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CANSA
05:36 PM Sep 9 on post How to identify BPA-, Phthalate- and PVC-free baby bottles
Dear Salome
Thank you for your query - hopefully this will put your mind at ease.
According to Dr Browns, their range is 95% BPA free, so look out for the BPA logos on their bottles. Please email Lucy Balona at lbalona@cansa.org.za and she will be happy to give you a name and contact details for a Dr Brown representative, who would be happy to speak to you, as they are in discussions with CANSA.
Christine jansen
02:34 PM Sep 8 on post Rooi Rose Tee vir KANSA - 27ste Oktober 2010
Hello daar!!! eks sekere mosterd na die maal die jaar!!! is daar dalk nog geleentheid om n tafel te dek???? baie dankie laat weet maar ek het al by Overvaal al gedek jare gelede en ken dit goed................. maar is nou weer tyd dink ekke..... dankie Christine
Marie Ashpole
12:55 PM Sep 8 on post CANSA honours Champions of Hope on International Cancer Survivor's Day
Ter inligting!
Salome Venter
09:25 AM Sep 8 on post How to identify BPA-, Phthalate- and PVC-free baby bottles
It was a struggle of note getting my baby to drink from a bottle, in order for me to return back to work.
We tried NUK, Pigeon, Avent ect. Eventually my girl started drinking from the Dr Browns range and it is
all that she wants to take. It is no very concerning reading that Dr Browns is not BPA free. I have since tried
NUK again on my baby, but to no avail. Is there a safe way in using the Dr Browns range, without putting my
baby at risk?
CANSA
01:37 PM Sep 3 on post Keurboom Interim Home - the inspirational people who live there
Dear Aletta
The number for Keurboom Interim Home is 011-624 1765, alternately contact the toll free line at 0800 22 66 22 for further assistance.
Wishing your family and your father much strength.
CANSA
01:34 PM Sep 3 on post Share your story of hope and encourage others
Dear Martha
Thank you so much for your wonderfully encouraging story of hope - I hope that you have joined CANSA's Facebook group for survivors, which is meant to give survivors an opportunity to tell their stories and be inspired by each other - see link here: http://gigaf.org/coID01
Please send me your picture - cansawebmaster@gmail.com - I would like to publish your story of hope under our Women's Health section of the website.
Aletta van Emmenis
07:04 AM Sep 3 on post Keurboom Interim Home - the inspirational people who live there
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Aletta van Emmenis
07:02 AM Sep 3 on post Keurboom Interim Home - the inspirational people who live there
Need information regaring the facility.My father is a pensioner and is diagniosed with skin cancer on his face.Needs accomadation and treatment for my father.Please help.Thanks Aletta.My Cell no.0827924241
Martha Sequeira
05:48 PM Sep 1 on post Share your story of hope and encourage others
On 1 October 2009 my life changed completely, I left home for an appointment with a GP for pain in my abdomen. For at least a year I was treated by my GP for IBS type problems, but never did a sonar. On 1 October another GP in his team did a sonar and found a huge growth. On 2 October I was in surgery for about 4 hours to remove the 120mm tumour and repair all the damage it did to my bladder, etc and do a full hysterectomy. On 5 October I got the big C news. Basically cancer of the ovaries, but more specifically a dysgerminoma of the ovary. While waiting for my medical aid to ok the installation of a Hicks line/port, the tumour started growing again and in January my gyne decided with the oncologist that chemo has to started asap.
For 5 months I received BEP chemo - day 1 through 5 every day I spent at least 4 hours with the chemo sister, the day 8 and day 15 chemo was short 2 hour sessions. After the 5th month I could almost not hear, my hair was gone, I used a wheelchair to get along, my feet and hands where numb and I now had an allergy against the anti-nausia medications that we tried out during the 5 months. Then a ct scan was done and the cancer persisted - so some radiation was called for - a whole month each day.
Now after a lot of indignities, 2 blood transfusions and an emergency room visit after my allergic reaction to my anti-nausia medication, I am again waiting for news after my follow-up ct scan. the devil is still there but smaller, so now my fate lies in the hands of my team of doctors.
What did I learn - PATIENCE, and lots of it. What did I loose - independence, but this will return. I also met extremely strong people from all over Africa, who had to travel and live away from their families in their fight against cancer. One lady had not seen her 2 year old girl for 6 months, but she was still smilling, as her consulate had arranged a 2 day visit back to her home. An older lady had not been back to her home in almost 11 months, but she was still holding my hand and giving me advice. This is the other side of cancer - the people and their hope, which gives everybody around them the same hope and strength.
Cancer is not an illness you can fight on your own - never make the mistake of hiding the news from your family and friends, you need their strength and their prayers and even their tears. Learn to cry when you need it, it actually helps to keep you sane. Get a hobby to focus on or carry on working - I did and it helped keep me focussed. You do not need to sit and wait for death to drag you away - fight it and do not listen to all the doom and gloom stories from oldies. The science around cancer treatments are moving forward in leaps and bounds and the survival rates are also higher nowadays. And NEVER be afraid to ask for help, from family, friends or professionals like CANSA!
CANSA
05:38 PM Sep 9 on post Rooi Rose Tee vir KANSA - 27ste Oktober 2010
Beste Christine
Bel asseblief vir die ko-ordineerder,Antoinette Joubert by 012-329 3036 om meer inligting te bekom en baie dankie vir jou belangstelling.