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Attention: Your Boobs

Attention: Your Boobs

by katelharc77 ♥ 10 Comments

Hey everyone,

Most of what I write on these pages is born out of a need for me to use writing as a method of catharsis, a way to process the anxieties and fears I have each day, and map the road I’m currently travelling.

Whilst I have always loved to write, when I set out creating my first blog for Cancer Cans, I did so pretty blindly, with no grand goals in mind, just a way to get my feelings out in the best way I knew how. I’ve never been all that great at expressing myself verbally, but give me a pen and paper and it’ll all come out.

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Kid Stuff

Kid Stuff

by katelharc77 ♥ 12 Comments

Children are pretty perceptive little things, with in-built radars constantly tuned in to the goings on around them. Even slight deviations away from their usual experience of the world are enough to pique their curiosity.

So it was last year on the day of my cancer diagnosis, that without a word of explanation, each of my children knew ‘something was up’.

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Scans, Scans for Cancerous Cans

Scans, Scans for Cancerous Cans

by katelharc77 ♥ 3 Comments

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It’s been quite a month!

Since the initial discovery of a lump in my right armpit, and subsequent query at the GP in early December, here is the list of tests, scans and surgeries I’ve undergone. Check it out. I think it’s pretty impressive!

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Girls, take charge!

Girls, take charge!

by katelharc77 ♥ 3 Comments

The stats say Breast Cancer will affect one in eight women.

Take a minute to think of all the super-rad ladies you have in your life – it’s practically impossible to be unaffected by this disease in some way, at some point.

Girls, it’s time to take charge!

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