Archives for "June, 2010"

Posted by moderator on 30th June 2010

This Club I Never Asked to Join

Posted for Saleema
I have to start this, my first blog, by saying that, as a sexual health educator, I spend most of my time speaking in front of large groups of people. I can advise a group of parents what to do when their child walks in on them being “intimate”, I can talk about practice [...]

Posted by Lavonne on 24th June 2010

Not Again!!

There is no good time for a diagnosis of breast cancer, but imagine having to hear that same news again after almost 10 years of being cancer free.
This time was different however, I had acquired a lot of knowledge in that 10 years and this knowledge I used for this second time around. I found [...]

Posted by moderator on 15th June 2010

Special Guest Chat: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

submitted by Deb R.
     Special Guest Chat in real-time!
          What is that?
It is a secure place to ask experts the burning questions that you may have surrounding treatments, nutrition, fertility and living with cancer to name a few. 
The original web development committee of young women with breast cancer felt there needed to be an avenue [...]

Posted by moderator on 11th June 2010

Breast Cancer Hits You in the Bank Account

submitted by Jen B
I was interested to see a new research report, released by the Canadian Breast Cancer Network last week, that discussed the financial and workplace impact of a breast cancer diagnosis. This is something that we have always known is an important issue for many Canadian women with breast cancer, sometimes becoming as [...]

Posted by KimT on 1st June 2010

Second Base

Random things about breast cancer that I find funny – Second Base
Having the off the wall sense of humour that I have, means that things that typically make others cringe make me laugh out loud.  I am sure that the disclaimer for any of my blog entries should be “the thoughts and comments entered here [...]