Just shy of six years ago I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). Rare with a “high fatality rate and difficult to treat” is what I learnt in the
Metastatic May – a Primary Patient by Jane Cooke
I was diagnosed with hormone positive primary breast cancer in February 2022. I had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and am now on 10 years of reduce risking hormone repressing therapy.
When D-Day’s DE NOVO – Sue Thomas
When D-Day’s DE NOVO My name is Sue, I’m a wife, a mum, a nanny, a daughter, a friend, a Metastatic Breast Cancer patient, and an advocate. My breast cancer
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
What Not to Say – Mean Well (Stupid Things People Say) – Rebecca Brown
Anticipatory Grief – Relationships and metastatic breast cancer – Jo Taylor
I first came across “anticipatory grief” whilst friends with Sarah Illingsworth, who had metastatic breast cancer and was a Trustee for Breast Cancer Now. She was bold and forthright and
Lymphoedema and me… Kirstin Spencer
My lymphoedema started very abruptly. One night, I developed unbelievably bad pain in my arm and shoulder. It was awful. I showered, tried to rub it better. When I went
A walking corpse – Beth Fortey
Others reaction to my cancer. It’s the reaction of others that really gets me. It’s like you have an infectious disease sometimes; people avoid you in the shops, they
Could the next big drug for metastatic breast cancer patients be physical activity?
I have always participated in some kind of form of physical activity. I was a gymnast when I was young, loved the fact I could walk on my hands, do
Your Cancer Crew – getting with those that get it – Sue Thomas
In April 2021, when I was told that I had de novo (straight to Stage 4) metastatic breast cancer, this rocked our world as a family and changed our lives