People Living with Cancer

1. July 2009

Survivors Day

We will be celebrating the 10th Annual Cancer Survivors Day in Cape Town on 15 August 2009. All cancer survivors are invited to come along and celebrate this joyous event. Our aim is to have 2000 survivors attending. We survived and are thriving! Theme: Thrive and Survive with Wilma van der Bijl and Lilian Dube Date: 15 [...]

1. July 2009

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DR EVE

Dr Marlene Wasserman invites you to join the Pillowbook Sensual Lifestyle Group For Women Living with a Diagnosis of Cancer Cancer changes your life. Life includes your intimacy, your sexuality. Sexuality and cancer facts: - Cancer, treatment and maintenance therapies affect your sexuality - Commonly a negative relationship with your body develops - Low self image gets in [...]

30. March 2009

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10 years clear..and I ran the New York marathon to celebrate!

Hi everyone, I wanted to share an important milestone with you. I have been clear 10 years!! I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 1998. After 9 months of chemo and 2 rounds of abdominal surgery things looked “good”. But as you know, you don’t get a Noddy badge or a gold star to say [...]

1. July 2009

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Survivors Day

2. July 2009

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Get Involved

Get involved by Becoming A Buddy or by getting New Branches up and going. Become a Buddy PERSONAL QUALITIES needed to become a Cancer BUDDY for PLWC: One year or more since surgery or other treatment for cancer; We have found that this time allows the individual to be better prepared for this work, and also [...]

2. July 2009

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CR MAGAZINE for international cancer advocates

http://www.crmagazine.org/Pages/default.aspx CR launched a digital edition of the magazine—a ‘read on your computer’ version of the magazine that looks just like the print edition but is delivered to subscribers via e-mail. A sample issue is available for you to enjoy here: http://www.crmagazine-digital.org/crmagazine/sample/ As a special offer to international advocates, 1-year subscriptions to the digital edition are available [...]

30. June 2009

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Anal Canal Group - Jhb

Vision: To be there in good times and bad; to provide a warm and loving environment for women going through treatment for a unique and devastating cancer; to create hope and focus for the future. In June 2009, a support group was formed to advise, mentor and uplift women with anal canal cancer. Some have had [...]

29. June 2009

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Invitation

29. June 2009

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Cancer Treatment Financial Assistance

If you need assistance in facilitating your oncology treatment, help is at hand. The Moments in Time charitable trust – established to ease the financial burden of cancer - is providing assistance to those that need it the most. We understand and we care. Call us on 011 465 9815 to discuss your case or [...]

27. June 2009

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Buddy Support Group: Pretoria

Dear all, Our next Buddie get together is taking place om Saturday 4 July 2009 at 14:00. Conference Room, Little Company of Mary Hospital. Again it will be informal. Come and share and drink a cup of tea!! It was so nice to have you all at our previous get together and get to know you a [...]

26. June 2009

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Buddy Support Group: Johannesburg

Next Meeting: 11 July 2009 Chris Olivier reporting on 9 February 2009: We have been having regular monthly meetings - the last of which was on Saturday 7th when Elma finally told everyone that she can no longer spare the time to be involved in the organising. Therefore we will not be meeting at Sandton Oncology again. The [...]

25. June 2009

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Peter Hers

When I was younger I spent much time in the sun, resulting in numerous solar keratoses, and various excisions. In 2004 I had an amelanotic (no colour) malignant melanoma removed, and this seemed to be successful. However, in 2006 it spread to lymph nodes in the neck, which were surgically removed. I [...]

25. June 2009

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Gail Silberman

In the blink of an eye. It was December 2004. The only time that cancer had touched our lives so far had been watching the 3-year battle my niece, Sharon, underwent with breast cancer, with metastases to her liver, bones and brain. She had chemo after chemo, lost all her hair and got [...]

25. June 2009

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Derek Aarts

Why cancer Buddies? I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in December 2005. I remember quite clearly my initial need for information about cancer. What the prognosis was, what the treatment options were, how long would the treatment be? etc, etc. All these questions related to the technical or clinical side of the disease. [...]

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