Year: 2012

Morning Tea Photos

Posted December 19, 2012, in

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Workshop Photos

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Dr Jane Turner on the ABC

Posted December 10, 2012, in

Dr Jane Turner, who is on the Reference Group for this service, was on Radio National’s Ockam’s Razor on Sunday 7 February, talking about the impact that parental cancer and subsequent death has on children. To listen, go to this link, where you can either listen live, or download the podcast or the transcript of…

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Workshop and Morning Tea 2012

Posted November 9, 2012, in

Workshop for Women, Partners, Families and Friends On Saturday October 13 2012 a workshop was held for family and friends of Advanced Breast Cancer Group members. The workshop provided an opportunity to meet other members of the group, and Mary and Pia, face to face and to introduce family and friends. Dr Maree Colosimo was…

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Walks with Seiko

Posted July 30, 2012, in

  I love her and she loves me. For the past twelve years Seiko and I have been constant companions. The bond between us is powerful and not fully understood. Her cataract-clouded eyes shine green in the light these days, but she can still sense when I am in need of her. The love simply…

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Talking on Tuesdays

Posted July 30, 2012, in

  It’s Tuesday, so I do what I always do on a Tuesday. I get up and take my morphine and, to ward off the dreaded constipation, its ‘sad little mate’, coloxyl and senna. I shower and rub on the cream that has almost vanished the horrific burn I copped from the radiotherapy. I dress…

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Probably Nothing

Posted July 30, 2012, in

  I remember the moment I discovered the first lump in my breast. I was at Phil’s unit for the long weekend. He lived in Sydney, and I in Brisbane. We were commuting regularly to spend time with each other, enjoying our romance. In hindsight, it was just as well I was at his place….

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Workshop 2012

Posted May 23, 2012, in

Group Get Together and Workshop 2012 On Saturday 24 March we held our 4th Get Together and Workshop for the group. Six women, three partners, three adult children and three friends attended what was for all another very enjoyable day. This workshop included a Q&A session with Dr Nicole McCarthy, Medical Oncologist, followed by a…

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How the group benefits women

Posted February 29, 2012, in

Dr David Spiegel outlined the goals of supportive-expressive group therapy (SEGT) in his book Group Therapy for Cancer Patients published in 2000 by Basic Books. Dr Spiegel, Stanford University, pioneered the use of SEGT with women with breast cancer and is the model we use for the group. Goals include: Overcoming isolation – like Margaret,…

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