Hi flight Just took a brief look at your link and it looks great! Totally agree with your sentiments too. :) Julie ... View more

Hey Dave Thanks and yes I was very proud of him. Big thing for a young 22 year old with long hair (suited to more head banging apparently .. lol) to shave it all off voluntarily. He was happy though and they raised nearly 200 dollars ontop of whatever was raised via the burgers. things should start settling down for you soon, in the beginning it seems to take ages but before you know it you will be looking back on how much things have changed. Julie ... View more

Hi Flight I am about to get involved in a group that advocates for cancer patients. Other than that i participated in doing a dvd for the hospital i went through for my treatment and that was to be used for doctors and patients. I had to do hair and makeup for that one, bit of a joke as I had no hair. lol I found it somewhat cathartic to do that and felt like I was giving back just a tiny bit to a group of people that had given me such a lot. :) Good luck with whatever you choose to do. Julie ... View more

Hey Linda Congratulations to you all, what a wonderful achievement. Hopetoun is a smaller community and it is great to see everyone banding together to help one another. Nice of the people that have made donations also, it is amazing how much people are willing to give and how readily they give also for cancer. Rgds Julie ... View more

Thanks Vicki I particularly liked this bit at the end of the article and had a bit of a chuckle as I read through the whole piece. "As the populations of Tumortown and Wellville continue to swell and to “interact,” there’s a growing need for ground rules that prevent us from inflicting ourselves upon one another." ... View more

Hey oldman Dave I think the site lags with who is online or not. Or hotmail lags with the site ... who knows. haha You can do omelettes with vegies and cheese and they are fairly easy to get down, plus you can stick an asian gravy on it and that will help with any food sticking. Poached eggs are good also, soup is good and all sorts really when you explore a bit with it. Oh and try a bit of vegemite for taste, it is strong and that was one of the first things I was able to taste again. Julie ... View more

Hi Vicki Anne Glad you enjoyed the look good feel better session. I went to one and agree that the people that volunteer are amazing. I was unable to really participate all that much as my skin was starting to go yucky because of the monoclonal therapy i was having and I wasnt sure what I would react to. It was great to see women trying on wigs and amazing how much difference a good wig makes. Hope you get your good words next week and are feeling a bit better now. Julie ... View more

Hiya Dave RPH were wonderful and they were great for country patients as they gave us early appointments on fridays and late ones on mondays so that those that could travel home were able to do so. They were great with me also as every 2nd week i had to go to fremantle first for monoclonal therapy and then down to rph for radiotherapy. I stayed at Milroy which is at shenton park and volunteers would take us over for treatment and then back again. Glad you had a good experience with RPH aswell, it certainly makes a difference i think. The radiologists there are incredible with the amount of people that they see and put through each day. TOwards the end I was having real problems with my skin and they were all very caring and very careful to monitor it. Between us all we managed to limp my skin across the line and finish the treatment. I went home with weeping open sores on my skin when I had finished and a staph infection ... just to round things off. lol Ok, time to get something organised for dinner here. Hows the baby food going? Sick of it yet? Oh, just before I go I must mention the dietician at RPH was just wonderful and a lovely person. It is amazing how much difference they make to our treatment when we have people like that and of course my cancer nurse was pretty amazing too. We still keep in touch and she is very supportive. take care Julie ... View more

Hiya Dave I went through Royal Perth for my treatment, is that the same for you? Some head and neckers really do go through a very traumatic experience and some are worse than others for sure. I was one of the lucky ones so far. Did they give you the recipe for mouth wash at your dental place? Where did you go for your dental? I went to charlies for that and they gave me a recipe for a mouth wash ... bi carb and salt, which apparently is especially good for mucositous (however you spell it). If you don't have one and would like one i can get it for you. I keep giving away mine and can't quite recall the exact measurements at the mo. One week out is pretty good if you have saliva still and very early for taste buds. take care Julie ... View more