Breast Cancer journey – Priya’s story
Post is written by Priya Malde (my sister) to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness month 2 weeks after I turned 40 during the Summer of 2018 I got diagnosed with stage 2 LCIS breast cancer. 45 years ago, long before I was born my eldest sister died from leukaemia aged 4. 40 years…
Endometriosis – a personal story
Over this past week I’ve had more discussions about endometriosis than I have done in months, all thanks to the BBC releasing the results from questioning 13,500 women highlighting the effect endometriosis has on them. This research described how almost half of the women have had suicidal thoughts, are addicted to strong prescriptive painkillers and…
Endometriosis Awareness Month
March 2019 is Endometriosis Awareness Month in the UK. As someone who has this condition I’m quite aware of the general lack of knowledge of this even in healthcare professionals. This post is to give some information about the condition and ways to help. The following information has been gathered from Endometriosis UK…
Breast Cancer and Complementary Therapies
To mark this October as Breast Cancer Awareness month I would like to focus on the use of Complementary Therapies (as opposed to alternative therapies) for anyone dealing with Breast Cancer. So what are Complementary Therapies? There are literally hundreds of different complementary therapies available, but below is a list of some of…