Breast Cancer Awareness month: BCNA Pink Lady Events

Pink Lady Luncheon, Melbourne

BCNA will hold our annual Pink Lady Luncheon on Tuesday 15 October at the NGV as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month. This year's Pink Lady Luncheon not only coincides with Australia’s breast cancer awareness month, it is also an opportunity to celebrate 15 years of BCNA supporting Australians affected by breast cancer. We would love for you to join us at the National Gallery of Victoria as we hear from inspiring guest speakers and raise funds to support BCNA.

 

For more information and to book tickets, visit the BCNA website. <link to: http://www.bcna.org.au/events/key-fundraising-events/pink-lady-luncheon >

Pink Lady Luncheon, Brisbane

Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) is holding its inaugural Brisbane corporate luncheon on Wednesday 23 October 2013 at PricewaterhouseCoopers Brisbane office as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year we will also be celebrating the 15 year anniversary of BCNA.

For more information, click on the link here for your exclusive invitation.

 We also have an event that is being held in Sydney that I will send you through the details now. But in short here are the details:

BCNA Tribute Field of Women, Sydney

BCNA is holding a Tribute Field of Women in Sydney during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

15,000 Pink Lady silhouettes will be planted in Bennelong Lawn, in the Royal Botanic Gardens just near the Sydney Opera House, on Friday 11 October (11am - 7pm) and Saturday 12 October (8am - 3pm). A brief ceremony will be held at 11am on Saturday 12 October.

 

More information is available on the BCNA website. <link to: http://www.bcna.org.au/bcna/event/bcna-tribute-field-women-sydney>

 

Striving to Heal

These past couple weeks have been about just letting the body heal after major surgery.  It's not always easy to know exactly what the body needs during these times but I've made sure I've rested/slept as the body has requested, continued to drink my green gunk, and drove into work (instead of riding the train and getting jostled or having to stand).

I meet with the surgeon every week and he said that although the bruising worse than what he expected and the body wasn't getting rid of the fluids, I now seem to be on track!

Today we spent the day out celebrating the mid-Autumn festival and had some Moon Cakes at a local Chinese community festival.  I keep focused on these wonderful blessings in my life on a daily basis.

Sharing Stacey Johnson's Story

These stories are all too common (click on link below). I heard five more cancer related stories just today from team members who sit near me to me, which we'll never hear about (one persons father passed away today, one had a reoccurrence found this week, three had checked out suspicious growth in/on their bodies...still waiting the outcome of the prognosis).

Bottom line: Get checked if you think there is a problem...do not convince yourself it will "go away". That is for anything and for both men and women. You will thank yourself later!

http://www.theweeklyreviewmooneevalley.com.au/story/1774811/stacey-johnsons-silver-linings/?cs=1230

Digging Deep

Thank you to all those who saw me today and asked how I was, knowing that I was only just coping. There are obviously days in this journey that are harder than others...but this too shall pass. To have a caring support network means the difference between a not so good day to an okay or great day. I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience. Hillary Clinton

Back to work

Tomorrow I will head back into work...12 days after the surgery. My mindset is that I'm NOW on the road to full recovery. This phase just takes a bit of TLC for the body to recover from the surgery and the mind some time to adjust to the changes in the body. Onwards and upwards.

Taking it easy after surgery

Okay, I'm now on the road to recovery. I spent last week just hanging out with the nurses and lazing around in bed at the hospital. This week I've been working from home and working through the discomfort that comes with major surgery. I've laid very low but managed to get three power walks in by walking my son to school before getting into work. (Mind you this power walking was nothing more than trying to take step after step and going from A to B without falling down! Success!). Based on last time, the initial healing will take about a month. It's hard month of discomfort, not sleeping well due to the discomfort, and taking things slow (not my forte most days). When I got out of hospital on Sunday we went out to café for lunch to celebrate Fathers Day. My son saw a plaque that he decided he wanted to get for me because he said it was me. Here is what it says: Life is like a camera. Just focus on what's important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don't work out, just take another shot. Beautiful