by Anna Boltong | May 13, 2016
My role at Cancer Council Victoria is extremely rewarding. I am fortunate to lead a team of passionate and talented oncology nurses, educators, researchers, health promotion co-ordinators and social workers who design and deliver more than 25 supportive care programs...
by Dyna Eldaief | Apr 21, 2016
It’s been 8 weeks since I had 2 surgeries back to back. A preventative double mastectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction, which uses my own tummy fat to form my new breasts. The surgeries went very well. I was nervous but excited too as I delved into hospital...
by Sue Collins | Feb 21, 2016
So why am I making this project? One in eight Australian women will develop Breast Cancer1Cancer Council Australia. Wow, this information makes you pause to think. However a gentle reminder that this is by age 85 puts the statistic in better perspective. But this...
by Dyna Eldaief | Dec 12, 2015
The MRI is fine, I’ve had several. Unless you have restless leg syndrome, a cold or something that makes you cough/sneeze or move involuntarily then there really is only one job. Stay still. Lying on your front in the “superman” pose, with arms above your head is...
by Dyna Eldaief | Dec 7, 2015
Basically, genetics tells me I don’t carry the gene, but I have not actually been tested. It was my mum who was inconclusive 10 years ago and now with new technology I’m told she carried a normal variant in her genes. Her blood sample has degraded but I’m told that...
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