PRIDE is organising an empowerment_workshop on 7^th March, 2009 @ Piccolohotel, Jalan Bukit Bintang, KL from 9.30a.m. to 5.00p.m.

Faced with trying to maintain or recapture what it was that made you feel feminine and desirable before your diagnosis is not always easy. Our society places such emphasis on the breast as a symbol of femininity; it’s important for women to maintain a strong sense of self in order to avoid the pitfalls of feeling vulnerable or damaged both physically and mentally.

The BreastCareSite.com has an excellent article that every woman diagnosed with breast cancer and her partner should read. Sex is so rarely discussed as it is often very uncomfortable for partners and the medical professionals caring for them but if issues arise do ask for help as relationships are very precious.

I am sure most of you have managed to attend at least one talk, awareness campaign or a wear pink event BUT if you haven’t this will be your last chance of the year.

It’s NEW!    It’s COOL!    It’s POWERFUL!    It’s PINK!    And now…It’s LIVE!

The newly redesigned komen.org, our online window to the global breast cancer community, has launched. Designed with you in mind, we’ve kept the best and upgraded the rest..

If you want more ingformation about breast cancer or need some innovative ideas and inspiration, then visit the Susan Komen Foundation website. Their mission is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. This was founded on a promise between two sisters

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting YB Dr Ismail Salleh, Kedah State Health Minister in Alor Setar.

We had a great chat about the importance of wearing a prosthesis, how wearing one would encourage women back to work, maybe encourage women to persist with treatment and the psychological importance.

We discussed the logistics and he will now discuss the proposal with his welfare counterpart and then hopefully we will move forward and add another state to our list of those providing free prostheses to women with breast cancer.

There is an excellent guide available for women with early breast cancer and another equally good guide for women with metastatic breast cancer from The National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre in Australia. These are available to download and are free! I was given this book when I was diagnosed and it certainly answered many of my questions.

Did you know that the Australian Federal Government now gives everyone a free breast prosthesis every 2 years. Come on Malaysia help me continue to advocate for this. This is an excellent use of resources compared with some of the other items being funded! Check out The National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre Website for some excellent resources for both breast and ovarian cancer.

virtualmedicalcentre.com is an excellent website that gives you heaps of information and advice about all sorts of diseases and medical conditions. It is an Australian based site and I found a very useful article on “Tips for changing jobs after cancer treatment”