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Johannesburg Buddies
The Johannesburg Group have buddies for the following cancer types:
Hodgkins lymphoma
Breast
Prostate
Ovarian
Melanoma
Cervical
Germ Cell
Kidney
Anal canal
If you would like a Cancer Buddy to contact you, please contact the Johannesburg Group Coordinator, Chris at 083 640 4949 or plwc@icon.co.za.
Buddy Training held in Johannesburg
27. July 2010
Johannesburg PLWC group had a cancer Buddy training session at the Donald Gordon Oncology Unit on the 17th and 18th of July for 30 attendees.
What a great session this was as the group worked together to prepare cancer survivors and caregivers to reach out to newly diagnosed patients in their region in future.
Topics covered were:
How [...]
DGMC July 2010 Cancer Support Group Meeting
8. July 2010
Join us on 10th July at our Cancer Support Group at 18 Eton Road, Parktown. Our speaker will be TK Mofokeng who is the resident Donald Gordon Medical Centre’s physiotherapist and he will be talking about the importance of exercise for cancer patients. He will also be giving exercises to help you during cancer treatment [...]
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7. July 2010
Linda Greeff, co-founder and Director of People Living With Cancer and an expert in dealing with people undergoing cancer treatment, will be in Johannesburg on 17 and 18 July 2010 presenting their introductory ‘buddy’ training course at the Donald Gordon Medical Centre.
Hosted by Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (WDGMC) and People Living With Cancer, Johannesburg, [...]
DGMC Monthly Cancer Support Group Meeting
27. May 2010
Just a reminder that our next meeting is on Saturday 12 June. and our speaker will be Dr Elna Macintosh. She is a Sexual Health Care practitioner, Medical Director of the DISA Health Care clinic, cancer survivor, sex-educator, researcher, author and Media personality for the past 25 years. She has run seven Comrades, climbed Kilimanjaro [...]
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23. March 2010
Wits University
Donald Gordon Medical Centre
Cancer Support Group
to be held on the following dates:
2010
January 9
February 13
March 13
April 10
May 8
June 12
July 10
August 14
September 11
October 9
November 13
December 11
9h00 for 9h30
at 18 Eton Road, Parktown
(opposite WDGMC main entrance)
Enquiries:
Bernice Lass, WDGMC, (011) 356 6148
Chris Olivier, People Living with Cancer / CANSA
plwc@icon.co.za or 083 640 4949
Any Patients and caregivers are welcome
PLWC/CANSA Support Group:Parktown, Johannesburg
20. October 2009
We are very pleased that arrangements have now been finalised for a PLWC and CANSA joint support group at Donald Gordon Medical Centre – they have given us a room at 18 Eton Road (right opposite DGMC) Parktown – and the Manager of the Oncology Unit, Bernice Lass, is going to head the group.
The first [...]
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 [...] […]
6. September 2010
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