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"Support groups 'exclude' men with breast cancer"
I was very disappointed to read the above story in The Age today. Mr Arnold has had a shattering experience, but I can confirm that BCNA has, for many years, included men in all that they offer.
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Hi Mandy. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I just searched for any male group on the BCNA and came across about 6 groups, five were for "support partner" groups with less than forty members combined and the only group for "men diagnosed with breast cancer" had one member and that was the facilitator who was a BCNA editor. I do remember a post from Craig back in August this year titled "Men suffer too" and seven women responded in sympathy. http://www.bcna.org.au/user/5628
I don't think any one of us "pink" sisters would ever exclude a male from this network let alone the BCNA staff. I feel very sorry for Mr Arnold but I know that if he was an active member here, he would receive the same support and empathy that we show all our members. It's a great shame that men do not seek out more support but it's my experience that not many of our male brothers would. It's not BCNA who prevent this, in fact they embrace men and support them whenever they can.
Janey xxx