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Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Nov 19
5 min

Top Exercise Tips from Specialist Cancer Physiotherapist

My name is Hannah and I am a specialist cancer physiotherapist, with a fire in my belly to help people live their life fully, during and ...

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Bridget Prideaux

Nov 12
4 min

There are some dates we never forget...

There are some dates that we never forget. Some are happy occasions, and make us smile, and others remind us of how quickly our lives can...

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My perfect bra would be something that is aimed at ladies in my age group!

Donna Rockey

Nov 5
4 min

My perfect bra would be something that is aimed at ladies in my age group!

I’m Donna, I'm Welsh, I have a wicked, dark, sick sense of humour. I’m fluent in a colourful 3 languages and I’m clumsy and a little dipp...

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It was a whirlwind of appointments and tests!

Caroline Burnish

Oct 31
4 min

It was a whirlwind of appointments and tests!

2020 was supposed to be the start of a new chapter for myself and my husband. I’m 43 and we have three children aged 19, 22 and 25. It wa...

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I went to parkrun three days post op, still with my drain in situ!

Claire Allison

Oct 22
11 min

I went to parkrun three days post op, still with my drain in situ!

I noticed some small spots of blood on an old t-shirt that I wore in bed. Brushing it off as old stains that hadn’t come out in the wash...

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Take That concert a week after my mastectomy? Wouldn't miss it for the world!!

Clare Woolrich

Oct 15
10 min

Take That concert a week after my mastectomy? Wouldn't miss it for the world!!

"I'm so sorry to say you have breast cancer " I just felt like I wasn’t really there in the room...

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Keeley Buckley

Oct 8
5 min

My detour on the path of life...

My name is Keeley and I live with my lovely husband on the edge of the beautiful Peak District. I’m an outdoor and active person who love...

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Ruth Branagh for ELAN Stories

Oct 1
3 min

Ruth's Story

I didn’t ask for this diagnosis, the mastectomy was life saving surgery and to add insult to injury I now had to wear an old fashioned bra!

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