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| Client Testimonial |
| Saturday, 6 February 2010 |
| Thanks to continuing support Bloomhill can offer vital services to Sunshine Coast families dealing with cancer. You can see the difference your support makes to just one of these clients. Here Gordon describes his journey and the difference Bloomhill has made to him: As I enter the third year of my cancer journey, through first one then a second recurrence and apparent remission, I have now been given the opportunity to reflect on Bloomhill Cancer Help’s unwavering support and stewardship during this time in my life. It’s such a deeply emotive personal experience that one could write volumes of the myriads of emotions and illness and still only a sufferer could truly understand... or so I thought. The exceptional and highly trained personnel and indeed the entire Bloomhill ‘family’ were able to rescue me from the emotional and physical turmoil of the near death experience and give me a peace and above all hope, by teaching me to ‘live with’ rather than ‘battle’ my ailment and its consequences. You will never receive a ‘medical diagnosis’ of your condition or prognosis at Bloomhill. It’s not their area of expertise and a personal relationship between you and your Oncologist. What they provide you is much, much more valuable, (and apparently as yet un-researched and so unavailable from most sectors of Oncology Specialists), the support, desire and self belief to overcome the hand you’ve been dealt and live a long and rewarding life, richer from the experience. The most common criticism levelled at current mainstream Cancer Specialists is the medical profession’s emphasis on the “disease” and its “treatment”, as somehow “separated” from the actual human being than it has affected. Bloomhill filled this void for me. A caring smile and hug, treating you with respect and allowing you your dignity during what is the most undignified and soul destroying experience of your life gave me strength and will to not only survive but prosper beyond my cancer experience. Unfortunately not every story has the (apparent) happy ending as mine, but whatever the future holds I know that my family at Bloomhill are there to give me the support and inner peace to face whatever the future holds. Regards Gordon |
| Client Testimonial |
| Tuesday, 1 July 2008 |
Bloomhill is a peaceful place, giving those who cannot cope with serious health problems.
Support, love and understanding with the first visit, I felt most welcomed with warmness. Bloomhill is a great place to be.
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| Volunteer Testimonial |
| Tuesday, 1 July 2008 |
"Pathway"
Which do we choose? and later 'If only' maybe we should have taken the other one. Coming to Bloomhill was a great choice but even then events pointed in the right direction. A sick friend of 40 years gets cancer, living in Brisbane. I felt a bit useless, then having retired from teaching decided there must be others who could use help in whatever way. So I came down the leafy driveway of Bloomhill 3 years ago, a pathway I have never regretted for a moment. from Kaye |
| Massage Feedback Comments: |
| Tuesday, 1 July 2008 |
This program came at a time when my wife was suffering after chemo and we both were at a low ebb. I also had major foot and leg problems and the massage was very beneficial, for my feet and back. This in turn reduced my stress levels to a more manageable range. If this program could be continued many people would be benefited.
I find that the massages I have received at Bloomhill has a very beneficial effect not only on muscles and ligaments etc, but the communication and nurturing are also of great help.
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| Client Testimonial |
| Tuesday, 1 July 2008 |
Hello my name is Chris
I'm 45, married with 2 daughters who are 13 and 6 years old and I am a Bloomhill Client.
My journey with cancer started 10 years ago and quite literally it felt like someone had glued a telephone book onto my back. Every time my cancer has reoccurred the yellow pages have got a bit heavier, as they do.
My family and I had only recently moved to the Sunshine when I drove past the Bloomhill Cancer Help sign and thought, I'd like to volunteer there. Unfortunately I had to go one better.
My cancer came back for the 3rd time at the end of last year and when I couldn't hold everything together anymore, Bloomhill became my safe haven.
Bloomhill is a place where I know I can go and be supported and nurtured, the way I want to be. One of the most important times for me is going to support group and meeting other people on the same journey.
I can go and have a massage or some reflexology, go to meditation or relaxation classes or go to counselling. What I feel I need. Because cancer affects your whole family in different ways it's just as important that they can go to Bloomhill too.
My husband goes to a 'Men's Carers Support Group' and my daughters go the children's counsellor. When they want to access other services they can.
I go to Bloomhill when I'm frightened about treatments and the future. I go to Bloomhill when I'm a bit crazy, because I finally jumped out of a plane. I go to Bloomhill when I'm excited about how blue the sky is.
Lots of people with a serious illness contemplate the meaning of life. I came across a quote by the Deli Lahma that has meant a lot to me.
" The purpose of our existence is to seek happiness"
Going to Bloomhill makes me happy
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