Prehabilitation and post treatment side effects
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Tiel
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Give yourself time
Our March meeting was a great success with 23 members joining, including 4 new members. During the meeting, we had an open discussion...
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Tiel
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22 members and a physio!
Well, we certainly kicked the year off with a bang! We had 22 members join online and face to face to hear from the amazing Peter Mac...
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Tiel
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Holding our heads up high!
Just like that our 2022 meetings have come to an end. And there is no better way to finish the year than by being joined by Head and...
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Lora
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Dry Mouth, Travel, Birthdays and Good Company!
I can’t believe we just had our second last meeting for the year! Amazing to have so many wonderful friendly faces at this month’s...
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Tiel
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A question of time and a question of taste
Head and neck cancer patients, carers and their families know time can seem to stand still, and sometimes it can seem to speed up. It’s...
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Tiel
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Falling off a cliff
Dear Dr Tsien Fua, we think we have finally found your match. A guest speaker who could draw a bigger crowd. Today we were joined by...
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Tiel
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Lymphedema, Fibrosis and Tik Tok
We were delighted to hear from Peter Mac physiotherapist Megan Howard at our August meeting. Many head and neck cancer patients suffer...
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Tiel
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Bronwyn, Queen of the desert and positivity
It was great to meet again in the Peter Mac Wellbeing Centre for our July meeting, with equal numbers on line and face to face. After...
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Lora
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Xerostomia – who knew Dry Mouth had such a fancy name?!
Welcome to winter! It was a very cold, wet rainy day so it was nice to have 6 of our members meeting face to face in the wellbeing...
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Tiel
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Face to Face, Fibrosis and Feeding Tubes
We were delighted to be able to have some members meet at Peter Mac’s Wellbeing Centre for our May meeting. We had 5 members meeting...
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Tiel
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Pre and Post Treatment Stories - April 2022
It was lovely to see everyone at our April meeting. Sparked by the recognition of our facilitator’s 5 year anniversary since treatment,...
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Tiel
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Mental Health and Cancer
We held our first meeting for 2022 on the first Wednesday of February. It was great to see many familiar and new faces on the call....
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Tiel
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Support and expectations during and after treatment - December 2021
We have heard from some great guest speakers and had some wonderful discussions within the group this year. Our final meeting f0r 2021...
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Tiel
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Is this the last virtual meeting?
After such a successful October meeting we decided to add a November meeting to the 2021 schedule and we weren’t disappointed. We had 11...
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Tiel
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Always Engaging - October 2021
Our October meeting was huge with a record number of attendees and five new faces. Our last meeting was one the eve of the current...
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Tiel
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New members and great information - August 2021
In these COVID times, it was fantastic to be able to meet in person at PeterMac’s Wellbeing Centre. Our August meeting was well attended...
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Tiel
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Better Together! - June 2021
Due to the state government lockdown the group members met over Zoom this month. While it is always better to meet in person at...
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Tiel
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All about lymphedemia! - April 2021
It was great to meet for the second time this year at PeterMac’s Wellbeing Centre. We had a great turn out including four attendees...
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Tiel
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It's great to be back - February 2021
We held our first meeting for the year on the first Wednesday of February, and our first meeting face to face back at PeterMac’s...
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