Weekly update

Cosette
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edited August 2017 in Community news and events
We're making some changes to how we deliver our weekly update. In the meantime, I wanted to, well, give you an update  ;) 

Community highlights

First, please give a warm welcome to @Lesa, @Victoria62, @Millie13, @Ladylee, @MelissaD, @LisaAG, @Pixen, @becci, @Collpepsi, @Reggiewedge, @Blossom9, @Freesia, @CocoG, @Stork, @Sammy1976, @Mystic, @Melb1203, @Melissas, @Goldilocks, @littlebitty, @Sebastin11, @MrsHoss, @LadyAside, @KHods, @asianmum, @NDB, and all our new members.

New members, add your birthday to the birthday thread here.

We've had a number of members unlocking online network milestones - reaching anniversaries and earning badges for likes and comments. Be sure to check them out in the Activity feed and congratulate them.

There have a been a lot of interesting discussions over the last few weeks. Here are just a handful of them.In case you missed it, Creative Corner is no longer just a thread. It's now a, uh, corner! Creative Corner is a sub-category in Day to day. The original thread has nine pages and you can continue to post in there if you like or you can start new threads on different creative topics or works of art and hobbies, etc.

We also have a new private group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. If you identify as Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander, please feel free to send a request to join the group.

BCNA news and events

BCNA has developed new resources in accessible formats for people living with a disability or with low English literacy. You can find these new resources on the Accessible resources page, where they can be downloaded as a PDF document, viewed in HTML, streamed in audio, or ordered as a hard copy.

Massage therapy students in an oncology massage training program are seeking volunteers with a cancer history to interview and massage as part of their student assessment. The massage will be conducted under the supervision of two experienced instructors at the Austin Hospital Education Unit in Heidelberg (Melbourne) on Sunday, 23 July.  The massage will last for approximately 40 – 45 minutes, followed by a short afternoon tea. For more information and to register, contact Bronwyn Hogan on 0400 635 646 or email
at Bronwyn_h@OncologyMassageTraining.com.au. Registrations close today so get to it!

BCNA is holding a three-hour information forum on living with metastatic breast cancer in Melbourne on 27 July 2017 at 5:15pm. For more information and to register, please click here.

For those of you in Adelaide, the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer is holding a free lecture, 'Prehab’ - Can exercise prior to surgery improve patient outcomes? on Tuesday July 25 at 6pm. For more information and to book, please contact Michelle Cox on 8404 2842 or email at michelle.cox@flinders.edu.au.

Listen to a range of practitioners talk about how you can live well with and after breast cancer at the Breast Cancer Rehabilitation and Wellness Summit 2017. Topics to be covered include yoga, counselling, massage, acupuncture, Pilates, physiotherapists, psychologists, exercise, menopause and sexual health and wellbeing. This summit runs entirely online from 31 July – 6 August. This event is free, but requires registration. For more and to register, please click here.

BCNA is looking for a few people to share their stories with us for an upcoming campaign. We're looking for:
  • Someone diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer and experiencing problems getting access to the drugs they need.
  • A woman who didn’t get to see a breast care nurse because she has chemotherapy first – neoadjuvant therapy.
  • A woman who went into chemotherapy without knowing it may affect her fertility and now is unable to get pregnant.
  • A woman from Cairns/QLD who has waited years for a reconstruction.
  • Woman who received her breast cancer diagnosis over the phone.
If that sounds like you and you'd like talk to us, please contact Essie Bohan at ebohan@bcna.org.au.

That's it for today

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