👋 Monday Mingle Meet & Greet - Welcome New Members Feb 9-15👋
Welcome to members who recently joined our online community in the past week! We hope you are connecting with others and finding support. MelK​ MelMc​ GC003​ Soda56​ miche​ Catta​ Moonhirl​ chrissyd3​ Flashturtle​ YvetteM​ Fynnlove​ Kmec74​ kmf​ Lizzles​ Michelle_2026​ Jodi1​ CaptnK​ Dorothy80​ abombeta​ kerriefrances​ Betty123​ CathyT​ Katiepea​ CorinneWhy​ Flea77​ ABhog​ This forum is a supportive space where you can connect with generous members who provide meaningful support to each other. Share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. Explore our various groups for greater peer-to-peer support. Helpful Links to Get You Started: How to start a discussion About BCNA's Online Network Check out our private groups! BCNA Online Network Groups Community Guidelines New breast cancer diagnosis? Read Living with DCIS, LCIS or early breast cancer Listen to BCNA's podcasts: Upfront About Breast Cancer: Just Diagnosed - What's Next? What You Don't Know Until You Do Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis? Watch Just diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer - what's next? Get the Most Out of Our Community: Our long-time members (and newbies too!) are a wealth of information. Don't hesitate to post your questions. You can also update your profile with details about yourself, such as your breast cancer experience and where you live (e.g., Sydney, Melbourne, Regional Victoria) for more targeted responses. You may like to check some of our more light-hearted discussion threads while you are here: Friday Funnies Wise words Creative Corner! Our Gardens Need Help? Message our community manager, Christina_BCNA​ BCNA_Mod​ or one of our other moderators: Daina_BCNA​ Mez_BCNA​ Astrida_BCNA​ Risha_BCNA​ Denise_BCNA​. Please Note: Please be aware that your posts and comments in the public discussions and public groups can be found and read by anyone, including those who are not members of the online network. This means that what you share in a public discussion or public group may be read by a wider audience, please consider this when sharing sensitive or personal details. The Online Network is not moderated by staff/volunteers on weekends. For urgent queries, contact the Helpline Team via email at helpline@bcna.org.au or phone 1800 500 258, Monday to Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm AEDT.
Watch this space!
We’ve been listening to your feedback and we’re excited to announce that the Online Network will be moving to a new platform in early 2025! This has been designed to better serve your needs. This will mean you will only need one login, one password for the Online Network and all our resources. We are committed to improving your experience, and we can’t wait to share these new features with you in the New Year. Keep an eye out for regular updates in early 2025.Online Network Survey - Results
Thank you for taking part in our digital research As some of you may know, we need to move the Online Network to a new platform, as part of a wider project to improve our online resources. We ran a survey and conducted interviews with members of the network to gather information such as: What works well and what needs to be improved What features and functions are most important. Thank you to everyone who was able to take part and provide feedback on their experiences with the current platform. Your feedback is helping us make decisions around features and functionality (Survey results attached). The project team is busy working with our technical partners. This is always a lengthy process, so you won’t see any changes for a couple of months. However, the project team will very soon start communicating with our network before the upcoming changes. If you have any questions or future feedback, please let us know via this post or through our Helpline team.Have your say on the Online Network
Later this year, we need to move the Online Network to a new platform as part of a wider project to improve our online resources. To help us make the best decisions around functionality, processes, look and feel, and more, we invite you to complete a short, anonymous survey. All questions are optional and you can use any device: Online Network user survey. The survey closes at the end of Monday 27 May. Next month we will let you know the results of the survey and give you information about the change. If you have any questions please contact the Project Manager Tamsin Stanford tstanford@bcna.org.auTake part in research to improve our online services
We’re inviting members of the Online Network to help us improve our website and online services. This work is part of a project that aims to improve access to relevant information and support that is tailored to your personal preferences and experiences of breast cancer. It will cover My Journey and the Symptom Tracker, the Online Network and parts of the website. Between April and June, we’re running online research activities to help us design and test new features and other changes. Activities range from short and simple surveys to one-on-one interviews or group workshops. Your feedback is important to make sure we deliver what is most useful and usable for people affected by breast cancer. Read about the activities you can take part in and, if you’re interested in taking part, fill out the ‘expression of interest’ form and we’ll be in touch.Your Online Network experience
Hi everyone, BCNA are developing a social media post next week about the Online Network and wondered if anyone would like to share their experience since connecting with this wonderful online community? Simply send me a private message if you would like to be contacted to share your experience and how it has supported you. Many thanks.
Group listing in the main discussion forum
Hello all, A quick message to let you know that we have our developers looking into adding our group listing back in the main discussion forum. It sits on the right hand side under the section titled who's online and enables quick access to the online groups. To access our online groups, you can click on the 'Groups' tab in the right hand side of the top pink navigation bar. Thanks Giovanna
Online support for Regional WA.
Hi all, just wanted to share this link for a free online wellbeing and exercise course which starts tomorrow afternoon . It’s run by the Cancer Council for Regional WA. I’ve signed up. Might see you there xxx https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/living-well-with-exercise-and-mindfulness-registration-110067827836
New to BCNA
Hi. I was diagnosed with bc in January. Ive had a single mastectomy and have round 4 of dose dense chemo on wednesday. I'm 37 and have no family history. I have 2 sons 13 and 14 and dont know anyone who has been through this, let alone anyone around my age going through this. I'm not usually a blog/forum type person but with a long journey still ahead, its getting lonely so I thought I'd try reaching out on here :). Im in adelaide and look forward to meeting some new people i can relate to and talk to. XChange to logging into the BCNA online network 16 May 2019
Hello everyone, We have had an update to the BCNA website and the logging in process for the online network has changed slightly. Go to www.bcna.org.au Click on the blue Online Network tab in the top right hand corner of your screen. This will take you to the BCNA Online Network page. On the right hand side of your screen you will see the blue Sign In / Register tab, click on Sign In. You will then be directed to the Login page, add your log in details. You will then see the following page titled ‘Welcome to Breast Cancer Network Australia'. Click on BCNA online network. Below is a screen shot from my computer and I have a double screen, you will not see the page on the right with Raelene Boyle! Click on BCNA online network. If you are not being redirected to the ‘Welcome to Breast Cancer Network Australia’ page then you will need to clear your cookies. To do this, push the Control button and F5 button simultaneously to refresh your browser cookies and try logging in again. If you have any concerns or issues, don’t hesitate to call the BCNA helpline on 1800 500 258.
