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Personal Stories
Follow the links below to find personal stories of experiences living with conditions and diseases and other issues that affect people's health.
Updated March 2011
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Personal Stories about Anxiety Disorders
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Personal Stories about Breast Cancer
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Personal Stories about Breastfeeding
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Personal Stories about Cystic Fibrosis
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Personal Stories about Dementia
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Personal Stories about Depression
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Personal Stories about Diabetes
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Links to personal stories about living with diabetes.
Personal Stories about Eating Disorders
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Links to personal stories about living with an eating disorder.
Personal Stories about Epilepsy
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Personal Stories about Heart Disease
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Links to personal stories on living with heart disease.
Personal Stories about Menopause
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Links to personal stories about experiences with menopause.
Personal Stories about Multiple Sclerosis
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Links to personal stories about living with multiple sclerosis.
Personal Stories about Osteoporosis
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Personal Stories about Parenting
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Personal Stories about Parkinson's Disease
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| Title: | Dealing with suicide |
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| Publisher: | Inspire Foundation |
| Description: | A story by a young person about dealing with the suicide of a friend. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Welcome to RealTime Health |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | The RealTime Health 'Speaking From Experience' video resource offers hundreds of patient and carer stories on a range of conditions. These first-hand accounts cover the day to day challenges others have faced, and give insights into the coping strategies they have used. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Running is not forever |
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| Publisher: | Inspire Foundation |
| Description: | A story by a young person about the great advice of a teacher on dealing with big stresses in life. |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Tsunami |
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| Publisher: | Inspire Foundation |
| Description: | A young person shares her story of how the tsunami affected her and her family. |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | OBE... Our stories |
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| Publisher: | beyondblue |
| Description: | This collection of personal stories from older Australians is part of the beyondblue campaign Over Bl**dy Eighty! (OBE). It celebrates the lives and experiences of older Australians, and proves that age is no barrier to living active, healthy lives. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | It's not easy being a kid |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Many children say that being a kid is not easy! You are always too small or too young to do what you'd like to do. |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Personal stories |
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| Publisher: | The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health |
| Description: | A collection of personal stories from women living with endometriosis. |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Real life story |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Detailed information about how the television commercial for the National Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign was made. |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Bowel cancer |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and patient experiences of people with bowel cancer. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Ovarian cancer |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and patient experiences of people with ovarian cancer. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Unemployment |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Unemployment happens to many people and can be a stressful, depressing and guilt ridden time of life. This topic is about unemployment and how it affects your health. |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | Grief & older people |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and patient experiences of grief in older people. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Families & mental illness |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and experiences of families dealing with mental illness. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | HIV/AIDS |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and patient experiences of people living with HIV / AIDS. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Asthma in adults |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and patient experiences of adults with asthma. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Schizophrenia |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and patient experiences of people with schizophrenia. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Motor neurone disease/ALS |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and patient experiences of people with motor neurone disease (ALS). |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Huntington's disease |
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| Publisher: | RealTime Health Pty. Ltd. |
| Description: | Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and patient experiences of people with Huntington's disease. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Myasthenia gravis: a patient's perspective |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Mark Latham was the United Nations representative in the Cape Verde Islands. He was 56 years old when he developed myasthenia gravis in 1998. |
| Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Title: | Vision loss - Edith's story |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Edith lost her sight after she retired. She talks about the grief she feels because she has lost much of her mobility and independence. She also talks about the isolation and loneliness many older people experience. |
| Date: | Dec 2003 |
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