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Pink Sports Day 2013 - Register your local sporting club!
Hello everyone, I wanted you to be the first to know that registrations are now open for BCNA's Pink Sports Day event to be held on Mother’s Day weekend (11-12 May). While some of you might remember the Pink Footy & Netball Day from previous years, this year we’re excited to be inviting every sporting code to get involved!…
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cancer is the pits
hi all sorry havent been online for a while had allot on my plate and havent been coping to well had to just step back for a while. Jan 2nd My eldest son and his wife and two daughters moved to Spain for 3 yrs he is a Assistant diplomatic Naval attache . i miss them all awfully. and then my girlfriend with ovarian cancer…
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Reach to Recovery 2013
Dear gals well we are here in Cape Town and all is well. We have met up with the queen slanders there are heaps of them here! Met some funny amazing inspiring woman. The reach for recovery volunteers are an inspiration to say the least. Africa is fantastic but so under resourced. Look at the Reach to Recovery 2013 Facebook…
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Coming off anti-depressants
Last week I asked my GP if I could come off my anti-depressant. He said I could and suggested taking half a tablet a day for 2 weeks and then half a tablet every second day for 2 weeks to wean myself off tem. Currently I take one tablet per day. I have been wanting to come off them for a while but now that he says it is ok…
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Fatigue
I have just had my 2 cycle of doxetaxal and have been sick with fatigue for the past 2 weeks and still on going. I have been hospital with sever side effects and still can't fight of this fatigue, has any one else suffered similar side effects and what did they do to over come it? I have completed 3 x FEC prior to this…
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50/50 chance of recurrence??
Hi Ladies, I was diagnosed with grade 3, stage 3 breast cancer in November 2011 with 20 of 42 lymph nodes positive. I had a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation, which I finished in October 2012. I had a mamogram and ultrasound in December, both of which were clear, thank goodness. Anyway, I had a follow up appointment today…
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Reach to recovery 2013
Hey gals well I am excited again..... Am off to,r2r in South Africa in march and after the conference have the opportunity to do some women's health nurse volunteering in Lesotho a small country in southern Africa all happened by accident met someone who knows someone. My hubby is then coming over and we will have 2 weeks…
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The Wig
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Long Term After Effects
Its now 3-4 months since my last radiotherapy treatment and im experiencing a miriad of things. it seems to me that my body is still in chemo mode. My last lot of taxotere was late July 2012, and through my radiotherapy I was ok. For the past 8 - 10 weeks I have noticed a cycle. Im well for about 14- 21 days, then for 7…
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Canberra
Hi All, just got home from a 20klm bike ride with my friend...beautiful morning. On Thursday I will be in Canberra visiting my daughter as she has just moved over with work. My Ist visit so while Im over I was wondering if any Canberra ladies would like to meet up...
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Dunalley breast cancer ladies
Hi we at Tasmanian Breast Cancer Network are wondering if any ladies have been affected by the Tassie fires and could do with some help from us? Let me know, we are thinking of everyone in the areas so badly damaged and those who are left with so little.
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Too fat for reconstruction?
I recently had a visit with the specialist GP assigned to me at the hospital where I've been having treatment. I had a mastectomy last June. We started discussing whether or not I'd be interested in a reconstruction of my right breast. She then asked me what my height and weight was then proceeded to calculate my BMI. I…
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Another year
Happy new year to everyone dealing with BC. This will be year13 for me , my 3rd year of advanced BC so feeling fortunate and happy I have managed to survive the various drug regimes. I am currently in a good place as my tumor markers have dropped from 145 o 74 since September when I started the xolada/Tykerb regime. Of…
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Depression after Treatment
Hi everyone I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced some fairly significant depression after their treatment has finished. I found that I have recently suffered this and still are. Can't understand why....I thought I was good with all this cancer stuff - although I didn't exactly breeze through treatment, I never…
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Falls Creek
Just found out that the dragonboat regatta we have been training hard for has been cancelled due to a bushfire threat. Falls Creek is such a beautiful place, I hope it is spared from bushfire and that everybody is ok up there. Hopefully can reschedule soon. Disappointing but better to be safe for sure xx