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Five tips for coping with breast radiotherapy

Laura Price | 14 January 2014
This time last year, I was just starting a course of radiotherapy for breast cancer and I didn’t really know what to expect. All in all, I found it much more pleasant and less terrifying than chemo, but I still appreciated the tips people gave me, so here’s my advice.
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'Probably benign' – How I almost didn’t get diagnosed with breast cancer

Laura Price | 01 October 2013
A year and a half ago I had my very first mammogram. I had just discovered the lump in my left breast and wanted it checked out straight away because of my strong family history of breast cancer (my maternal grandmother had the disease in her 30s).
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Let’s talk about periods

Laura Price | 02 August 2013
Last month I got my period. This wouldn’t normally be headline news, but considering it was the first one in the eight months since my penultimate chemotherapy session it was rather a big deal to me.
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Life, Disconnected – Six reasons to switch off your smartphone

Laura Price | 28 June 2013
While many of us would practically require a surgical procedure to detach ourselves from our smartphones for more than a day, most of us would certainly benefit from a little internet-free time every once in a while.
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Angelina’s genes: what are BRCA1 and BRCA2?

Laura Price | 31 May 2013
Angelina Jolie sparked a lot of controversy earlier this month when she revealed her decision to have both her breasts removed following a BRCA+ diagnosis.
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Making friends with cancer: the role of social media in serious illness

Laura Price | 26 April 2013
Individual blogs and networking sites have made it possible not only to give our families and friends a running commentary of exactly how we’re doing, but hey’ve made it possible for us to find support from people going through similar experiences around the world.
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Curing cancer the Ennis way: A letter to my future self

Laura Price | 28 March 2013
Recently I read an article that made me reconsider my approach to my recovery from breast cancer. The article by Lisa Reich in Elle magazine was about visualisation, a technique used by Olympic heptathlete Jessica Ennis to achieve just about anything she sets her mind to.
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A beginner's guide to breast cancer diagnosis for younger women

Laura Price | 25 January 2013
I’ve put together a few bits of advice from personal experience. Most of it is relevant to women of all ages, but I hope some of it will be particularly helpful to those few fellow women in their 20s and 30s who receive a diagnosis this year.
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