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My first post
Hi everyone, this is my first time to reach out to anyone out there who maybe able to help me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2010. Had mastectomy, chemo, radiotherapy. In March thru to April 2011 had a failed attemped at breast reconstruction. In October 2012 I was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the…
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Media opportunity: Did you choose not to have radiotherapy due to travel/distance?
Hello, I am looking for women in regional or rural NSW and Victoria who opted NOT to have radiotherapy to avoid spending long amounts of time away from home and their family. I have been appoached by Daily Telegraph newspaper in NSW who is working on a campaign around rural health. They would like to focus on poor access…
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Pink Pilates
The Northern Cancer Support Centre of Launceston recently offered a 6 week free course of Pilates. Twice a week, for 50 mins, when I first began the class it took me a day and a half to recover. I loved Pilates, and not only did it enable us to exercise in safety under supervision, it also became my stress coping…
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Getting on with Life
Good afternoon ladies It's been a little while but I'm still around :-) My nails are under control - look a treat but at least they are no longer oozing - blurgh! Of course the range of antibiotics given to me then resulted in me getting a bowel infection so I am on AB's to control that now! You have to laugh really. It's…
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Barb
After having councelling for post-chemo depression (realloy bad depression) I decided to do some meditation or my style of mediation. I wait til Saturday afternoon when husband Rod is playing golf, get comfortable on the couch (usually joined by my cat, Casper!) burn some incesnse and listen to Enya on my IPod..It is so…