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Back to school with Healthy Lunch Box

At Cancer Council, we are passionate about helping families and indeed, everyone, to eat more healthily. 93% of children don’t eat enough vegetables and adults aren’t eating enough either. Good nutrition is important for everyone affected by cancer. With the be...Read More

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My hair is not growing

A year ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. My chemotherapy (3 different ones) has finished by about February, at which point the hair started to grow again and I have had about an inch length by end of March. Then, I started on the radiotherapy. It seems that ...Read More

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Simple life is healthy living

Ironically, modern times should give us convenience and productive lifestyle apparently it paves way for more illness...Could we just embrace a simple life?

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Life after Leukaemia - Hello is that the universe? Yeah hey, this wasn't my plan...

Hey everyone! This is my first post on the forum! Which is great. Now i've had Leukaemia for the first time AND posted on the forum for the first time, heaps of firsts. Kicking goals. I'm not really sure how this works so I'll just lay out the facts. My name is Ale...Read More

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Aromatherapy massage

I have found it easier to cope by having Aromatouch Technique, it is one of the most enjoyable massages I have ever had , very relaxing, most massages i find they hurt me some how and I just don't relax or i get cramps. This involves the use of therapudic grade es...Read More

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How I cope on a daily basis

I don't know if I repeat myself or not as I cannot find any of my posts. I will apologise now just in case I have said some of this before. Anyways, I wake up in the morning and I think what can I do today. After 18 mths since I was first diagnosed with bc. I ca...Read More

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Exercise: Standing row

For this exercise, you will need a resistance band attached to a fixed point such as a handrail. * Please check with your doctor before starting this or any other excercise program. Research shows that exercise has many benefits both during and after cancer ...Read More

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Periods after treatment

Hi ladies, I completed chemo treatment 4 months ago however my periods stopped on my 3 last treatment. I've been put on tamoxifen. I'm still waiting for my periods to return. I feel slight symptoms of a week before to a period. Anyone else experienced the same thin...Read More

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Fruit & Veg Sense Workshops for parents & carers (NSW)

We run regular 'Fruit & Veg Sense' workshops for parents and carers of children across NSW. They are free and last for 90 minutes, covering the following topics, amongst others: What a 'serve' of fruit and veg is How much fruit and veg your family really needs T...Read More

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Vegan Diet?

I am thinking of switching to a purely plant based diet. Has anyone else gone this way and found it helpful?

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