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5 Best Breast Cancer Apps
5Breast Cancer Apps Best
Here are five free apps that can help you navigate through your breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and life beyond.
1Know Your Lemons Useful for all women. Did you know that milk lobes feel like soft squishy peas, while a cancerous lump often feels hard and immovable like a lemon seed? Or that dimpling (a tell-tale sign of breast cancer) can be better seen when you lift your arms above your head? This app educates women on the 12 signs of breast cancer using images of lemons, and how to do a thorough breast self-examination with Mona Lisa as your personal coach!
2The BAPS App Wales Useful for anyone with breast cancer requiring surgery and radiotherapy. Struggle to follow prescribed paperbased exercises? Or maybe you have lost the printout? Designed by physiotherapists, a breast surgeon and breast cancer survivors, this app provides guided post-operative shoulder exercises in a video format. The exercises are designed to reduce the loss of shoulder movement and function, which can delay radiotherapy.
3Becca Useful for anyone who has completed active breast cancer treatment. Need tips on how to reconnect with your sexual self after treatment? Or inspiration for healthy meals? This app is your pocket guide to life after breast cancer treatment, providing bite-sized and trusted information on a range of topics including exercise, diet, mindfulness and your “new normal”.
4Untire: Beating Cancer Fatigue Useful for anyone suffering from cancer-related fatigue. For the one in three cancer patients who suffer from fatigue, even buying groceries feels like an impossible feat! Based on scientifically proven methods, this app gives you the tools to reduce cancerrelated fatigue through positive tips and reminders and stress reduction exercises. You can track your energy level with the “Vase of Energy”, including factors that fill or empty your vase, and also partner with an anti-fatigue “buddy”.
5CancerAid Useful for anyone diagnosed with cancer. Designed by two Austr alian cancer specialists, this app allows you to access reliable up-to-date treatment information and connect with others going through similar experiences. The journal feature allows you to record your symptoms and side effects during your treatment to show your doctor, as well as being able to share your progress with nominated friends and family members.
Dr Mary Ling is a Breast and General Surgeon who consults at Gosford, Woy Woy and Kanwal.
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This is one of the many testimonials received by disABILITY SUPPORT 2U since Suzy Roche established the business in late 2018. Suzy has had a long history as an in-home educator, aged care support worker and working with people with many different disabilities. She saw a need for a business whose goal was to ensure the needs of the client were met and that person was able to engage in the community to their fullest.
Suzy understands that her vision can only become a reality if the staff of
DS2U have the same ethos and drive as her. All staff are carefully chosen, have all appropriate WWC checks and Police checks and first aid certificates, but most importantly they share the passion to make a difference in people’s lives.
DS2U is NDIS r egistered and provides a wide variety of support services including personal care in the client’s home allowing them to maintain their independence, social support in the community including shopping doctor’s appointments, swimming and play centres for children, garden and lawn maintenance and household cleaning when the job becomes a little too much. DS2U also has a seven-seat bus that has a wheelchair lift and provision for two wheelchairs.
Karen from Terrigal recently returned from a Pacific Island Cruise, her biggest concern was getting to The International Terminal in Sydney in her wheelchair. “DS2U were fabulous, they picked me up in their wheelchair equipped bus and transported me right to the front of the terminal and helped unload my luggage, they were there waiting upon my return.”
Suzy says we are always looking for new ways to meet the needs of our clients, we are very excited with our new horse therapy program. We have two beautiful, gentle Shetland ponies ready to be groomed and fed by our horse loving clients.
DS2U is steadily growing its client base, but vows it will never lose sight of its prime objective, to provide a caring, personal approach towards each of its customers.
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