DVD - "You're Not Alone - a film about living with secondary breast cancer"

[Pia]

[Janine]

A documentary DVD entitled "You're Not Alone - a film about living with secondary breast cancer" was launched on 17 April by The Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, at the Griffith University Film School.

It is a story about the experience of three women living with secondary breast cancer. They talk about what it was like when they were first diagnosed with this life threatening illness, and their journey into unchartered territory as they learned to cope, with the support of their family, friends and other women in a professionally led support group.

"...As each of them shares her own insights, we glimpse a journey that's uncertain, arduous, painful, shadowed. No-one can tell them when it will end. Yet their walk along it is honest and brave, lit up by unquenchable hope. They are learning and accepting, talking, sharing, searching in themselves and those around them. ..." To read the complete speech, click here .

The film was produced by the Advanced Breast Cancer Group, (Brisbane), in collaboration with the Griffith Film School, Griffith University and funded by Queensland Health. It was developed as a resource for women with secondary breast cancer, their partners and families and for health professionals involved in their care.

To request a free copy of the DVD, please contact wps2@bigpond.net.au

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