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Podge and Rodge tackle bowel cancer awareness

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2,271 Irish people were diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2009 (NCRI latest data) and over 50% of patients were diagnosed with late stage bowel cancer which is difficult to treat. The greatest barrier… Continue reading

How did you mark the end of chemotherapy?

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A reader contacted me looking for some advice. Her mom is scheduled to have her last session of chemotherapy this week and her daughter wonders how best to celebrate the event. So, what… Continue reading

Meat Free Monday

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I came across this recipe on Huffington Post recently and thought it sounded fantastic. Many of us have a love-hate relationship with these mini cabbage like Brussels sprouts, but I think this recipe… Continue reading

Inspiration for the journey

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Life is an endless source of richness. Everything that comes your way can, in some way or another, add to that richness. From the smallest petal on a flower, to the wide and… Continue reading

How to make the breast cancer journey easier

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Today’s post is written by Patricia Walling,  a graduate student working toward her Masters in Conservation Biology. She has both professional and volunteer experience in a hospital environment and currently resides in Washington… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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Sit Here Sit here just a moment in the stillness with me listen can you hear it? can you hear your heart beat? can you hear as breath leaves as you breath in… Continue reading

Living Beyond Diagnosis

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  Anna Wallace is a highly motivated breast cancer advocate, who was so inspired by attending the 10th annual conference for younger women affected by breast cancer in 2010, that she came back to the UK with… Continue reading

Conference for Young Women Affected By Breast Cancer

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Being diagnosed with breast cancer at any age is an overwhelming and frightening experience, but being diagnosed with breast cancer when you are a younger woman brings its own unique challenges. Facing a… Continue reading

Celebrating International Women’s Day

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Today is International Women’s Day and it got me thinking about inspiring women of the past and present. Over the past two years, I have highlighted inspirational writers from Maya Angelou to Mary Oliver on the JBBC… Continue reading

Kylie Minogue’s emotional interview

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In what is her most raw and candid interview to date, Kylie Minogue opened up about her breast cancer experience during an emotional interview with Australian television programme Sunday Night. Her emotions were… Continue reading