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Calls to share your photo - "Is Bald Beautiful?"
Is Bald Beautiful? More photo please ... Here is the link ... ChemoStyle Photobucket http://s1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb395/ChemoStyle/Is%20Bald%20Beautiful/ It is a private album for our BCNA members who are interested in sharing your "Is Bald Beautiful" photos. Password: pinkladies Please feel free show us how you…
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Chemo Style - Photobucket available to BCNA members
Chemo Style - Photobucket available to BCNA members www.photobucket.com/chemostyle password: pinkladies A place to share your Ferris Wheel journey ...visually Welcome to the Chemo Style photobucket - a place where we can share our Ferris Wheel like journey visually, or thoes memories that we rather forget one day. What…
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Medicare Issues
Trying to find out if anybody else has had issues with the Medicare prostheses reimbursement program. I bought my second prostheses in July 2010, with plans to claim the cost back after the two year period from my first reimbursement had expired in Seotember. The Medicare information pamphlet from March 2010 stated that…
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Wigs: my Prosthesis for Emotional well-being
Wigs - my Prosthesis for Emotional Well-Being Private Insurance may cover your expenses - this is how ... * Ring Your provide insurance company and ask for "covered expenses" relating to prostheses, prosthetic devices or medical durable equipment. It sometime call "cranial prosthesis" in insurance terms. * Get your…
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Not that nice
The comments and thoughts have been very much appreciated but I'm just not that nice. I have to be honest and say that there is a distinct difference between what I deliver into our situation against what I suspect strongly is required. I think I'm talking about Sympathy vs Empathy here, I'm not very good at the latter,…
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Exercise and prostheses
Some time ago I posted a blog about research being undertaken at the University of Wollongong which is looking at developing a better exercise bra for women who have had breast cancer surgery. The researchers are now in the process of designing a new exercise bra to trial and are considering what to do about prostheses.…
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The Power of Colour - Chirpy & Effervescent?
The Power of Colour "Got up this morning feeling like sh***? Don't reach for.................. It's amazing how wearing one of the right colours for you can change your mood from deepest, darkest gloom and doom to annoyingly chirpy and effervescent." ref: Trinny & Susannah Amazing how Colourful Wardrobe can have healing…
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Spam Messages
Hi, This is my first post and I'm disappointed to say it is about spam messages. I have received typical spam, person from Indonesia, husband died, want to leave you money type messages. Has anyone else had this problem and is there any way we can stop them?
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One son supports his mum through Footy
We are in such a privileged position to work at BCNA. Not only do we get to meet inspirational women who share their stories and experiences with us, we also get to meet and work with their support team. I could not resist but to share how one son in our Network supports his mum. Jack is the son of one of our volunteers,…
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The Reality of Strong Women - Cancer Survivors like you & me
Hi Ladies, I've came across this "The Scar Project" after my Mastectomy. I think it was during my Chemotheraphy. Anyway, I was emotionally touched, and seeing the photos helped me feels that I wasn't the only one facing this. Then, I often ask myself "Why ME?" and "Why Me?". Very sad I know ... but it is the REALITY .. we…
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Do you own a "Build-in Bra Tank Top"?
Hi Ladies, Welcome to my post. Yes I have been busy - It has been a year since I finished my radiation. I just finished my last breast reconstruction ... ummm does feel good ... having two new grapefruit-sized breasts on my chest ... still have one more surgery to go ... needless to say .. "the cherry on top" :) Build-in…
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System update complete
Hi all, Just to let you know that we made a code update today that should help with the problem we've been experiencing with the site being slow. You should notice an improvement with page-load times. In particular, when making posts or leaving comments. For those who are interested, we've implemented some database…
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Survivorship online forum
Hi everyone, Just thought I’d let you all know about a free broadcast of an online forum called Moving Forward: Surviving Breast Cancer. The forum was produced by an Australian organisation called Rural Health Education Foundation. The forum features a very interesting discussion with a number of Australian medical experts…
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IMPORTANT: Planned network update
Hi all, Just to let you know we are planning to make an update to the site either later today or first thing tomorrow, so the site may be offline for a short while at that time. Included in the update are a number of small bug-fixes, and some new code. We're aware that the site has slowed down a bit over the last couple of…
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Profile pic
That's me, in the middle, with the grey teeshirt on. The women around me are 'my team', including my mum and sister. We had lunch at a local pub on saturday. It was part strategy meeting, part celebration (we called it 'the cleavage craic'). The dress code was 'low cut' but hardly anyone complied -- still, we had many…