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Social Therapy

by Mandy on 19th September 201815th October 2018

When you’re diagnosed with cancer you mourn the life that was just got pulled out from underneath you. Worrying about the right house, your dream job, new car, foreign holiday, on-trend fashion dissipates. Your only goal now is to stay alive. Not one day went… Read More

Breast Cancer

Pace Yourself

by Mandy on 12th September 201812th September 2018

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I knew I was in this new world for the long haul. My consultant said treatment alone was going to take the guts of a year. I was going to see all four seasons as a cancer patient.… Read More

Breast Cancer

The Reverse Lotto

by Mandy on 27th August 20182nd September 2018

On the day I was getting the results of my biopsy, Ronan and I were sitting in the car just by CUH. My brother Val had driven down from Dublin to attend the meeting with us. My dad was positioned in the waiting area. As… Read More

Breast Cancer

On a scale of 1 to dead, where am I?

by Mandy on 8th August 20184th September 2018

I’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. Never, have I ever thought it would happen to me. I’ve worried about a whole heap of stuff in my life, but this curve ball never in a million years occurred to me. There is no history of cancer… Read More

Breast Cancer

The Causes of Cancer

by Mandy on 8th August 20182nd September 2018

So, are you drinking enough water? Cause, you know, water is great for the healthy cells. But, jaysus, don’t drink it out of the tap with all them chemicals! And bottled water? Oh forget it, sure all that plastic causes cancer. So are you eating… Read More

Breast Cancer

My Team v’s Their Team

by Mandy on 8th August 20188th September 2018

One day, on the way to the hospital for another meeting, Ronan said to me: “You know babes, I’d take this from you if I could.” “I know babes,” I replied. “And you know what, I’d fecking give it to you too. You would be… Read More