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Follow-up Op

If you’ve had reconstruction as part of your surgery, it’s likely you’ll end up back in hospital for a further operation. It’s not always possible to get it right first time. Our bodies are complex things, not symmetrical or exact and

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25 years on!

Last week I met someone who was diagnosed with breast cancer 25 years ago.  She’s still here!  Looks amazing – has a wonderful family and husband and is proof that cancer can and is being beaten, day by day, year by

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Victoria Derbyshire’s Breast Cancer Diary

Victoria Derbyshire has recently publicised the video diary of her cancer operation.  She shares very similar thought and emotions to my own experience, although I wouldn’t have been sitting up in bed just a few hours after my operation doing a

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This time last year … radiotherapy

  This time last year I’d just had my last radiotherapy session. My final day of lying on the cold and uncomfortable platform with my arms up over my head.  It wasn’t that bad really, just the room was pretty cool (for

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This time last year … chemotherapy

… I was bald and going through chemo. I took the decision to shave my head in preference to the rapidly thinning look, which was not a good one and felt sooo much better for it.  It is scary but it

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In The News: Yes I have incurable breast cancer …

Article in the Independent this week: Yes I have incurable breast cancer but this is only part of my story – please don’t write me off just yet. There’s much that can be done for cancer these days – even

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Book: Radical Remission

Nine factors that can lead to a spontaneous remission from cancer—even after conventional medicine has failed. Diet Health Intuition Herbs & Supplements Suppressed Emotions Positive Emotions Social Support Spiritual Connection Reasons to live

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