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Information Forum - Bunbury
Hi all south-west Western Australians! Here is some information about the upcoming BCNA information forum in BunburyDATESaturday 7 AprilTIME Registration and arrival refreshments from 9.00 am. Forum from 9.45 am until 3.15 pm.VENUEHotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons Street, Bunbury. Refreshments and a light lunch will be…
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Congratulations
Congratulations to Kirsten Pilatti, on being appointed CEO, and best wishes for the future.
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Happy Easter
Wishing all of our online community members and their families a safe and happy Easter!
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Financial Information Forum - we want your questions
Hi all, There is always a lot of discussion online and within our membership in general about the financial impact of breast cancer. This was further highlighted when BCNA commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to survey its members about the out-of-pocket costs of their breast cancer treatment and care and other…
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Love your sister fundraising run/walk coming up in Sydney
Admin: please delete if not allowed. Just came up on my facebook feed that Love Your Sister are going to be holding a fundraising walk/run in Sydney. I thought some people in Sydney might be interested. The link is https://secure.tiktok.biz/register/default.aspx?EventID=SH10K&Edition=2018&Team=LoveYourSister Sorry, for…
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Just to confuse you! Fridays update (Monday 19 March 2018)
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update on a Monday! My apologies for any confusion; the update is normally posted on a Friday but we decided to hold off until today so we could announce today that Kirsten Pilatti has been appointed as the new CEO of Breast Cancer Network Australia. Many of you will already know…
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Friday update 2 March 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update. How fast have the last couple of weeks gone, we are already in early March! There is lots happening at BCNA with work underway for BCNA’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. A great article was posted in the online forum titled “Breaking taboos: talking about the sexual side effects…
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BRA - Breast Reconstruction Awareness Event - ORANGE NSW
Morning ladies, To ladies in the Orange/Bathurst and surrounds of regional NSW, this free event is coming up next Monday 19th March. This event is for women wanting to learn about breast reconstruction and involves local breast care nurses, surgeons and women sharing their experience. If you would like to attend be sure to…
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Oh honestly!
Its not my way to complain but here I go.Today I received an invitation to go to hiking in Nepal with BCNA. Last year I received an invitation to a BCNA event. Both very expensive items. I have read for a year now the devastation breast cancer causes in people’s lives . I realise BCNA is a not for profit and need to…
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Plan B Conference
I just bought my ticket. Anyone else thinking of going? Dare we meet IRL?!
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Lymphoedema Sleeves
I purchased my first sleeve through the breastcare surgeons rooms and cost $79 for Jobst sleeve. However as I was made aware I would now need to wear this EVERY DAY for the rest of my life I checked around for better prices. I found a site in the US that sent very quickly and they also had a silicone topped sleeve which…
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Reclaim Your Curves: new Illawarra group
Reclaim Your Curves Illawarra Group: 2018 Brunch dates After the very successful information night held last year at the Diggers Club in Wollongong, I am very excited to let you know that a Reclaim Your Curves support group has been started in the Illawarra. The leaders are two of the ladies who spoke that night about…
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Rural support group
Hi Ladies, Just a note of encouragement for those living in rural and remote areas. About 2 years ago, I was invited to a luncheon by our McGrath Breastcare Nurse. She is an awesome and supportive person who provides care across a large area, and informed us all that we would only see her in our area every 3 months. We all…
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Lifting the Doona
Great work @SoldierCrab with the SBS article on the side effects of cancer treatment and the very real impact on our members sexual well being. Hope you feel very proud. If anyone would like to read it head the article:…
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Results of the Beacon name survey
Hi everyone, Thank you to those of you who took the time to complete our survey regarding the name of The Beacon. We were delighted to receive more than 2,700 responses. The most popular response to the question 'What would you like BCNA's magazine to be called?' was The Beacon, with 49.5% of respondents selecting The…