Check out how Dry July funds are supporting the patients of Wollongong Hospital!
Through Dry July funds, Illawarra Cancer Care Centre has purchased equipment upgrades and comfort and support items.
Patient Weigh Chair:
Sometimes attempting to stand on scales is challenging for our patients, they aren’t strong enough, have poor mobility or have difficulty balancing. Our staff in Haematology Oncology Day Care flagged how much the addition of a patient weigh chair would assist patients and improve both staff and patient safety. The chair allows our patients to be accurately weighed (an important step in their treatment regime) without anxiety or stress in having to stand and balance on ordinary scales.
RT Artwork:
How relaxing does this artwork make you feel? Custom made for our space, this beautiful piece portrays the...
Thank you for taking on the Dry July challenge and supporting the Leukaemia Foundation this year
We are pleased to announce that with your help we raised an astounding $364,730.
We are extremely grateful for your fundraising efforts and dedication. Your fundraising for Dry July has enabled the Leukaemia Foundation's Australia-wide team of Blood Cancer Support Coordinators to continue providing emotional support, information and care for patients, families and carers impacted by blood cancer.
Like a caring coach in your corner, these incredible qualified support specialists are there for everyone facing blood cancer, helping people feel empowered and supported when they need it most.
On behalf of all the patients, their loved ones and staff at the Leukaemia Foundation, we would like to thank you for your support and contribution to...
Your amazing Dry July fundraising is helping support Flinders Foundation
Thank you for supporting Flinders Foundation this Dry July.
Together we raised over $18,000 which will purchase a SOZO machine for the Breast and Endocrine Clinic at Flinders so many of the 7,500 patients who visit the clinic each year - with either a new breast cancer diagnosis or for ongoing check-ups - can be monitored for developing breast cancer-related lymphoedema. This will give patients affected by breast cancer the best chance of detecting lymphoedema early, so treatment can start as soon as possible to stop the condition from progressing.
Thank you for supporting Mater Foundation this Dry July
We are pleased to announce that with your help we raised an astounding $16,433 for the Mater Cancer Care Centre. We are extremely grateful for your fundraising efforts and dedication.
Your fundraising for Dry July will help the Mater Cancer Care Centre alleviate the considerable personal and social costs of treatment experienced by women with early-stage female-specific cancers through the Women’s Wellness After Cancer Program (WWACP) at Mater.
The 12-week program aims to improve quality of life and lessen the risk of chronic disease through targeted lifestyle management options, including physical activity, healthy eating and better sleep and lifestyle habits.
On behalf of all the patients and staff at the Mater Cancer Care Centre, we...
Thank you for taking on the Dry July challenge this year
Thank you for taking on the Dry July challenge this year. We are delighted to announce that with your help Pinc & Steel Cancer Rehabilitation Foundation Australia raised an astounding $24,120.61. Such a great result.
We are beyond grateful for your fundraising efforts and dedication. By taking part in Dry July, you have helped us support more people in their recovery from cancer. This not only reduces the burden of cancer for the individual but also for their loved ones too.
Our PINC & STEEL cancer rehab programs are focused on improving the quality of life and experience of people diagnosed with any type of cancer. Helping them overcome symptom distress, regain strength, mobility, and energy so they can participate fully in their...
Gile's Story
“Our happiness bubble suddenly popped”: Giles Purbrick’s blood cancer diagnosis, days after becoming a father
In January 2020, Giles and wife Jacqui welcomed their baby daughter into the world. But just days later, Giles was hit with a shock blood cancer diagnosis that turned everything on its head.
After a few years of failed IVF and other treatments, Giles Purbrick and his wife Jacqui were thrilled to finally become parents after giving birth to their “golden child” on New Year’s Day in 2020.
“I had recently started a new job and was excited about pursuing fresh career opportunities. I’d also just completed the Melbourne marathon. So, on the face of it, life was good and full of promise,” Giles says.
But a week later, Giles and Jacqui...
Heather's Story
A month after her 50th birthday in 2010, Heather received her bowel cancer screening kit in the mail. After a year, Heather decided to take the test and soon received the test results which were positive. After a colonoscopy and a CT scan, the diagnosis was clear: stage three bowel cancer.
Everything moved fast from there, a week after results came back in the mail, Heather was in hospital for surgery. "I really had no time to think and process” she says. “I’m a very 'positive person and I just wanted to get on with it. And felt really lucky that I had caught it so early.” After surgery, Heather went through five months of chemotherapy as part of a clinical trial. After some issues with her pacemaker, she stopped the trial and received...
Will's Story
In July 2020, at the age of 42, Nine Newsreader Will McDonald was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer after developing a pain in his hip.
When diagnosed, specialists found that the cancer had already spread outside the prostate to his left hip.
Being diagnosed with aggressive cancer at such a young age came as a complete shock.
“My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019 at the age of 75. They found his relatively early and he’s back to full health now,” says Will.
“After dad was diagnosed, I knew that I had an increased risk of prostate cancer – but to be diagnosed so soon was a lot to take in.
“But just days after my prostate cancer diagnosis, I made the decision to do everything I possibly can to stay positive, strong and...
Anthony's Story
I presented to my GP in July 2019 with a sudden and persistent change of bowel habits (basically some diarrhoea that hung around for a week or so).
Over the next three months, I had a few blood tests, a stool test, and a colonoscopy, after which I was met in recovery by the surgeon.
He told me he had found a mass in the bowel, and there were some query spots in the liver.
I was sent immediately for a CT scan and then sat in the same surgeon’s office, three days before turning 40, to be told I had Stage 4 metastatic bowel cancer.
Due to the 21 bi-lobar mets in my liver, I was told it was ‘unresectable’ and so I was to start palliative chemotherapy within three weeks.
One week later, in went the port-a-cath, and then one week after that I...