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another reason why i love you

Alice, my best friend of yore, sent me this. “I thought you’d either find it hilarious…or be really offended.” Hilarious. “The lady at the post office asked if I was sending it to my mom. She thought she was in on the … Continue reading

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“Sexy Mastectomy”

If I know you, I don’t really care if you read my blog. I mean, please do feel free, but you’re not the reason I write it. I write for other women with cancer. And they’re all strangers, because I realized — … Continue reading

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And by ‘anxiety,’ we mean ‘expense.’

In case you missed the controversy sparked yesterday by the “government task force” (can anything sound more Orwellian? who are these people?) over new mammography guidelines, and let’s be honest, I doubt you did: women should start having mammograms at 50, not 40,  and … Continue reading

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external shows

The other night we felt like slumming it and went to pick up Dominos in Didcot, where we saw the typical weekend chav-rabble cluttering the pavement outside, queuing up for pizzas and fish and chips. Obese. Smoking. Pregnant. And I … Continue reading

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