If you can dream it, you can do it!
The Nelspruit branch of People Living With Cancer wanted to make a difference in their community and decided to host an outreach programme to women in their community to create breast cancer awareness and share information.
The support group was put in contact with Cause Marketing Fundraisers who [...]
Nelspruit Outreach Initiative
27. January 2010
PLWC Director featured in latest Runners World
“Carl Liebenberg was diagnosed with cancer in 1998 and after undergoing nine months of chemotherapy and two rounds of abdominal surgery, he is now cancer-free….”
To read the whole story: Runnersworld-1carl[1]
1. February 2010
South Africans Stand Up For Cancer
The 4th February 2010 is World Cancer Day. To coincide with this, People Living With Cancer (PLWC) and their affiliated Cancer Buddy support network is calling on all South Africans to Stand Up For Cancer by signing the World Cancer Declaration.
We would like a 100,000 South Africans to sign the Declaration. The World Cancer [...]
11. March 2010
Feedback on Pretoria Buddy Training March 2010
PLWC Pretoria hosted a very good training weekend. Linda Greeff from Cape Town facilitated the training over the two days.
Here are some trainee feedback:
Jean Robinson
What an inspirational weekend !!!
Phumelele Zulu
I only realized when I was sharing with other trainees that I shifted the attention away from cancer into work after I was diagnosed with cancer [...]
9. March 2010
Cancer Support Group at Panorama Medi Clinic, Cape Town
Panorama Medi Clinic’s monthly cancer support group meeting will be held on Tuesday, 6th April 2010, 17h30 at the hospital. The monthly meetings are on the first Tuesday of every month.
All welcome.
For enquiries: phone Eldré on 076 775 6099 or email: eldre@plwc.org.za
4. March 2010
Cancer Buddies Pretoria: Year Programme 2010
6/7 March : Buddies Training
3 April : Fellowship
1 May : Creative Art and Writing in Cancer
5 June [...]
2. March 2010
WDGMC Cancer Support Group Monthly Meeting
A reminder to everyone that our next meeting will be on Saturday 13 March at our usual venue, 18 Eton Road, Parktown.
We are very pleased to announce that our speaker will be Dr Owen Nosworthy a Senior Specialist Physician and Medical Oncologist at the Johannesburg Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand.
Dr Nosworthy obtained his undergraduate [...]
2. March 2010
Immunotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Immunotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Johannes Vieweg, MD
The absence of curative therapies for advanced or recurrent forms of prostate cancer mandates continued development of novel, more effective treatment regimens……
To read more: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1831540/
23. February 2010
Buddy Group Meeting Presentation: January 2010 – Linda Greeff
We had a special sharing Buddy group in January and these are some of the tools we discussed to assist us in managing our own cancer journeys.
Home – The importance of having a sense of Home when one faces the cancer journey. Home is where we come to after a bad day for warmth. support, [...]
21. February 2010
HER2 Positive Breast Cancer Support
Introduction to the Community
Welcome to the HER2 community page site. This is your opportunity to talk to other people who have been affected by breast cancer – patients, survivors, husbands, partners, sons, daughters and good friends.
Become part of this community. Subscription is free. Write about your experiences. Your journey. The highs. The lows. The love [...]
21. February 2010
Minnie Kriek
28 March 2007.
I can honestly say it was an ordinary day, until I went to the loo. I remember feeling quite angry, because not only was I in the throes of menopause with hot flushes and all that, but my ovaries were doing a last ditch thing with a final period. Just what I needed! [...]
16. February 2010
Raynolda Makhutle
Life begins at 40!
I was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1998. Working as a banker at that stage, I knew nothing about cancer, except that it was a killer.
I suffered from womb complications since the age of 15.
When I turned 40 I decided to get a second opinion and a general check up, The doctor [...]
Comrades for Cancer Buddies
- Injury woes!Just when I thought I was getting on top of my game, a little surprise injury comes along to derail all my plans. I bought new running shoes last week, and unfortunately took the advice of the shoe sales man who told me to buy a pair larger than the last ones because I was [...] […]
- 5 Months to go and 1400km’s of roadwork ahead!Well we are firmly into January, and the training for Comrades has begun in earnest. The training programme I am following (www.alsoranrunners.info) says I need to be doing in the region of 65km’s per week! Thats quite a step up for me as I have been averaging about 40km’s per week up to now. Since I [...] […]
- Runners World ArticleRunnersworld Article January 2010 After chatting to the team at Runners World, I was astounded that they selected me as one of their “heroes” of 2009 for choosing to run the Comrades in 2010 to raise cash for Cancer Buddies! I certainly don’t feel like a hero today after running the Bay to Bay yesterday..but thanks [...] […]
- Comrades Entry Confirmed!I checked the Comrades web site yesterday and see that my entry has been confirmed! Now I am really nervous, as there are no excuses for not running. This past week was a tough week from a training perspective. I flew to JHB twice in one week so missed out on 3 days of training [...] […]
- Landmarks Half MarathonLast week was a good week. I did 45km of road work, which included the Landmarks Half Marathon. The great thing about doing these half marathons regularly is that you can see the progress in fitness and experience, as a result I really enjoyed the day out on the road. The course was excellent, and I [...] […]
2. March 2010
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