👇🏻 It’s funny how your life can be turned upside down in a matter of days.
😔 5 weeks ago I got diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
🤯 Like WTF.
❔No one in my family has had breast cancer.
⁉️I never imagined my life having cancer in it.
😳But it does. And not in a small way.
This week I started my treatment:
-24 weeks of chemotherapy, followed by
- 1 mastectomy, followed by
- 3 weeks (I hope?!) of Radiotherapy
And then …
- 3 weekly infusions of immunotherapy for 6 more months. This will take treatment to around 14 months in total.
I have no idea what this means for my work or income over the next 8 months.
I have to hold my nerve and wait and see.
I’m hoping to be able to do some coaching hours and some podcast episodes. But I’m taking time to see how I feel.
But the most important message to get out is:
👩⚕️Check your breasts (men can get it too you know)
🔎 Don’t ignore anything.
➡️A very long time ago I was told I had lumpy breasts like 50% of all women (fibrocystic breasts), so I didn’t worry about the lumpy bits I felt, they’d always been there.
However, they had changed, and I hadn’t noticed because I had this idea in my head that mine were just lumpy-ish.
Doh.
It happens to be Breast Cancer Awareness month #breastcancerawarenessmonth .
Do your checking.
Here’s a photo of me wearing a freezing cold cap which is supposed to protect your hair from chemo. My 12 year old daughter is really upset I might lose it so I’m doing this for her. Personally the idea of a full blow dry wig is appealing given what I look like naturally first thing in the morning. 🤪
And to scare you into doing a breast check, here’s a photo of my chemo going in to my arm this week.
Stay safe
Fiona of Brand Growth Heroes podcast
Ps thanks to all of my wonderful friends from The Growth Strategy Programme alumni for all your love and support during the last 5 weeks.
😔 5 weeks ago I got diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
🤯 Like WTF.
❔No one in my family has had breast cancer.
⁉️I never imagined my life having cancer in it.
😳But it does. And not in a small way.
This week I started my treatment:
-24 weeks of chemotherapy, followed by
- 1 mastectomy, followed by
- 3 weeks (I hope?!) of Radiotherapy
And then …
- 3 weekly infusions of immunotherapy for 6 more months. This will take treatment to around 14 months in total.
I have no idea what this means for my work or income over the next 8 months.
I have to hold my nerve and wait and see.
I’m hoping to be able to do some coaching hours and some podcast episodes. But I’m taking time to see how I feel.
But the most important message to get out is:
👩⚕️Check your breasts (men can get it too you know)
🔎 Don’t ignore anything.
➡️A very long time ago I was told I had lumpy breasts like 50% of all women (fibrocystic breasts), so I didn’t worry about the lumpy bits I felt, they’d always been there.
However, they had changed, and I hadn’t noticed because I had this idea in my head that mine were just lumpy-ish.
Doh.
It happens to be Breast Cancer Awareness month #breastcancerawarenessmonth .
Do your checking.
Here’s a photo of me wearing a freezing cold cap which is supposed to protect your hair from chemo. My 12 year old daughter is really upset I might lose it so I’m doing this for her. Personally the idea of a full blow dry wig is appealing given what I look like naturally first thing in the morning. 🤪
And to scare you into doing a breast check, here’s a photo of my chemo going in to my arm this week.
Stay safe
Fiona of Brand Growth Heroes podcast
Ps thanks to all of my wonderful friends from The Growth Strategy Programme alumni for all your love and support during the last 5 weeks.
