Posts by Team VIVA!
Belinda, 40: Forensic scientist, keen cyclist & CIA trial patient recovering from breast cancer, PERTH
The life of happily married forensic scientist and avid cyclist, Belinda, 40, Perth was turned upside down when she received a diagnosis of stage two breast cancer on October 13, 2015. The self-described “stoic, upbeat, positive person” initially noticed a distortion of her left breast in September, 2015 while rehabilitating from a shoulder injury. She…
Read MoreStephanie, 42, Pneumonia takes heavy toll on marketer & mother-of-two, SYDNEY
In July 2013, having just started a new role, then 39-year-old Sydney-based professional marketeer and mother-of-two, Stephanie, took ill. Plagued by a productive cough, fever and overwhelming exhaustion for weeks on end, Stephanie dangerously chose to soldier-on. Until one day, when she pulled up to the curb to collect her children from school, stepped out…
Read MoreLizzy, 32, Occupational therapist who survived a serious episode of pneumonia, COFFS HARBOUR
In 2012, while completing her final year of study to become an Occupational Therapist at Plymouth University, UK, Elizabeth, then 28, contracted Swine flu, which soon developed into a severe episode of pneumonia. Elizabeth became unwell after attending a New Year’s Eve party, and spent the first week of January, 2012, coughing severely and vomiting.…
Read MoreJodie, 50, Palliative care nurse & mother-to-three living with cancer, who survived two severe episodes of pneumonia, Mulwala, VICTORIA
Palliative care nurse and mother-to-three, Jodie, 50, Mulwala, regional Victoria, survived two severe episodes of pneumococcal pneumonia, before being diagnosed with stage three lung cancer in March, 2015. When relocating from Melbourne to regional Victoria in 2011 for a country lifestyle, the occasional smoker felt relatively well. However, three years later, in early August 2014,…
Read MoreGlenn, 77, Retired medical laboratory assistant who experienced a rare & severe episode of pneumonia, LAUNCESTON
During his 15-year-long tenure as a medical laboratory assistant in Brisbane, Glenn was required to receive an annual flu shot to help ward off potential respiratory infections. During this period, and despite his 40-year-long smoking habit, Glenn showed no cause for concern with regard to contracting any form of lung disease. In early 2001 however,…
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