Forum Discussion
Is the 'My Journey' app (and the restricted availability of printed resources) a success or failure?
A few years ago BCNA promoted the fact that the 'My Journey' kit reached about 12,000 out of approx. 14,000+ newly diagnosed BC people. Then BCNA moved away from printed resources to an app, also cal...
Another angle on this subject - I have great respect for the work BCNA does and its support resources but the My Journey kit, which I received by mail, didn’t do it for me. It’s an expression I don’t like much (‘journey’), I found the focus too much on treatment and I benefited a great deal by keeping my own journal on my computer, focussing on the things that mattered most to me. I doubt if I was the only one who didn’t use it. Many if not all of those who download the app however may have already scanned the contents online and consider it useful. In the end, it’s the use of the resource not just the distribution that is most helpful. Just a thought.