Living flat and recovery after breast cancer
#ShowUs in London - a topless image of my flat torso, showing my mastectomy scars appears in Piccadilly Circus. May was a very exciting and surreal month for me. Project #ShowUs arrived in London and my topless image featured on some of the biggest billboards in the capital. The gift that keeps giving is how … Continue reading Flat in Piccadilly Circus
My reflections on being a topless model in Times Square, following my double mastectomy treatment for breast cancer. Yesterday a photo of me went up on a billboard in Times Square, New York, alongside nine photos of other women. It’s going to stay there for two weeks. I think that’s pretty remarkable. But what is … Continue reading #ShowUs more women who look like me
October 30th – nearly the end of Pinktober, thank goodness. All month, I’ve been thinking about whether to write, what to write, when to write about Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I have conflicting feelings about BCAM and so I’d almost decided not to write anything at all. Then yesterday I heard some very sad news … Continue reading Breast Cancer Awareness Month
I encourage women to attend their breast cancer mammogram appointments. My screening detected my tumour and very likely saved my life. Research has been published today by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Breast Cancer (APPGBC) in their report entitled "A Mixed Picture: An Enquiry into Geographical Inequalities and Breast Cancer". Compiled by Breast Cancer Now, the … Continue reading To screen or not to screen
