Living flat and recovery after breast cancer
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
Last week was one of the saddest that I’ve experienced since being diagnosed with breast cancer. On Monday, Rachael Bland tweeted, with her usual humour and candidness, that she had only days left to live. Unfortunately, this wasn’t unexpected as she also recently disclosed that her cancer was untreatable and incurable. Then on Wednesday her … Continue reading Inspired by Rachael – telling it how it is
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2016. This post describes my treatment, including two mastectomies, and how I decided not to have reconstruction after mastectomy but to live flat. Cancerversaries come thick and fast for me at this time of year. I haven’t written much publicly about my breast cancer, but I feel … Continue reading Two years & two breasts later…
