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Heather Cripps
11th May 2021Posted:
I was diagnosed straight to metastatic breast cancer in September 2020, with spread to my bones and peritoneum. The nine months before the diagnosis I suffered with lower back pain, which got progressively worse each month (about a week before my period was due). I had seen my GP and been referred for physio, which… [Read More]
Di Hart
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I was originally diagnosed with stage III HER2+ breast cancer in December 2015 and subsequently went through 6 rounds of chemotherapy, an operation to remove the tumour in my breast and full lymph node clearance, followed by 18 sessions of radiotherapy and a year of monoclonal antibodies. We had a double whammy in the family,… [Read More]
Charlotte Kevan
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I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in July 2017. Two weeks after my primary diagnosis. I had 6 rounds of chemotherapy along with herceptin and perjeta. The later I still have intravenously every 3 weeks today. I don’t know my prognosis other than the general 2-3 years life expectancy. I’ve already gone past that.… [Read More]
Bronagh Corry
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I was diagnosed with Primary Breast Cancer in August 2013 when I was 39 years old. I had walked into the Breast Screening Clinic at 10am full of anxiety and dread. By 1.30pm, I had a date for surgery and had entered the world of cancer. The mammogram had shown 3 tumours in my right breast,… [Read More]
Anonymous
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I’m a person who has always been “well”. Whenever I was asked to fill in a health questionnaire I’d always tick “no” without really reading it. That all changed in late January 2018 when aged 44 I was diagnosed very speedily with a rare type of breast cancer called Inflammatory Breast Cancer. It’s very aggressive… [Read More]
Cancer Survivors at Work – The Unspoken Truths
30th March 2021Posted:
On Tuesday 16th March, Barbara Wilson and Stephen Bevan made a (pre-recorded) presentation to the 2021 Health and Wellbeing at Work conference with the title ‘Cancer Survivors at Work – The Unspoken Truths’ followed by a live Q &A. You can find a copy of the full presentation here
Working with Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
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This year Working With Cancer is working to raise awareness of this issue and have invited those with advanced or metastatic cancer, and who are still working, to contribute their stories and photos. Here is one story by Neil Walker, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer at the age of 49. It was… [Read More]
Dealing with ‘Chemo Brain’ at work
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In this article, our Associate Isabel van der Ven explains what ‘chemo brain’ is, its impact, how it affected her and most importantly, what you can do to overcome the challenges and frustrations it can cause. Read more here
Living and Working with secondary cancer; my story by Maggie Stephens
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Maggie Stephens, business copywriter, editor and presenter, talks about dealing with her secondary breast cancer diagnosis during lockdown last year. “There’s no good time to be told that you have secondary breast cancer, but just before Christmas in the midst of a Covid-19 lockdown definitely wouldn’t have been my first choice … “ Read more… [Read More]
Work and Cancer – the challenges of returning to work during a pandemic
23rd February 2021Posted:
WWC Associate, Louise Barrett, writes about the challenges of returning to work following cancer treatment – and during a pandemic. Returning to work following cancer treatment is never easy at the best of times. It is often described as feeling like you are jumping on a fast-moving train, bringing with it feelings of anxiety and… [Read More]
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