Friday Update
Hello everyone and welcome to our Friday update.
Wow it has been a busy last couple of weeks here at
BCNA. Some members of BCNA including
Rosie, Riki and myself attended the Melbourne International Joint Breast Congress
last Friday and Saturday at the Melbourne Convention Centre. This conference combined three international
conferences - Australasian Society for Breast Disease
(ASBD), 4th World Congress on Controversies in Breast Cancer (CoBrCa) and
Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ), dealing with
controversial issues in breast. It
was an excellent conference with many great speakers. The hard part was getting to all the sessions
that I wanted to attend. It was also
great to connect with many breast care nurses from around Australia to provide
information regarding our new My Journey Online tool that will be live as of
Monday 22 October.
The metastatic breast cancer forum was held on Saturday 13
October and was well attended. A great
panel of speakers presented at this information forum. Rosie will be collating a summary of the key
points from this day. Once available I
will post online. The Young Women’s
conference was held on Sunday 14 October and this also was a great success.
This was webcasted and will be available online by the end of next week.
Don’t forget that tomorrow Saturday 20 October is Male
breast Cancer Awareness Day. BCNA will
be busy as we have some posts going out via social media to raise awareness
regarding male breast cancer.
We
are also aware of a special article on male breast cancer which will be in the
Herald Sun tomorrow which we will share on Facebook.
We
also wrote a social post with Rob Fincher and Rod Ritchie on MensHealth FB site
which will be up tomorrow and which we will provide a link to via social media.
Community Highlights
1. A
time capsule for my nauseated friends great post by @Summer Prevails
encouraging everyone to keep going especially when the going gets tough
2. Unspoken
thoughts great thread commenced by @Blossom1961, if only we could speak our
true mind
3. Creative
Corner! There are some fantastic works of art and craft included in this
post, great paintings posted recently by @kitkatb and photos by @kmakm
Community News
UPCOMING FREE INFORMATION FORUMS
Geelong Information Forum
Thursday 25 October
We will be holding a free
information forum in Geelong on Thursday 25 October. We hope you will join us
to hear from experts about:
- updates in breast surgery and how to navigate
your follow-up care - emotional impact of breast cancer
- lymphoedema management
- exercise and breast cancer – what, why
and how.
You will also be able to
hear Raelene Boyle's personal story and connect with others diagnosed with
breast cancer.
For more information and to
register, click here.
Whyalla Information Forum
Wednesday 14 November
We will be holding a free
information forum in Whyalla on Wednesday 14 November. We hope you will join us
to hear from experts about:
- the latest in breast
surgery and how to navigate your follow-up care - the emotional impact of
breast cancer - lympheodema management
- exercise and breast
cancer – what, why and how.
You will also be able to
hear Raelene Boyle's personal story and connect with others diagnosed with
breast cancer.
For more information and to
register, click here.
Lovely
Lady Lump by Lana Schwarcz
Any
members in Sydney who are up for a laugh might want to go and see a very clever
BCNA member who has turned her experience into a side splitting show.
Lovely
Lady Lump by
Lana Schwarcz.
In 2014 Lana was diagnosed with breast cancer, so she went and
wrote some jokes...and those jokes became her internationally awarded
show Lovely Lady Lump!
You
can read all about Lovely Lady Lump and Festival Fatale here: https://www.witsfestivalfatale.com/lovelyladylump
There
are 2 free tickets available for the show.
All you have to do is send an email and add BCNA LLL in the subject
line. Winner drawn Tuesday.
Email: tara@wits.org.au
Add
in the subject line: BCNA LLL
JACKIE
MARSHALL
One
our own online network members has released her 3rd album which is receiving
rave reviews.
Jackie's
latest work echoes much of her breast cancer journey - The cover which depicts
her single mastectomy is particularly beautiful!
Check
it out -https://scenestr.com.au/music/jackie-marshall-returns-with-new-music-after-a-life-battle-20180829
Hoping you all have a wonderful weekend, take care everyone
Regards Giovanna
Comments
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@Giovanna_BCNA. I note that the Young Women's Conference was webcasted...0
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WOW! Jackie's voice is just amazing! I'd LOVE to have a singing voice like that!
Those unable to see Lana's show - You can get an idea of Lana's humour here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H3L9htqGkU 0 -
Hello @Patti J
Thank you for your post. I understand your disappointment that the metastatic breast cancer forum on Saturday was not videoed. My understanding is that BCNA are planning to record more live forums in future and your request has been noted.
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Hi @Giovanna_BCNA. Could you please tell me when we will be given the synopsis of the metastatic breast cancer forum?0
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Hello @Patti J
Thank you for you post. The summary of the MBC forum is currently in progress. We will hopefully have this up online by the end of this week.
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Thanks.0
