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adelaide
please anyone, i am finding this so hard......not just breast but also cervical cancer.....i have little support and like many of you i am in need of some or a friend.....please
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You Are A Beautiful Woman :)
'You Are A Beautiful Woman' - Deanna Beisser :) A beautiful woman is any woman who likes herself and loves other people. She gives of herself and cares about the happiness of others. She walks through life with a smile on her face and love in her heart. She believes in being positive and helps those who struggle. She sings…
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The Young and The Nameless...
Hello beautiful youthfully diagnosed sisters of the "journey"..... I am not sure if you have heard the news, but we are looking for a new name for our group! Are there any suggestions that you have? Please let us know. I was thinking "Mammoryless Youth"?? No, just joking... on our facebook group we have been voting for…
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Feel a little down tonight
Just got terrible news tonight that a friend that has helpt me through my journey has passed on :( her bc was very bad it spread to her lungs and brain all I can think about is mine spreading and dieing just feeling down and upset
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Build it and they will come
This morning I went out to drink my coffee in my semi-abandoned, wildly weedfilled vegetable garden. (I am not meant to get soil on my hands because it is full of bacteria and I am prone to pick up infections if exposed to them, so cannot get stuck into compost-making, or energetic weeding etc, so my gardening activities…
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My Journey on the Pink Wagon
I currently update a blog regularly which goes through my experience so far (the bad and the good) and that I've been keeping since first diagnosed - you can find it here (if you're interested) yvienicol.blogspot.com.au It gives updates on all stages of the treatment so far through my own eyes and my hope in setting it up…
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Silly things people have said to you
I just thought I would start a post about silly things people have said to you or told you as you have been on this BC journey. This has started after I read a letter to the editor if the Sunday Telegraph implying BC is the "sexy" cancer. A work colleague told me when I returned to work after 11 months of treatment "you're…
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Someone to chat with
Is there any one on line that I could chat with. Only just diagnosed and would like to chat with others that have been through this ordeal.
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Wedding Bells on a Bus
Hi, two busdriving friends got married this morning on a bus-wedding at Stirk Park Kalamunda, then home for a BBQ shared lunch. I had my third TCH chemo yesterday, so was still high and energised by the dexamethasone steroids, and really enjoyed dressing up in my wig and fancy new jacket now the temperatures have finally…
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You Are A Strong Woman!!!
Hi All You Lovely Pink Ladies. Some more words of encouragement from a calendar I bought recently, titled 'You Are A Strong Woman' by-Brenda Hager. Strong woman are those who know the road ahead will be strewn with obstacles, but they still choose to walk it because it's the right one for them. Strong women are those who…
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You Are An Amazing Woman!
Hi, To all you lovely ladies out there some words of wisdom!!! 'You Are An Amazing Woman' by Lorrie Westfall. You are so good to people in your life. So considerate and caring. When you give, it's easy to see that it comes straight from the heart...and it gives everyone around you the gift of a nicer world to live in. I…
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Life is settling in
Hi to all the ladies who still get onto the website even after they have finished treatment. I stil have my portal in my chest and have it flushed every 6 weeks, so I feel I am still connected here. (said with a smile). Wow that damn port annoyed me for about 6 months, my bra strap rubbed against it etc. Now I dont notice…
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PERTH/WA GET TOGETHER
Hey ladies Better late than never. I am wanting to share our wonderful get together we had just recently. You just have to check out the wonderful food sitting on the table to know that we didn't go hungry, the chatting flowed and flowed and we all had a wonderful time. You will see some new faces amongst and of course the…
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Living Life with Advanced Breast Cancer
I first met my tenant "Breast Cancer" back in November 2004. Not a very nice tenant I'm afraid, so she was evicted! In November 2012 breast cancer returned and as an unwelcome tenant have now become squatters and I attempt to evict them each and every day. I now write about my tenants in their apartment block and update it…
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Join us for Field of WomenLIVE 2014
This year’s FOW is fast approaching! It's been so exciting to see the anticipation grow on our FOW 2014 blog and to hear of all your plans for the field. In the lead up to field this year, BCNA has a new video calling for 15,000 people to stand with us in the shape of the Pink Lady at the MCG this May. Tickets are…