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Makes me see red
I read, today, an intersting article on the ABC website about some of the issues faced by rural and regional people who have breast cancer or are at high risk of developing it. I'm not as remote as the woman who was featured, but even here there are struggles. One of the biggest issues is affordable specialist care. There…
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Intro of Pennyrose
Hi, I am a very private person but by way of introduction to this group - I will try to fill you in on where my journey is up to. What a journey ! I had breast cancer in 2009 and had the obligatory lumpectomy, chemo, radiation and 5 years of Hormone blocker drugs - all with their own unique side affects. But I did…
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Friday Update
Hi everyone, Welcome to the Friday update where we share you with some information about the online network and what's happening within BCNA. Community Highlights We had 22 new members join the online network this week from all over Australia. Please welcome sammi17, Neptune 6, Krissy32, Bee123 and all the other new…
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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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needing to find rural help
Well, it's been a long time since I have been active here. Almost coming up to my second post op mammogram in October. I'm feeling well and coping with the normal discomforts from surgery. However at present I'm down in NSW trying to help an elder sister who has just recently had a double mastectomy. She lives in country…
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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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Staying positive
First of all, thank you to all the women who have posted. This has been very helpful in understanding what is going on as general research has been scary so I am constantly uplifted by the stories I have read from these brave, strong women. I also have stage 3 tnbc, have had lumpectomy and going for my second chemo today.…
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I'm going too
Hi there all My name is Cathy and I have only just moved from a place called Glenden which is two hours drive west of Mackay in Nth Qld into town (Mackay). I used to have to travel 5.5 hours to get to my treatment - oh the fun! I was diagnosed in Sept of 2009 and so far so good. lol I attended a conference in Sept of 2010…