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Posted by Robsta67
January 15th, 1962 the world was graced with the arrival of a beautiful baby girl. Unfortunately that little gem was given away because of disability and spent pretty much most of her life as a baby in a orphanage in Broadmeadows, Victoria. A family from Ballarat took a shine to her and took her in ...
Posted by Robsta67
It was January of 2011 when my wife got out of the shower and i happened to notice what resembled a pimple on the inside of her left breast. I said to her that you have a pimple on your boob and she said oh i do too and never really paid alot of attention to it and unfortunately nor did&nb...
Posted by LizInDarwin
During the early weeks of my cancer treatment, John and I decided that it was time for our sons to start making their own school lunches.They were aged 8 and 10 at that stage, and this seemed to be one task that they could easily lift from John's full-time-working, sudenly-solo-parenting shoulde...
Posted by LizInDarwin
I have decided to use pseudonyms for the other members of my family on this blog. I was once told that there are only two degrees of separation in Darwin. This city is probably so small as to make efforts at anonymity virtually pointless. But for whatever it’s worth, I’ll call my ...
Posted by LizInDarwin
"There was nothing romantic about this cancer. Utterly arbitrary, it didn’t have a narrative. It was just blank-faced and dutiful, a civil servant among diseases. So I went deep into some glum pop music and constructed what stories I could there." Giles Smith, Lost in Music. Shortly be...
Posted by Cokey
My name is Nic. I went to the doctor early Feb 2012 because i sprained my wrist at work. Thought i may as well get that lump checked while there since i rarely go to doctors. I hav had lumps befor that had been tested + nothing, some that hav not been tested and simply gone away, so i wasnt concerne...
Posted by SueB
My pre-surgery appointment with my Surgeon was recently. She was very impressed with the effect the chemo has had on my breast cancer. My original appointment with her resulted in me being admitted to SJOG Hospital Subiaco for a battery of MRI, Biopsies, Scans, blood tests, more scans & a few ...
Posted by Brenmoet
Brenmoet Well first share for me. I'm 39 and started my first chemo yesterday. Feeling so positive after a huge day, I am a wedding celebrant and met new clients in the morning, got a phone call to say I had won a new job with promotion and could I meet the crew then it was off to start treatment! I...
Posted by AmyT
Hi I am 33 and have four beautiful children, 8,7,5 and 3, I have been seperated for three years and have a new partner. I have always had 'lumpy' breast and also have a rather large lyphoma in my left breast which has been there for several years so when I felt a lump that hurt in my right breast I ...
Posted by BeeMGee
Well after my introduction on the forum last weekend I left for a few days holidays with a good friend. Have returned home and had a rotten day. I think it was compounded by the news story earlier in the week about the guy who died from bowel cancer. I then heard of an aquaintance that is now strug...
