My Year with Waldenstrom<\/p>\n
Barbara lives by the philosophy \u2018you can do anything you put your mind to\u2019 which is clearly portrayed through her positive<\/p>\n
, effervescent nature. She describes her cancer experience as more of a detour in the road rather than a journey, a deviation that started 18 months ago\u2026<\/p>\n
Having worked in the allied health industry for several years, I instinctively knew something was not quite right. After several meetings and a constant feeling of exhaustion, the results of a blood test gave me the answers.<\/p>\n
Swiftly I was off to Albany Health Campus to be greeted by doctors, have biopsies ordered and treatment plans discussed. This is when it all became very real.<\/p>\n
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After examining all options with the charming John Lindsay, we decided I would receive six rounds of chemotherapy. After completing two rounds and many a blood test, the treatment was intensified and another six more sessions of chemotherapy were required.<\/p>\n
This is where my trip with SolarisCare began.\u00a0 Whilst I was receiving chemotherapy, the SolarisCare team were always there.\u00a0 They provided me with massages, company and support.\u00a0 Without this amazing group of volunteers, my six-hour chemo sessions would have been unbearable.<\/p>\n
I finished chemo in October and I am now in maintenance until the end of May. Soon I will need to go back for more blood tests and maybe another bone marrow biopsy. In spite of my slight detour I am feeling so good I have gone back to work for a few hours a week.<\/p>\n
After my treatments had finished the amazing group of people at SolarisCare provided me with support I needed and established friendships that will last forever.\u00a0 It is due to this that I pledge myself to the great cause of Dry July.<\/p>\n
Safe trip, Barb xx
\nDonate to Barb’s Dry July challenge<\/p>\n
Join Barb and the SolarisCare Team by signing up via www.dryjuly.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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