Oh no. It had to happen. Breast Cancer Awareness Month.... Having made the mistake of reading just one article which was actually relatively upbeat - I realise I am going to have to shun all forms of media communication for 30 days or go totally insane. I have no idea where to place myself between the 'survivors' selected for make overs in the glossy magazines and the gut wrenching stories of young women fighting a losing battle against this monstrous disease. Statistics are everywhere - 80% of women diagnosed early may soon survive - what do they mean by early - or soon? Two thirds of women currently live for 20 years after breast cancer - (so 33% of women do not - and what happens after 20 years?). 43,000 women are diagnosed every year - but only 3000 of them are under 50.... And these are just the three I read today...
Time for a large bar of Green & Blacks and a DVD I think. And a wide berth of the newsagents...
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