Guilt – Helen Stewart
As mothers, we have a strong biological urge to protect our offspring. To protect them and keep them safe from harm. That urge starts at their birth and continues as they grow from vulnerable…
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A Sister’s Perspective – Emma Smith (Trustee)
We had all plunged into a big black hole of despair in the days which followed my sister Helen’s metastatic breast cancer (MBC) diagnosis. Two and a half years on and now on her second line of…
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Laura and Nina talk about their MBC diagnosis
Laura has been living with metastatic breast cancer for 14.5 years, and Nina was diagnosed less than a year ago. They have been friends since they were teenagers. Join them as they chat about finding…
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About brain metastases
To follow on from yesterday’s post about the death of Leila, I would like to highlight some information about brain metastases and just a quick look on google provided this information.
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Drugs, Drugs, Drugs
I think sometimes when those outside the cancer world imagine what treatment is like they think we go in, have some chemo, take some photos dancing around our IV pole and then go home and rest for a…
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Taking control after a secondary breast cancer diagnosis – what I wish I knew when I was first diagnosed
I was diagnosed with primary and secondary breast cancer in March 2015. The first couple of months were spent being directed by medical staff (they were amazing!). I had two operations, a corpectomy…
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