Sad news at Mike Ahern's Passing

If you grew up in Brisbane in the late 60s/early 70s then you would remember Mike Ahern from radio 4BC. Mike was a hero DJ to a generation of Brisbane Baby Boomers. My husband Mark has fond memories of doing his home work listening to Mike on the radio spinning Beatles records. It is hard to imagine now that Mike and his fellow DJ's had a cult like following from the teenagers of the day. Mike passed away early in the morning of October 5 in England after a battle with cancer. He was in Australia earlier in the year and I had the pleasure to join with him and Mark for lunch. He started his career on Radio Caroline in the UK and was able to broadcast again from a Pirate Radio reunion just recently.

Debra

What an interesting breakfast!

Hello friends. I have just come from a breakfast meeting of the Brisbane North Chamber of Commerce. There I met some interesting people and had a chance to chat to our Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman before he spoke on his vision for Brisbane for the next 20 years. Of course October is Breast Cancer Month and I would ask that you get behind your local fund raising event to help raise funds to fight this insidious disease. At the boutique we have some decorated bras on display in the window, so if you're passing by, please stop and have a look. Talk again soon.

Debra

World Masters Games Sydney October 2009

Hi there.. we have had a few ladies into the boutique who are going to the World Masters games in Sydney. They have been chasing sports mastectomy bras and swimsuits. Good on you girls.. great to see you taking part in life! If you are attending, please drop in and let us look after you in the foundation department.

Talk soon

Debra

A work in progress!

Hi there. Today I am not at the boutique; rather I am working on our next newsletter at my husband's photographic studio. Although away from the hustle and bustle of the boutique, it has still been a busy day. Looking for digital image files and working out what stock will be available next month. And then of course I had to take my dog Dorothy for a "hair do". I was so impressed with what the people at "A Gentle Clip" did with Dorothy, I had Mark photograph her so I could put her up on my blog site. She is the most spoilt dog in the world.

Debra

Count your blessings...

Hello there. It has been a while since my last post. My other half Mark keeps telling me that I should blog more often... but like a lot of things in life, out of sight is out of mind! One of the things my mother used to tell me was to count my blessings! As a child I never paid a lot of attention to this.... but now as an adult I have come to understand the value in it. If you live in Australia like i do then we really are blessed. Think about it.. Governments change without any blood being shed, we enjoy high standards of living and health care. In fact this has to be one of, if not the best place on earth to live. I have been visited by a Doctor from Iran who herself has had a bilateral mastectomy. Poorer women there do not have a government funded mastectomy service like Medicare here in Australia. After hearing her story, we gave her a large quantity of prostheses to help at least some of the women in her care.

Yes, we do live in the lucky country.

Debra

P.S. Where were you when man walked on the moon in 1969?

Greetings from Melbourne

So here I am in the city of my birth, Melbourne. I have come here to visit Anita Australia to sort out future deliveries due to the overwhelming popularity our our new range of Anita Prostheses. And one of the great things about Melbourne is the incredible number of little back lanes that have the most fabulous coffee shops in them. On a cold and foggy Melbourne morning there is nothing like a great cup of coffee to start the day. Anyhow.. must be off; lots of things to do.

Talk soon

Debra

One lucky Anita Care customer has won a camera!

During the month of July, we ran a competition where any lady who purchased an Anita Care Product went into the draw for a Canon Digital Camera. And last Friday night at the close of business we drew the winner.... (drum roll pleaase!)

And the winner is... Kerry Leach from Mackay, North Queensland. Congratulations Kerry. A Canon A480 is winging its way to you this week.

Talk soon.

Debra