Hi Kate, I would love to be involved in this group if possible. is it open to NSW people? It would be helpful for me to experience this online group both as a YAC and a soon to be online support group facilitator. Best, Nikki ... View more

here here i say...Raul you are on the right track certainly and i hope we can help you! ... View more

Hi Raul, It was actually after reading through the 'about this website' section a few days ago that i thought there is vital info missing from this. this section to be is really about using the different features, and not the idea and values behind the actual service. So I still think an 'About us' section would be good. Perhaps Kim, Annie and the other staff could put together why the CC sees the need to provide such a service and what they hope to achieve by doing so. mmmmm hope this makes sense? Love to do the YACs page. lets chat some more 4 sure. hope your having a great wend BTW! Nikki ... View more

Hello The Johansen Family! Thank you for signing up and sharing your current situation with us here. It sounds like Josh and the whole family have been through SO MUCH and still have yet, a few mountains to climb. I send you all my deepest thoughts and well wishes towards finishing his treatment successfully and I hope you all see the sunshine through the clouds upon reaching the top of those mountains REAL SOON. Till then, please drop us a line and share what ever it is that may be on your mind Sam. All my best, Nikki ... View more

Sorry to hear the CC could not help you financially Krystle, as i fully thought they had a financial assistance program :( Perhaps Raul, could shed some light on whether or not the CC have this kind of service and if there is one, is it available in every CC state branch and what does one have to do to qualify? PS: have replied to your email. I think because you sent the message using my 'contact form' it got lost in my mail inbox through me not recognising it as a cancer connections linked email. I now know to look out for these messages in my inbox! TA 🙂 ... View more

Hi, I live in Northern NSW now, but I had all my treatment at the RMH in Melbs 2002-2003. I now attend a haematological late effects clinic at Peter Mac. Would love to meet anyone who goes to, or was at either hopsital in the past. nikki 🙂 ... View more

Hi everyone, First of all a BIG thanks to MissReena for staring this topic. You are most definitely experiencing what i think are very 'normal' thoughts. I hope this site allows you to see this and get some comfort and strength from the many others here who have had or are going through cancer. This site is only in its second week, and the Young Adults section will grow enormously over the next few months, helping you to connect with more people :) I can see that many of us posting our thoughts here are 'young' in terms of getting cancer and I think that this adds weight to the scariness of having cancer. Our younger age means we are a lot more isolated because there are less of us diagnosed compared to older adults. Add to this that there a few to no clinical trails for young adults and therefore the doctors don't really know how to treat and speak to us younger patients (well this is what i personally experienced both during and quite a few years after my treatment), life as a young person with cancer is hard, that's for sure! I hope a website like this one will help bring us young people together so we can share and offload some of our worries and begin to smile again. nikki 🙂 ... View more

Hi Krystle, I am sorry to hear that you are struggling to get ahead in life at such a young age. I too have been poor as for the past 7 years (but I chose to study as well, so that did not help!). I remember paying for bills solidly for 12 months after leaving hospital. I was very lucky that my local community had a fund raiser for me and I was able to use these funds. So is it correct that you have had no financial help from any cancer organisations to date? Which ones have you made contact with? Did you know that the Cancer Council has a financial assistance scheme, where people affected by cancer experiencing financial hardship can access a small amount of money. Also, do you currently get government benefits and/or a health care card? Are you studying or working at present? I hope I can help link you up to something soon, Nikki ... View more

Hi Raul, Love to know if you think the site needs an 'about us' section that explains the reasoning behind Cancer Connections and what it hopes to achieve etc? I would actually like something similar on the YACs page aswell, combined with an intro and possibly some stats etc. I am happy to help write this up for you 🙂 ... View more

Another quick note folks.... If you are keen to make a suggestions of any kind... please click on the following link www.cancerconnections.com.au/content/suggestions-improvements-and-fine-tuning-and-bug-checks-cancer-connections and this will take you directly to the forum topic where we discuss improvements for the site. ... View more