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Friday update!
Hi everyone. It's time for another Friday Update. Community Highlights We have 30 new members. A warm welcome to Bubbly, Vix, Ebaar, joanne_06 and all the new members. This week we had 50 posts and 433 comments. Here are some posts you might have missed- * PETA - Piano * SCOTTS - Taxol Completed * MUM2JJ - Five Years and…
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Introduction - saying hi :)
Hi all, Have popped on here a couple of times and have finally gotten around to signing up so I can post. I was diagnosed on April Fools day 2016 with stage 3 breast cancer. I've had 2 rounds of FEC with another 2 to go and then I'm onto D for 4 rounds. Then it's a bilateral mastectomy and then radiation, so an interesting…
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Weekend Workout Blog Post Seven: Gardening
Image Source: alreadyhome.com.au Gardening has many health and therapeutic benefits and can be very enjoyable. It’s an activity that everyone can enjoy. Whether your garden is a small balcony planter, a backyard vegetable garden or a plot in a community garden, gardening is a very healthy hobby, on so many levels. Studies…
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The Ultimate Journey for a Cure
As promised, some photos (sorry, only these two will post!) from my Nepalese Trek to the Base Camp of Mt Everest. It was both harder than I could ever have imagined and more rewarding than I could ever have imagined. It was so much better than I thought it would be, the scenery, the people and everything else. I got there,…
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Ready for an inspired adventure?
Dear members, BCNA has trekked the Great Wall of China and Macchu Picchu, then cycled Southeast Asia and now we are taking on Tuscany! I would love to see some of our wonderful online network members embark on an adventure of a lifetime through the heart of Tuscany, Italy! As part of BCNA’s Tuscany Trek, you will trek over…
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Regaining fitness
I am ectsatic that I finally managed to get to the pool today. I've finished my 4 cycles of AC chemo and each cycle has been quite different. Cycle 1 sick for a week then was able to do some pool exercises and a gym session with light weights and felt good. Cycle 2 I was sick for 2 weeks then was exhausted and just kept…
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Weekend Workouts Blog Post Six: Pilates
Image Source: www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au Pilates is a physical fitness system that was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. It involves exercises performed on the floor on mats, or on specially designed equipment in studios. Pilates uses a range of techniques to facilitate improved body awareness, strength,…
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Exercise and Cancer - double your survival!
"By age 85, every second Person will develop it. But what if I were to tell you there's a medicine that may double your chance of survival and cause your own body to attack the cancer? It's exercise. " Do yourself a favour and watch the recent ACB Catalyst story about how exercise can increase survival rates and has zero…
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Advocating for Exercise in Breast Cancer Groups
i just wanted to raise some awareness on an issue that has been bugging me and say something here. i have stopped participating in cancer groups because even though groups like this called "get active and keep well", the general fear and disapproval from other members is if someone starts exercising "more" than the…
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My Gorgeous Daughter
Here is my daughter Claire who is walking in the Mothers Day Classic for me today. What a little gem, she has been there all the way, including shaving her head last May.
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Thank you Fernwood Fitness
We are thrilled to announce that 10 BCNA members will be participating in the Fernwood Foundation Scholarship Program, an initiative designed to help create career opportunities for women diagnosed with breast cancer. We want to say a huge thank you to the educators at Fernwood’s Registered Training Centre and Fernwood…
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Need some advice on getting started
I have only recently be diagnosed, last Friday in fact. I see my surgeon tomorrow. A couple of weeks ago my housemate and I decided to join the local gym and try to get fitter, stronger and lose some weight (or a lot of weight). Then I got that phone call. Right now I am feeling overwhelmed by all this and not sure what to…