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Diagnosis
The dreaded c-word: you have just been diagnosed with breast cancer
Who else wants to see my boobs?
A testing time: More tests
Diagnosed with HER2+ve breast cancer
Diagnosed with a Hormone receptor positive
Clinical trials: what are they and who can join one? A quick summary
Clinical trials: What every cancer patient needs to know
Clinical trials: Questions to ask
Surgery
Let’s cut to the chase: surgery for breast cancer
Taking out those lymph nodes: auxiliary node dissection
ALERT: Lymphoedema risk
Links to resources for: lumpectomy, mastectomy and breast reconstruction
Surgery prep and planning tick off checklist (printable)
Chemo
OH NO I need chemo! What is chemo?
Chemo prep and planning Part 1: Hospital visit and low immunity
Chemo prep and planning part 2: your chemo bag
chemo prep and planning part 3: Visiting the dentist
chemo prep and planning part 4: getting organised at home
chemo prep and planning part 5: Toiletries and medications
chemo prep and planning part 6: Chemo day!
Eating and drinking your way through chemo
Is this normal? common side effects and how to help them
Hair loss: to wig or not to wig
Chemo prep and planning tick off checklist (printable)
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy: what to expect
the do’s and don’t’s of rads: my top ten pointers
During Treatment
Dealing with anxiety
Take a deep breath and relax: relaxation techniques
Therapy isn’t just talking about it…
You are not alone: support groups and online forums
Protecting the children through our breast cancer diagnosis
Holidaying during or after breast cancer treatment
Get your trainers on: exercising during treatment
The importance of being distracted: distraction suggestions
and another thing: early onset menopause
Make up, clothes and all things glittery
Working during breast cancer treatment
Secondary Breast Cancer
Some key points about secondary breast cancer
What to ask your oncologist about secondary breast cancer after primary breast cancer treatment
Secondary Breast Cancer support resources
Life After Cancer
Living life to the full: resources to help you live life after breast cancer
Moving Forward: 1. Introduction and First Thoughts
Moving Forward: 2. The Tasks of Recovery
Moving Forward: 3. Beginning to Recover and Recuperation
Moving Forward: 4. Taking Stock Emotionally
Moving Forward: 5. ‘Getting Back to Normal’ and Other Potentially Unhelpful Phrases
Moving Forward: 6. Regaining Trust in Your Body
Moving Forward: 7. Living With Uncertainty after Cancer
Moving Forward: 8. Coping after Cancer
Moving Forward: 9. Dealing With a Changed body
Moving Forward: 10. Dealing with Fatigue
Moving Forward: 11. Dealing with ‘Chemobrain’
Moving forward: 12. Regaining Trust in Yourself
Moving Forward: 13. Regaining Trust in the ‘System’
Moving Forward: 14. Regaining Trust in Other People
Moving Forward: 15. Getting Back Into the ‘Ordinary’ World
Moving Forward: 16. It’s Not Always All Bad
Moving Forward: 17. On Being Positive and Thinking Positively
Moving Forward: 18. Do I Need Therapy?
Post-treatment writing retreat
Useful Links and Resources
Directory of “what is breast cancer?” and related questions
Directory of help and support resources
Directory of online shops
Directory of feel better treats
Directory of help on practical matters
Directory of breast cancer charities
Directory of ‘checking your breast’ resources
Directory of clinical trial resources
Breast cancer book reviews
For friends and family
The gift of kindness: gift ideas for someone going through breast cancer treatment
What to do (and what not to do) for someone with breast cancer
What to say, and not to say, to a cancer patient
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