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THE IRISH CANCER Society says that the experience of Irish women with breast cancer matches a global survey which shows that, as well as battling the disease, women are battling isolation.
The survey of 1,300 women with advanced breast cancer across 12 countries found that they felt isolated and left out of the broader breast cancer movement which focuses primarily on prevention and early detection.
Two-thirds of women surveyed felt that no one knows what they are going through with 41 per cent saying that the support from family and friends wanes over time.
Over 75 per cent of those questioned say they actively seek out information but 55 per cent say the information they find does not address their needs as it usually relates to early stage breast cancer.
Aine Melinn of the Irish Cancer Society says that this experience is all too common amongst Irish women:
When first diagnosed with breast cancer, women are instantly part of a vibrant breast cancer community but when their cancer spreads or if they are first diagnosed with advanced breast cancer, it is no longer about becoming a survivor, it’s about surviving.
Ireland did not formally participate in the survey but the Irish Cancer Society say that a Living Life programme they carried out in June involving 23 women yielded similar findings.
Emotional support and information were noted by the women involved as the two areas of most importance to them with feelings of fear, anxiety, sadness and anger common in patients.
Deirdre Murphy, Irish Cancer Society says that women with advanced breast cancer have different physical and emotional needs from those living with early stage breast cancer. “The society provides a wide range of advice, support and information services to people with advanced cancer and we want to increase awareness of those service, ” she says.
The Irish Cancer Society begins its next Living Life programme for advanced cancer patients on 7 October and those interested can find information by calling 01 2310 500.
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Prime Culchie Telly
Culchies and Skangers, week in, week out!
@⚡ Seánie ⚡:
Beats Fair City
@Mark O’sullivan: sure if you are not a Dublin skanger you are a culchie, so who else could be on it?
@Tweety McTweeter: Ah come on…… Even the angelus beats fair city……..
The lottery is a tax on the poor….Many more poor people buy tickets than rich ones….Also when it was set up we were promised by government then 50% of the lottery money would go.to good causes….Now that it is sold to British company Camelot how much goes to good causes…I think it is only 12% as far as I know….
@John003: Is it not a Canadian fund?
@Peter: Yes correct Ontario teachers pension fund who also own Camelot which owns British lottery….Smart investors Ontario teachers….
@John003: Smart indeed!
That wheel is rigged.I don’t care what anyone says.I’ve seen it several times where the wheel was practically stopped and the ball suddenly bounces out of a slot with a higher amount into a slot with a lower amount.Either that or RTÉ have a ghost in the studio.
@Padraig: 9 times out of 10 the ball will fall between two higher numbers Amazing how it happens week after week
Remember years ago they used to add another top slot each week to the wheel? They should do that again.
Minimum on wheel should be 50K, twenty is very mean in fairness, or else keep the 20K but if it lands on that you get a second go… it’s not like everyone gets to spin it…
@Ron Noco: Didn’t you get a second spin if it landed on €10k back in the day?
Wouldn’t mind but the show is recorded on a Friday
@hugh sure: Is it not a Saturday morning now?
@hugh sure: Saturday at 2pm.
Haven’t watched this in years dont even buy lottery tickets since the lottery was sold.
Driving the indoctrinated tradition of gambling and the hope of unattainable better possibilities.
Willy Wonka and the Golden ticket is the only worse (but I still love it) programming for a culture of gambling addiction
I imagine rich people dont play the lotto because 1. They dont need the few bob and 2. They probably have a casino habit like pastime. I buy a winning streak ticket almost every week, I also play the lotto on a family sydicate for €20 a month. I dont leave meself broke to play it. I do it cause I enjoy playing the lotto. Don’t see any of it as a fix its a game of playing with the odds. What’s the big deal if people play lotto or winning streak? I love hearing of lotto winners, scratch card winners, raffle winners… I was lucky enough to have a win from it before. The lotto also give back to charities and the likes its not going into Paddy Power or Ladbrokes accounts. Live and let live and all that…
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