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Women who run with the wolves

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 Though fairy tales end after ten pages, our lives do not. We are multi-volume sets. In our lives, even though one episode amounts to a crash and burn, there is always another episode… Continue reading

Coping with a recent breast cancer diagnosis?

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If you have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, you may find this LBBC podcast helpful as an aid to understanding the feelings and reactions you may be experiencing.  Learn about the different… Continue reading

Latest study finds radical surgery to remove lymph nodes not always necessary

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I’ve always had a problem with the fact that I had axillary clearance of my lymph nodes when I now believe a sentinel lymph node biopsy would have been the better option (as it… Continue reading

Guest Post: Mental Focus

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  The start of this new year of blogging has brought some terrific guest bloggers my way and due to the number of submissions, I have had to keep some in reserve and time… Continue reading

In gratitude

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And still your wonderful comments keep coming. I am so grateful to each and every one of you. Your collective wisdom and compassion, which I always knew to be there, has lifted me… Continue reading

Healing balm to my soul

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  Yesterday I allowed myself the luxury of wallowing in my despair. After I wrote my blog post, I logged off, buried myself under the covers of the duvet and cried and railed… Continue reading

Cancer and the other side of me

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Yesterday on the JBBC Facebook page, a few of the members of this group wanted to express their support to me for something they had read on my Diary of a Miracle blog. These past few… Continue reading

Friday Round-Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading

Breast cancer survivors at greater risk of hip fractures

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According to the latest research,  a combination of early menopause due to breast cancer treatment and common drugs used to treat breast cancer, could be weakening the bones of breast cancer survivors once… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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