These are massage sessions for all or part of the body, manicure, make-up, facial care, image consulting workshops or private shopping which are delivered to at least 700 people thanks to the “L ‘Échappée Rose’ and its partners (among others: a well-known lingerie company, a makeover school, an insurance company, laboratories).
“In the disease, the patients all tend to forget themselves and no longer think of themselves. The daily treatment which is very heavy, fear for oneself and for one’s family take over. The sessions we offer help break this vicious circle. It’s a time when women are the center of attention, and their bodies are no longer a source of pain, but a source of well-being and joy.“explains Mélanie Hameau, coordinator of Everyone Against Cancer actions, in the July 31 press release.
Moments of well-being for patients and their families
In its press release, the association also explains that “Patients identified by hospital referents receive an invitation and can register directly on the care schedule, just like their companions. For patients or companions, the 45-minute treatment can take place in the caravan or in the hospital room depending on travel capacity. “.
And for the nursing staff, there is a “specially equipped and decorated room in the department to provide a 15-minute treatment, without this affecting the organization”.
By distributing joy and relaxation to people who are generally in pain, this great initiative will be able to give them back the strength to fight the disease.
