Men’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day 20th Oct 2021

Mez_BCNA

Hi all,

Today BCNA is shining
a light on men living with breast cancer in Australia to help raise awareness. It
is often surprising for many to learn that men develop breast cancer and while
it is rare (less than 1% of all cancers in men), there is still projected to be
approximately 150 men who will be affected by breast cancer this year - CLICK
HERE to read BCNA’s latest The Beacon article ‘Raising awareness of the
experiences of men with breast cancer’.

You can also head to
the BCNA Facebook page to hear some of our members share their stories: https://www.facebook.com/BreastCancerNetworkAustralia/videos/249955440429182/

If you are a man
diagnosed with breast cancer or know someone who has been affected, please
check out BCNA’s resources:

Download
BCNA's Men get breast cancer too booklet

www.bcna.org.au/understanding-breast-cancer/breast-cancer-in-men/

Here on the Online Network we have a private group where you can connect with other men who have breast cancer https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/20-men-living-with-breast-cancer.

Thankyou to those members who have shared their story.

June1952

Will there be any interviews/information on the TV news at all @Mez_BCNA ?

Mez_BCNA

Hi @June1952 I do believe we are interviewing and I have asked for access to this as soon as available. The main stories we have compiled were on BCNA socials such as Instagram and Facebook yesterday.

traveltext

Here's one of my podcast interviews from the US.

https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/b/b/c/bbcec13274e646b0/The_Diep_C_Journey.Ep_22_mixdown.mp3?c_id=113826200&cs_id=113826200&expiration=1634766639&hwt=eff0c201391e4d33c86ca089ebf84b35

traveltext

Here's a report based on an interview I did recently:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=spa-YFDdLqM&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0i5NWneUPlrONQ8zvnfqwE0feemapnmPPmhhQoUHU90iIRhRzIjgteSac

Mez_BCNA

Thankyou so much for sharing @traveltext

arpie

And a FB link that I've shared again this week - from 2019

https://www.facebook.com/pinkhopecommunity/photos/a.605012372882314/2635195596530638/

traveltext

Good one @arpie  

Mez_BCNA

Many thanks @arpie

Mez_BCNA

Last night Perth did a wonderful story on Male Breast Cancer and featured some of BCNA's members. You can find the link below. I noticed it jumps a little ahead in the report, therefore you can go back to the time 6:31:12 where it starts

Instant-play on Streem

traveltext

Mez_BCNA Good stuff Mez.

wendy55

Hi @traveltext,
just wanted to let you know that yesterday when I went to have my scans done at a large pathology centre in Adelaide on the front desk were not only the pink lady but the blue one as well, I was so pleased that I said to the receptionist how happy I was to see the two of them together, a small win!!! good on you bcna for handing these out.
wendy55