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May you be Mindful - Get Active and Keep Well Challenge!
Get Active and Keep Well online group challenge! Set yourself the goal of practicing mindfulness for at least five minutes every day this May. Mindfulness exercises allow you to be present and aware of what is actually happening to you by not allowing your attention to drift off to what happened to you yesterday or might…
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Moving forward and feeling better
After getting the call from surgeon on Wed to say they didn't get everything out last week and falling to pieces, we had my surgeon appointment yesterday and can't believe how much better I am feeling today. Not knowing what is going on is just the worst! When I know what's going on and what can be done, I am superwoman!…
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Feeling Great
Hi Ladies, I haven't posted for a while but I am feeling really great, I am just on my tablet for 5 years now my oncologist put me on Exemestane, the only side effect has been the bone pain but I am managing it quite well. I am doing things like my old self now but I have a new prospective and outlook on life, everyday is…
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Mindful Mondays Blog Post Three: The Mindfulness Journal
Why keep a mindfulness journal? Keeping a journal is in itself a mindful activity. Keeping a regular journal will encourage you to stop and reflect on the mindful activities you have completed. These might be: * Formal mindfulness meditation exercises; * Moments of less formal mindfulness, such as pausing to really taste…
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Nourishing Knowledge Blog Post Two: Percent Daily Intake Guide
You may have noticed labels on packaged foods called Percent Daily Intake or %DI. This shows you the percentage of energy and nutrients in a serve of the product. Because it is on the front of food packaging, it’s easy to see and can be a useful guide for choosing foods to best meet your nutrient needs. You can use %DI…
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Weekend Workout Blog Post Five: Heartmoves
With only two days left of Heart Week for 2016, it’s only fitting we shine a spotlight on Australia’s heart health and talk about Heartmoves. Heartmoves is a gentle group exercise program suitable for anyone who hasn’t done any exercise in a while. Participants can exercise at their own pace in a friendly atmosphere,…
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Never goes away does it?
Good afternoon girls I have been thinking...the breast cancer journey never really ends does it? I sometimes count myself lucky that my cancer journey, which started 12 months ago, didn't involve any chemo or radiotherapy but i did have 5 surgeries (2 minor ones, then the mastectomy/reconstruction and then 2 follow-up…
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Nourishing Knowledge Blog Post Five: Sizing up our food
Image source: myhealthoc.org Over the years, the ‘regular’ meal and drink sizes and suggested serve sizes on many food packets have increased and have often surpassed what’s recommended. Although a giant muffin or an extra-large cookie might seem like value for money, unfortunately it is adding no value to our health. One…
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Losing weight.
A little background of my weight. In my 20's I was 58 to 59kg which upon looking a past photos taken of me was a bit on the thin side so obviously that's not a good base weight. Just before the BC news I was 82kg. I had been up a high as 88kg but that was a post Christmas weight and didn't stay long. 88 is absolutely not…
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Feeling Empowered
Hi lovely peeps, Guess what I did today? Went out to the shops with no hat and showed off my grey spikes lol, gee felt so good. Got a few stares but guess that is human nature, so I figure it is their problem hey. I went to my beautiful daughters for lunch, got out of the car and she said " Oh Mum no hat you look so cute".…
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FEEL UNSURE
Just spoke with my Onologist my tumor marker has dropped from either 553 to 72, the blood test taken was last Friday, 4 weeks 3 days since my 6th & final Chemo. The marker after 5 Chemo cycles was 87. I dont know why but I feel disappointed that it hasnt dropped more. I guess I am wanting a miracle thats not going to…
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2 years
Hi Everyone well today marks 2 years since I was diagnosed with grade 1, stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, her+, hormone negative. I went through lumpectomy, 6 months of chemo (better known as hell), 33 radiotherapy sessions and 12 months of herceptin. I can't believe how much I have enough through, how much I survived…
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Weekend Workout Blog Post Four: Tai Chi
Image Source: www.wisegeek.com With World Tai Chi day is tomorrow, Saturday the 30th of April, what a perfect opportunity to try tai chi for the first time or get back into an exercise that has a host of benefits. This gentle form of exercise can help maintain strength, flexibility and balance and could be the perfect…
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Day 8 - battle weary
Day 8 - after round four. Getting battle weary now.....tired of the ups and downs, tired of what you do to my mind and emotions. My body feels like it's been thrown under a bus most days, but some days a spark of the old me appears only to be extinguished again by the never ending fatigue. Treatment is tough...It's…
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Quirky things after BC........
After reading about the cold & flu season which is racing up on us once more I thought I might share this odd occurrence. When I was about half way through chemo (Oct 2011) my loving family of boys all had a cold & cough which they prolonged to about three weeks each. I also caught the cold but thankfully mine only lasted…