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Breast Cancer has changed my fitness ideas to another level
Hi, my name’s Karen and I am a Breast Cancer survivor, a member at Fernwood Darwin and I have just completed my 'Certificate III in Fitness' through Fernwood Learning. In March 2012, at the age of 37 married with 3 young children, my life was turned upside down. I went for a routine mammogram and ultrasound following my 40…
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Its Friday
hi everyone thought I would give us something to do .... not that we are not busy but come Friday it is the end of the appointments for the week etc and time to catch our breathes ready for next week. THIS picture has a phone which has fallen off the Coffee table onto the Carpet can you find it ? Don't spoil it if you…
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Friday Update!
A big hello to everyone. Welcome to the Friday Update. This week we have 29 new members. Please welcome @Pickles, @minty, @tommo, @rosieree, and all our new members. I had the pleasure of spending the last week in Newcastle and Sydney with the BCNA team for our Information Forums. The highlights, putting faces to names,…
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Power squared
This is one of my husbands favourite sayings. He uses it to describe the situation where something has more than one benefit and the benefit is then multiplied rather than just added on (yes he's an engineer!). That is what I am finding regarding the Weight Class (for bone health) that I now attend 2 to 3 times a week. I…
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Fun runs, walks during chemo
Hi ladies since my diagnosis I have been setting myself goals I would like to achieve. As I have been able to continue exercise pretty well throughout treatment thus far, I am hoping to do some 5km walks in October and November (I will be on weekly taxol). i am just wondering how realistic this for me. Has anyone done any…
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Tips to get more active and stay active
Lifestyle change like increasing physical activity is a process that take time and requires support. If you are finding it difficult to motivate yourself, and to stay motivated, here are some helpful suggestions for finding support and maintaining change. Journal or keep a diary – keep track of your goals in a daily…
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Friday Update!
A big hello to everyone. Welcome to the Friday Update on Thursday :) This week we have 17 new members. Please welcome @dondon73, @Ro10, @kajja and all our other new members. Community highlights Every week we have so much variety in the posts being shared on the online network. These can include questions about treatments,…
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Non Underwire Supportive Sports Bra
Can anyone recommend where to buy a supportive non underwire Sports bra? Am planning to get back into fitness & all my current sports bras have underwire. Yesterday I tried wearing a Best & Less crop top for my first real walk since my last surgery a couple of weeks ago. While things have healed well & the pain & swelling…
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Blackmores Sydney Run Festival
Congratulations to all our members that took part in the Blackmores Sydney Run Festival over the weekend. A special shout out to the BCNA volunteers (Margo, Bev, Marissa and Karen) who were there helping out on the day. The atmosphere was just amazing!
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Stepping into Wellness - Term 4 (Victoria)
Stepping into Wellness is a free gentle exercise program for improving your health and wellbeing after a breast or gynaecological cancer run by BreaCan. Term 4 class options: BERWICK (Vic) Mondays, 10 October to 21 November (not 31 October) Register by Monday 3 October MILL PARK (Vic) Thursdays, 13 October to 17 November…
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Quest for life foundation retreat
just wondering if anyone has had any experience with these retreats. Focus is on meditation counselling meditation etc and run bully Petrea King? Thanks in advance.
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new to all this-diagnosis, illness, treatment-just thought I'd introduce myself
Hi there to all you lovely and courageous women who inhabit this site- just thought I'd introduce myself though I have already posted a couple of times so some may be familiar with me. Doesn't life change in an instant! I'm currently 55 yo and until a month or so ago I was a hard working medical practitioner, sole parent…
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Bone fractures
They do say breast cancer is the gift that just keeps giving and I was rudely reminded of this over the weekend when I ended up having surgery to two broken bones in my forearm which were the result of a fall and my reduced bone strength due to chemo-induced menopause. After treatment finished in 2013 I was diagnosed with…