Don’t Become A Victim
Remain in control of your care and in charge of your life – Tatei
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Beware The Grief Grabbers
Here it is. The message appears in your Instagram inbox, because of course these folk don’t have your number and they haven’t spoken to you in years. It begins with “I’m sorry”, immediately turns into a Question of Cancer and ends with an uplifting tale of a friend who had cancer… and died. Or a
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Do What You Gotta Do
Want to live off Maccy D’s for a week? Do it. Fancy f*cking off the world and binge watching a box set? Go ahead. You need to do what you need to do to feel your way through this particularly wank set of woes. Some people slather on the maquillage and continue business as usual.
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It’s Okay Not To Be Okay
Get ready to be terrified, vulnerable, frustrated, impatient, irritable and to feel that FOMO good and proper. You don’t have to paint on a smile for no sucka or reply to that text right now. The only way out is through so breathe deep, take each minute as it comes and surrender to the feels
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Assemble An Army
It may feel like it sometimes, but you are not alone. Gather your troops and allow them to be there for you. Assign a social secretary to update people or answer questions. There’s a lot to process and you’ll need headspace. Establish your own Cancer Crew. They’ve been there, they know their shit and they
Take One Day At A Time. And Your Tablets.
This thing is gonna be a rollercoaster. It’s a long, winding road and each day is different. Heck, each minute is an’ all. Listen to your body and please try not to worry about side effects that may, or may not show up. It is beyond pointless. Deal with them if, as and when they
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Be In Bloom
For October 2021, GIRLvsCANCER proudly collaborated with Print Social. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a tough time for those of us touched by tit cancer, especially with the recent relentless and premature losses in the dodgy-cell club. In just the last two weeks, we’ve lost six young women to secondary breast cancer. The youngest, Hattie
Feeling Myself
During May-sturbation month 2021, we got hot & heavy on the subject of pleasure and reconnection following a cancer diagnosis. We know that the general populous are in a flap over their body image and intimacy. Now imagine what throwing a cancer diagnosis into the mix does for someone (or not). And don’t even get
Time To Chat Shit
Despite it being the third biggest killer of women in the UK, bowel cancer research and early diagnosis has gotten a bum deal! With 1 in 18 women being diagnosed with bowel cancer in their lifetime and this dickhead disease being the third largest killer of women in the UK, it was Time To Chat
Not #JustALine
Our 2019 World Cancer Day campaign was all about the power of positive affirmations. With a GIRLvsCANCER twist, of course. In response to the World Health Organisation’s announcement that an estimated 18.1 million new diagnoses had occured in 2018 – and that 1 in 5 men and 1 in 6 women would develop cancer in