Written by Tiffany Nissen, Lived Experience contributor I am one year in to my cancer diagnosis and the only thing I can compare it to is a fast moving train,…
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Living with cancer, or the impact of cancer in our lives presents many challenges affecting us physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. One of the most persistent challenges is the difficulty…
Wendy Barnes was diagnosed with breast cancer 14 years ago in 2008, and has been a client at Bloomhill Cancer Care from early in her cancer experience. The first...
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My wife Lynette (Lyn) has been fighting breast cancer for more than 34 years. We are now in our 70s. We have four brilliant sons, who were very young when...
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When I was diagnosed with breast cancer I was 41 years old and had four sons under the age of 13. It was 35 years ago, and I was utterly...
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My name is Amy and this is my story. In June of 2016 I first felt a lump in my right breast. A mammogram revealed that there were lumps in both...
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When I was diagnosed with bowel cancer three years ago in 2019, I was going through a different health process altogether. I weighed about 145 kilograms and had decided to...
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I was diagnosed with gastro-oesophageal cancer in 2019. I was sceptical at first about the value of visiting Bloomhill Cancer Care – I thought it would be like an AA...
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Making sense of cancer: Shelley’s survival story A place to make connections, receive kindness, and absorb knowledge. Breast cancer survivor Shelley Fribbens says Bloomhill Cancer Care’s wellness centre helped her make sense...
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A ‘SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE’ By Benita Cheatley I was quite shocked when a routine mammogram showed up a 2.5 cm lump in my breast in 2017. I had been having regular, 12-monthly breast checks as my sister had had breast...
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