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Category: Medication side effects

Evelyn Wise, negotiating life post-cancer

Navigating life post-cancer

Posted 01/04/201622/04/2017 WeDontTalkAboutPosted in 2016, Archive, Cancer, Employment, Family, Friends, Medication, Medication side effects, Post-treatment, Stories

 Evelyn WiseRhodes, New South WalesTen years ago, Evelyn (now 62) was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. She survived the cancer, but lives with the effects of […]

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Working through the pain: A life with Rheumatoid arthritis

Posted 21/01/201622/04/2017 WeDontTalkAboutPosted in 2016, Archive, Chronic disease, Depression, Disability, Discrimination, Employment, Family, Lupus, Medication, Medication side effects, Rheumatoid arthritis, Stories, Suicide

Becky ParozRedland City, QueenslandBecky is 41. She grew up in a dysfunctional family environment, exposed to alcohol-fuelled violence from an early age. At 18, when she was already living away […]

Getting on with it: A mother and business woman living with MS

Posted 07/01/201622/04/2017 WeDontTalkAboutPosted in 2016, Archive, Chronic disease, Employment, Family, Finances, Medication, Medication side effects, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Stories

Rachael HendryToongabbie, New South WalesRachael was diagnosed with MS in July 2014 at the age of 33. She works full time, and also runs her own side business. She is […]

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