Members Musings

Lyn joined our group in January 2003, and stayed a member of the group until her death in 2010
Lyn wrote her own funeral eulogy, which her family have generously shared with us, and this is what she said about the group:

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Bits and Pieces

An Advanced Health Directive is a way to think about and plan what medical treatment you would like in the event that you cannot make decisions for yourself.

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Aussie Breast Cancer Forum

The Aussie Breast Cancer forum ‘provides an Australian meeting place for people with breast cancer, and for those affected by breast cancer.’  The Advanced Breast Cancer Group and The Breast Cancer Foundation of Western Australia Inc. have partnered with the…

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Articles

I see many parents with advanced cancer. Scientific research tells us some things about how parents cope, but I was interested to try to understand more about how parents responded to their children, and find out what suggestions they had…

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Other Items of Interest

One group member recently reflected on words and phrases that she and many women with secondary breast cancer find unhelpful. She writes

“The other phrase I have difficulty with is “Survivor”.  I personally have never referred to myself as a “Survivor”. …

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