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This is the third and final story published in the NZ Herald Canvas Magazine. Sweet Louise meetings are a double-edged sword for 67-year-old Lynda Ames. As one of the longest standing members, it’s devastating when she meets other women, gets to know them, and then one day they don’t come to meetings anymore. Lynda has been “fortunate” to have been living with breast cancer for nearly 30 years. But many … Read More

This is the second out of three stories that have been published in the NZ Herald Canvas Magazine. Stay tuned for the last one coming out in next week. Sue Cooper believes she is one of the “lucky ones” living with incurable breast cancer. In September 2017, 58-year-old Sue was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. It was 12 years after her primary diagnosis. Her cancer returned to the area where … Read More

This is the first out of three stories that has been published in the NZ Herald Canvas Magazine. Stay tuned for the other two, coming out in January. The day 35-year-old Ainette Esati was told she had breast cancer was unimaginable. The shocking news of her initial diagnosis was made even worse by the knowledge that her cancer was incurable. Ainette’s cancer was not picked up at the primary stage. … Read More

October, also known to a lot of us as Breast cancer awareness month, is over for another year. The Sweet Louise team want to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of you who got behind us this month and supported the 648 members we have living with incurable breast cancer in New Zealand. Thanks to you, we are able to continue hosting monthly member meetings, gifting financial help to … Read More

We are super excited to be HealthPost’s online charity for the month of October. HealthPost is New Zealand’s leading online supplier of natural health, skincare and household products. If all things organic, natural and healthy are your thing, then this is the place to shop! Hundreds of leading brands such as Antipodes, Trilogy, Ceres Organics and Thompson’s, with hundreds of goodies to choose from. When you’ve placed your order, all … Read More

In December 2015, Sweet Louise welcomed a three-year partnership with Southern Cross Health Trust. This partnership has been vital in helping Sweet Louise promote their services throughout New Zealand and expand into the South Island. Since the partnership began, Sweet Louise has been able to appoint a Support Coordinator who also works in the South Island and help hundreds of women living with incurable breast cancer via our services. Terry … Read More

7 September 2018 Breast Cancer Foundation NZ have just released a new report offering insights into living with advanced breast cancer in New Zealand. “We learned that New Zealanders with ABC die faster than people in other countries, that many of them get less treatment, and that the health system disadvantages them in many ways. This needs to change, right now.” Read the summary here or the full download here. … Read More

We’re pleased to welcome Pinc & Steel as a new Sweet Louise service provider. As physiotherapists specially trained in cancer rehabilitation, Pinc & Steel provide individual and group programmes designed to improve the strength, quality of life and sense of wellbeing for women and men diagnosed with cancer. Sweet Louise member from Northland, May Seagar has taken the plunge and is working with Kiran from Pinc & Steel Whangarei. We asked May to tell us why she’s making time in her busy life to be active. What motivated … Read More