2007

13 April 1945 – 9 October 2007 BEGINNING OF JOURNEY My Cancer was found by a routine 2 yearly mammogram, immediately followed by the discovery of metastatic bone secondaries. In January 2003, an enormous tumor which they said must have been there at least two years ago but wasn’t picked up last time. All the…

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12 October 1948 – 8 January 2007 “We only have one Mother. How lucky we are that Wendy was ours. Even before breast cancer all she wanted from life was to be there for her family and to see us happy. We’ll never understand why she was dealt this hand. We love her and remember…

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17 February 1953 – 9 January 2007 “What happens to you does not matter. What you become through those experiences is all that is significant. This is the true meaning of life.” A quote that Lorraine came to believe in and and which was read at her funeral. BEGINNING OF JOURNEY In 1996 I found…

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15 November 1955 – 15 March 2007 BEGINNING OF BREAST CANCER JOURNEY In May 1996, I was a 40 year old secondary school teacher with a 10 year old daughter, when I found a lump. The treatment was a mastectomy and immediate tram flap reconstruction, followed by 6 months of CMF chemotherapy. In May 1997,…

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15 November 1955 – 15 March 2007 Veronica Macaulay-Cross, OAM, died peacefully on 15 March 2007. She lived, inspirationally, with advanced breast cancer for eight years, always working to better the treatment and support for all women living with the illness. She was a role model to women in the group, encouraging and supporting group…

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25 August 1944 – 16 January 2007

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29 October 1949 – 11 May 2007 BEGINNING OF JOURNEY November 2002  I waited till my son’s HSC exams were finished before investigating a lump; had had many cysts. After an exhausting day at the Wesley Breast Clinic, I was told that I would need a mastectomy. Shock, horror – and I’d gone alone to the…

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29 October 1949 – 11 May 2007 BEGINNING OF JOURNEY 29.01.2002 – R. Mastectomy for invasive lobular carcinoma. 39/45 lymph nodes cancerous. Not good. Because of high nodal involvement I was given very aggressive chemo & radiation treatment. This took some 8 months & then CT & bone scans, done after the mastectomy, were repeated….

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26 February 1969 – 22 April 2007 BEGINNING OF JOURNEY In 2004 I was working full time as Customer Service Manager for a direct selling company and in October went to see a muscular-skeletal specialist as I had a nagging groin injury for some 6 months which was getting worse. He sent me for an…

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