June Content Round-Up
Hi members,
I hope you have all had a great month!
Please find the content round-up below for June.
Do you have any feedback or have any ideas of what you want the team to cover? Please send me an email acox@bcna.org.au – I’d love to hear from you 😊
Enjoy!
Amelia
Podcast:
Episode 44: Work after breast cancer: Tackling the difficult conversations
Joining us for this episode of Upfront are Greg Smith and Lisa Edgar. Greg has more than 20 years’ experience in executive coaching, mentoring and human resources consulting and has successfully led major organisational change programs in large organisations. Lisa is a BCNA member and had been working as an HR manager for three years when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and stopped work to focus on her recovery. Unfortunately, Lisa did not receive the support she needed from her employer.
We hear about how best to approach your employer to discuss your diagnosis and treatment and the impact it may have on your ability to work, what support you should expect from your workplace, challenges you may face when working after a diagnosis and what you can do if your employer is not supportive of you.
Ask the Expert:
Managing side effects of hormone blocking treatment with Dr Michelle White
We heard from medical oncologist Dr Michelle White and BCNA Consumer Representative Kym Berchtenbreiter. Michelle specialises in treating women diagnosed with breast cancer and is the lead investigator for several local research studies and the development and conduct of clinical trials. Kym was diagnosed with early breast cancer in 2009 and will discuss the side effects she experienced from hormone-blocking treatment, her strategies to manage them and her advice for others.
This session addressed what you need to know about hormone-blocking treatment, including common side effects and how you can manage them, and how to ensure a good balance between quality of life, risk of recurrence and control of disease progression.
The on-demand link will be available next week via the BCNA website.
Information Forum:
This month we hosted an Information Forum in Launceston. Thank you to those who joined us. We will have on-demand videos of the presentations on the BCNA website in the coming weeks so keep an eye out.
You can view the on-demand videos from the Ballarat Information Forum via the BCNA YouTube channel.
The Beacon:
The Beacon launched this month and you can view it via the BCNA website.
In this edition of The Beacon, you’ll hear about a woman’s experience with meditation and mindfulness following a breast cancer diagnosis, discover the benefits of mindfulness from our expert, discover the power of a conversation with someone going through a similar experience and learn about why exercise is the wellbeing wonder drug and how you can get into it. Plus, much more!