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29 – The Not-Very Secret Diary

29 – The Not-Very Secret Diary

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(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…

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28 – The Poly-Truth Potion

28 – The Poly-Truth Potion

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(Original title: The Polyjuice Potion)   I’ve been thinking a lot about death for about the last month or so, ever since my Pall Care doctor (henceforth known as “Dr Hubble”) raised it with me. It’s actually been a little longer than a month, probably two. It’s not that it’s “time” to think about specifics, but more that he is preparing me for the inevitability of my situation and checking in on my general mental health and gauging my reactions…

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An Open Letter to Junkee on Breast Cancer

An Open Letter to Junkee on Breast Cancer

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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…

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26 – The Rogue Cancer

26 – The Rogue Cancer

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(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…

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25 – The Writing on the Wall

25 – The Writing on the Wall

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(Original title – The Writing on the Wall) Yeah, I know, but it was kind of perfect to keep the original title. I feel like it’s time for another jumbled rant. So I was sitting in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, 90 minutes until my flight leaves, scrolling through Facebook. An article appears about how our pursuit of happiness is making us more anxious than ever, and it got me thinking. “Follow your bliss” is the biggest bit of bullshit I have…

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19 – The Blunder

19 – The Blunder

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(Original title – The Burrow) So, this should have been an update about my surgery and recovery going well and blah blah blah. Instead, this will be a story of how cancer does not go to plan. On Wednesday, I went to see my oncologist. It had been four weeks since I’d last seen her properly for an appointment, and she needed to review my blood work and check out my rack and give me an opportunity to speak to…

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