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Ticking off Breast Cancer

Helping you through breast cancer treatment

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  • About us
    • About Us
    • About this website
  • News
    • Press page for Ticking Off Breast Cancer
    • Ticking Off Breast Cancer, The Book
    • Reviews for Ticking Off Breast Cancer, the book
    • Write a Guest Blog for Ticking Off Breast Cancer
  • 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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