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Maria
Hi Every one, Have arrived back home after an exhausting but fulfilling trip to liaison training in Melbourne. I'm looking forward to getting started tomorrow, but first I have to feed the cats, unpack, do washing, water plants and ring my Mum. Tomorrow I'm going to put up a BCNA display in the waiting room of the…
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Strathpine Coffee Club
Hi All, This is probably a bit late notice but I am so sorry I am going to have to miss this afternoon's gathering. I was really looking forward to catching up again before I head off on my Malaysian holiday but I have the flu and have just been told that I may have been exposed to Whooping Cough. Not that I think I am in…
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New Community Liaison girls
I send my best wishes to all the new girls there in Melbourne for this week's training. I was in your position last September and learnt so much and have enjoyed the support of all the attendees from last September.. and we all keep in touch through good times and bad. Being in Tassie it is wonderful to have advice and…
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Q: Group > "Broadcast" Tab functionality?
Help ... Does anyone know what is the functionality of Broadcast? I can't find it in Help or Q&A * Home > Network home > Groups > GroupName > "Broadcast" Tab thanks ..
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The latest Beacon is out now!
The autumn issues of The Beacon and The Inside Story were sent out this week. The theme for this issue was 'Older women' (and as you'll see when you read it, this was quite a difficult theme for us to define!). We receive a lot of stories for each issue, so if you sent one in that doesn't appear in the magazine, it's…
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New support groups registered with BCNA
BCNA is pleased to welcome three new groups who have registered with us in the last month. To find out more about these groups you can visit their Member Group micro-site. WA: Karatha Cancer Support Group QLD: Keeping A'Breast SA: Breast of Friends - Victor Harbor Breast Cancer Support Group NSW: C3 Church Carlingford…
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newbe
Hi, as you can see new to this site and probably got it all wrong. Anyway just had my third lot of chemo a couple of hours ago and came home armed with a ton of lotions and potions. Only one more to go on the 22nd November. I was diagnosed in July with stage 3 agressive cancer and as a result had my left breast removed,…
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International Women's Day messages
On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, some messages to all of our members: * A message from BCNA's Patron, the Governor General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce: "My warmest greetings to you..." * From our CEO, Lyn Swinburne: "Happy International Women's Day..." To share your own thoughts and experiences,…
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BCNA at Avalon Airshow
I flew over from Tassie to attend the 2011 Avalon Airshow on Friday. The weather was ghastly with black clouds covering the whole sky, gusty cold winds and some very heavy showers. However, my trusty pink BCNA Field of Women poncho saved the day- and drew complimentary comments from many people! So, we fly the flag all the…
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Relay for Life
Well I am back!!!! I have not been here for a couple of weeks..so busy getting sorted for our Relay For Life event (i am team captain)..Well, as a team, we managed to raise just over $4500 for the cancer council, we had 45 registered team members (over$106K and over 2000 participants for the whole region event)..we had a…
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Happy International Women's Day
Like so many of you, I have been watching and listening to the many discussions about inequality for women, as we mark today's 100th anniversary of IWD. There is always so much more to be achieved. I think mostly everyone agrees we do need more female Executives and Directors on our corporate Boards. It makes good…
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Bowls Club
Another really enjoyable meeting yesterday, and this time not under an airconditioner!!! Unfortunately Jo and Ash couldn't be with us but, hopefully, they can come next time. As usual Sarah had everyone in stitches...she is such a bright spark. Gayle called in briefly to give Jean a gift pack for the hospital as she is…
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Building a better bra!
Bra study If you missed it earlier, you might be interested to read the post by Kathy Wells about the research being undertaken by the University of Wollongong into developing better exercise bras for women living with breast cancer. Members of BCNA’s Review & Survey Group contributed to the research. * Read Kathy's post…
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server outage
Hi all, We experienced a server outage today (Sunday) so that is the reason the site has been unavailable. Access has now been restored (thanks Cam!) and so all should be functioning as normal, but please leave a comment here if you experience any further issues. Apologies for the inconvenience. Di
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Westmead online forum -- repeat broadcast
Hi all, A reminder for anyone who missed it that tomorrow (I think at 12.30pm) the Westmead Breast Cancer Institute is broadcasting a repeat of their online public forum from Tuesday night. Subject: "Moving forward: surviving breast cancer". See the National Events page on the BCNA website for more detail and links to…