I need to stop doing some of the Harry Potter titles, my brain just can’t handle it at the moment, mostly because of fatigue. I swore after the writing workshop that I would write something at least once a month. Just because that was back in March and I’ve done maybe three updates since then… I don’t want to actually go back and look at it. It’s scary to think how quickly this year is passing. Another blink and it’ll…
(Original title – The Very Secret Diary) I posted an entry earlier responding to an article that was written on Thursday and published via Junkee, an online “news” source. Mostly they post pop-culture articles and memes. But they posted an article about a 24-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer with a BRCA 1 gene mutation last year and had a preventative double-mastectomy instead of just a lumpectomy. She spoke of how her whole life turned upside-down…
Dear Junkee I was sitting in McDonald’s this afternoon in the CBD of Melbourne, I’d just sat down to eat my cheeseburger after wig shopping, and stumbled across a piece that was paid for by Pink Hope Community, written by Karni Maizels (http://junkee.com/makes-happy-id-tell-21-year-old-self-life-breast-cancer/175454). I commend Karni on coming forward and sharing her story to raise awareness for breast cancer. I have breast cancer too. It’s hard, and it sucks. But this article made me cry. I cried because it was…
(Original title – The Duelling Club) Today is an anniversary of sorts. Today, one year ago, was when I discovered the weirdness on my breast and made a doctor’s appointment. Today is the anniversary of a small and insignificant event that has completely changed my life. If someone had told me that the worst part of cancer was the fatigue back when I was diagnosed 345 days ago, I would have laughed at them. I would have said no, it…
(Original title – The Rogue Bludger) And again, I am one of the youngest in a sea of grey at a breast cancer event. I wonder what it is about these events that don’t attract younger women to them. I attended the Plan C conference by the BCNA (Breast Cancer Network Australia for those of you in the USA), a massive behemoth of an organisation that is responsible for October being pink every year for Breast Cancer awareness. And you…