More about cancer
When
I was going through chemotherapy, I was part of an article that ran in
the Brisbane weekend newspaper's magazine supplement. It focused on
breast cancer in younger women, and highlighted 4 cases. All of us were
in our early 30s or late 20s. You can find a copy of that article here
(on pg 44):
http://media01.couriermail.com.au/multimedia/2010/09/QWeekend/index.html. This
article was followed up in the 5th Anniversary edition of the
same magazine, and
focuses on one of the girls, Lisa, who was a good friend of mine and who
died a year after diagnosis. It makes me so sad even to see those
pictures, she was such a lovely, lovely girl; she deserved to see her boys grow up.
Our friend Juanita, who is a professional photographer, took a
photo-journal of my treatment. She was part of our lives through all of
it and you can find her view of my story on her photo-blog:
http://broderickphotography.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/amandas-story/. She's amazing, and took some amazing photos.
I'm in remission now, as they call it. There are (supposedly) no cancer cells left in my body. My odds of living cancer-free are really high - as in, you would bet all your savings on it. Even so, I do worry ... I just try not to worry too much. And I definitely appreciate every single day.
Education
I started Easy Peasy Organic because
I wanted to reduce the chemicals going into my body. If you want to
know a little more about environmental factors (like chemicals) and
cancer, here are a couple of good sources:
from the Washington Post
The Breast Cancer Fund's State of the Evidence
If you want more information about breast cancer in younger women, please have a look at some of these sites:
http://www.nbocc.org.au/breast-cancer/about-breast-cancer/younger-women-with-breast-cancer
http://www.youngsurvival.org/young-women-and-bc/
or
donate! Breast cancer research, support services, and networks all need
our help with funding. I'll post some of my favourites shortly, but
there are likely venues closer than you think.
If
you have any questions about my breast cancer, or want to talk about
anything related to whatever I've written here, please contact me via
email at easypeasyorganic@yahoo.com.
Be well,
Amanda xx
.......Amanda,dear girl,endless thanks I'm going to enjoy your blog so much,& send you my warmest good wishes-to think I just found you whilst looking for instructions on how to make activated almonds.........take care,my newest Friend....Evangelia.....
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