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"Every morning, I watch the sun come up over the mountains I never thought I’d live in again."
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"Not saying it was easy and I still miss my long hair dearly but gosh did it feel liberating."
And, how accessible is this ideology for women at the margins of society?
The Strictly Come Dancing favourite is currently halfway through chemotherapy treatment following a cancer diagnosis earlier this year.
“Leave things as they are,” I was told. I was beginning to view my healthcare team as adversaries instead of allies.
"By Christmas, the purple velvet robe he wore, as the King carrying frankincense to baby Jesus in the preschool reenactment, dwarfed his rail-thin body."
"I kept two water bottles filled with vodka in my hospital suitcase. Every night at 7 o’clock, I pulled one from my bag."
Short intervals of physical activity every day can reduce your risk of cancer by 32%.