September Content Round-Up
Hi members,
I hope you are all well.
Please find the content round-up below for September.
Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Please send me an email acox@bcna.org.au 😊
Amelia
The Beacon:
In this edition two women shared their experiences of living with metastatic breast cancer, we heard from a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer twice and had a different experience the second time round, discovered strategies to help you manage long-term side effects of breast cancer treatment and learn about your rights when it comes to health insurance. Plus, much more!
View the latest edition via the BCNA website and don’t forget to subscribe to ensure the next edition comes straight to your inbox!
Online Information Forum:
The Information Forum covered a range of topics including the latest in breast cancer treatment, managing your emotional wellbeing after a breast cancer diagnosis, and how you can live well during treatment and beyond.
There were three information sessions – one for people with early breast cancer, one for people with metastatic breast cancer and one about maintaining health and wellbeing during a breast cancer diagnosis and beyond.
Living well with early breast cancer
Please click here to watch on-demand
Living well with metastatic breast cancer
Please click here to watch on-demand
Living well with breast cancer: Health and wellbeing
Please click here to watch on-demand
Upcoming events:
Rockhampton Information Forum
BCNA will be hosting an Information Forum in Rockhampton for people living with breast cancer and their supporters on Wednesday 26 October.
The Information Forum will cover a range of topics including the latest in breast cancer treatment, managing your emotional wellbeing after a breast cancer diagnosis, and how you can live well during treatment and beyond.
It will also be an opportunity to hear about what BCNA does and the services and resources we have available to support you, alongside discussing the unique rural challenges you may experience and the local services available in your community.
For more information or to register visit the BCNA website.
Webcast: Men and breast cancer – Treatment, managing side effects and finding support
Join us on Male Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Thursday 20 October for an interactive webcast with Radiation Oncologist and Breast Cancer Specialist Professor John Boyages and Medical Oncologist, Dr Nick Zdenkowski.
This event is an opportunity to connect with other men affected by breast cancer and ask questions to our speakers. The session will explore hormone-blocking treatments for breast cancer and how to manage side effects, provide information about lymphoedema and the treatment and care available and learn about what resources and support are available to you.
For more information or to register visit the BCNA website.
Additional resources:
Don’t forget, we have so many existing webcasts, podcasts and articles on My Journey and in The Beacon that cover a range of topics. Explore them below!