Rotten Ovaries
@ovariesrotten.bsky.social
Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer.
#FuckCancer
#FuckCancer
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We need more orgs to realize as advocates we want to share our story, BUT it’s also reliving a trauma in life.
We want to open up, but don’t be so quick to move on or close the door. #Cansky
We want to open up, but don’t be so quick to move on or close the door. #Cansky
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We need more orgs to realize as advocates we want to share our story, BUT it’s also reliving a trauma in life.
We want to open up, but don’t be so quick to move on or close the door. #Cansky
We want to open up, but don’t be so quick to move on or close the door. #Cansky
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"So many #patientadvocates go into advocacy because we were treated as unreliable narrators of our own lives." Great quote from Gwen Darien of the Patient Advocate Foundation during @fredhutch.org's Value in #Cancer Care Summit #VCC2025 #CanSky
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"So many #patientadvocates go into advocacy because we were treated as unreliable narrators of our own lives." Great quote from Gwen Darien of the Patient Advocate Foundation during @fredhutch.org's Value in #Cancer Care Summit #VCC2025 #CanSky
Very sad news of the passing of Jo Taylor. Jo worked tirelessly to improve the lives of breast cancer patients and to improve care and treatment for MBC patients. RIP Jo.
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Very sad news of the passing of Jo Taylor. Jo worked tirelessly to improve the lives of breast cancer patients and to improve care and treatment for MBC patients. RIP Jo.
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“Hope takes on many different forms”… and that is exactly what we talk with Kevin about in our later podcast episode.
@storiescancerhope.bsky.social
See link below 👇
#cansky #cancer #metastaticcancer
@storiescancerhope.bsky.social
See link below 👇
#cansky #cancer #metastaticcancer
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“Hope takes on many different forms”… and that is exactly what we talk with Kevin about in our later podcast episode.
@storiescancerhope.bsky.social
See link below 👇
#cansky #cancer #metastaticcancer
@storiescancerhope.bsky.social
See link below 👇
#cansky #cancer #metastaticcancer
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Interested in sharing about your experience of living with MBC? The Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance has launched a new initiative designed to educate the public on the experience of living with MBC and I would like to invite anyone who is living with MBC or their person is living with MBC 1/3
October 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Interested in sharing about your experience of living with MBC? The Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance has launched a new initiative designed to educate the public on the experience of living with MBC and I would like to invite anyone who is living with MBC or their person is living with MBC 1/3
So much this 👇
Cancer sucks, don’t allow someone’s toxic positivity make you feel “bad” for feeling down.
Cancer is unfair. It’s okay to feel down. It’s also okay to realize your feelings go in ebbs and flows. #Cansky
Cancer is unfair. It’s okay to feel down. It’s also okay to realize your feelings go in ebbs and flows. #Cansky
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
So much this 👇
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October 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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My book has been featured on BookKind’s social media today. If you buy through them, they can make a donation to Maggie’s.
#cansky
bookkind.co.uk/this-might-s...
#cansky
bookkind.co.uk/this-might-s...
This Might Surprise You
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September 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My book has been featured on BookKind’s social media today. If you buy through them, they can make a donation to Maggie’s.
#cansky
bookkind.co.uk/this-might-s...
#cansky
bookkind.co.uk/this-might-s...
There needs to be more support for patients after active treatment, surviving is difficult, our lives change and what was normal no longer exists. It's never over with cancer 👇
Cancer completely hijacks your life. Your mental health, your relationships, your finances, your entire life is upended and nothing,not even yourself feels safe anymore. I wish there was more talk about the "after" of cancer. #cansky #kidneycancer #cancer
September 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There needs to be more support for patients after active treatment, surviving is difficult, our lives change and what was normal no longer exists. It's never over with cancer 👇
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Tests are not always an unalloyed good thing.
Of course you should get tested if you’re worried.
But tests themselves have a negative impact: rearranging your life, the discomfort of the procedure, the anxiety of waiting for results.
As a cancer survivor it can be tricky to navigate.
#cansky
Of course you should get tested if you’re worried.
But tests themselves have a negative impact: rearranging your life, the discomfort of the procedure, the anxiety of waiting for results.
As a cancer survivor it can be tricky to navigate.
#cansky
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Tests are not always an unalloyed good thing.
Of course you should get tested if you’re worried.
But tests themselves have a negative impact: rearranging your life, the discomfort of the procedure, the anxiety of waiting for results.
As a cancer survivor it can be tricky to navigate.
#cansky
Of course you should get tested if you’re worried.
But tests themselves have a negative impact: rearranging your life, the discomfort of the procedure, the anxiety of waiting for results.
As a cancer survivor it can be tricky to navigate.
#cansky
At last an advert with a more realistic portrayal of cancer patients, thank you @breastcancernow.bsky.social
Yes, we do feel awful, stressed, scared, anxious. Yes we might pretend we are okay, but we're not.
#CanSky #OncoSky #MakeCancerLessShitty
Yes, we do feel awful, stressed, scared, anxious. Yes we might pretend we are okay, but we're not.
#CanSky #OncoSky #MakeCancerLessShitty
September 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
At last an advert with a more realistic portrayal of cancer patients, thank you @breastcancernow.bsky.social
Yes, we do feel awful, stressed, scared, anxious. Yes we might pretend we are okay, but we're not.
#CanSky #OncoSky #MakeCancerLessShitty
Yes, we do feel awful, stressed, scared, anxious. Yes we might pretend we are okay, but we're not.
#CanSky #OncoSky #MakeCancerLessShitty
"Acknowledge our pain". Yes, 100%!
There are plenty of guides about “what not to say to someone with cancer” and while I fully agree with these (and have offered my own advice on this matter) I don’t want loved ones to feel too nervous about reaching out with clumsy words. Better to do that than not be there at all.
#cansky
#cansky
September 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Acknowledge our pain". Yes, 100%!
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I have books!
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published on 25th September.
And you can pre-order it here! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#graphicmedicine #cansky #lifewriting
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published on 25th September.
And you can pre-order it here! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#graphicmedicine #cansky #lifewriting
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I have books!
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published on 25th September.
And you can pre-order it here! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#graphicmedicine #cansky #lifewriting
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published on 25th September.
And you can pre-order it here! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#graphicmedicine #cansky #lifewriting
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“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is now available for pre-order!
It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.
Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.
Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
August 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is now available for pre-order!
It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.
Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.
Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
Exactly this. There is nothing brave about it. We are not amazing and inspiring. We are trying to survive.
Calling cancer patients “brave” is dehumanising. I think this is because it puts distance between the patient and the other person. It’s not a compliment with any real meaning or recognition behind it.
“You’re so brave. I couldn’t do what you’re doing.”
But what’s the alternative?
#cansky
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“You’re so brave. I couldn’t do what you’re doing.”
But what’s the alternative?
#cansky
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August 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Exactly this. There is nothing brave about it. We are not amazing and inspiring. We are trying to survive.
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Sometimes i will wake up with an empty feeling in my body, wondering what is the point of it all. Today is one of those days. It is the anticipatory grief deciding to raise its head, the bugger. www.buymeacoffee.com/fletcherduU/...
Anticipatory Grief — Duncan F
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www.buymeacoffee.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Sometimes i will wake up with an empty feeling in my body, wondering what is the point of it all. Today is one of those days. It is the anticipatory grief deciding to raise its head, the bugger. www.buymeacoffee.com/fletcherduU/...
Talk to me about radiation therapy, specifically for the back, experiences, side effects, gimme it all @thankscancer.bsky.social #cansky #stage4needsmore
August 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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This is a page from my book which represents the build-up of all the emotions that had accumulated during cancer treatment. During survival mode, I’d pushed them away. But a resurgence was inevitable.
#cansky
#cansky
August 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is a page from my book which represents the build-up of all the emotions that had accumulated during cancer treatment. During survival mode, I’d pushed them away. But a resurgence was inevitable.
#cansky
#cansky
Good thread on how things are after treatment. It's never over, and there are no rules. Understanding when depression hits, why it does and to find a way of getting through are not easy. #FuckCancer #CanSky
I've hit the inevitable depression after finishing cancer treatment.
This is the third time out of three chances it's happened, I've been warning myself and others about this phenomenon for years, and yet I'm still surprised.
I guess I'm a slow learner about cancer in general 😂
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This is the third time out of three chances it's happened, I've been warning myself and others about this phenomenon for years, and yet I'm still surprised.
I guess I'm a slow learner about cancer in general 😂
(🧵⬇️)
August 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Good thread on how things are after treatment. It's never over, and there are no rules. Understanding when depression hits, why it does and to find a way of getting through are not easy. #FuckCancer #CanSky
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We need something real from our loved ones when we’re going through an ordeal like cancer. We need real recognition and companionship. We need people to bear witness to our suffering.
I’ve had to remind myself of this recently, too.
I know it’s hard. That’s why it means so much.
#cansky
I’ve had to remind myself of this recently, too.
I know it’s hard. That’s why it means so much.
#cansky
August 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
We need something real from our loved ones when we’re going through an ordeal like cancer. We need real recognition and companionship. We need people to bear witness to our suffering.
I’ve had to remind myself of this recently, too.
I know it’s hard. That’s why it means so much.
#cansky
I’ve had to remind myself of this recently, too.
I know it’s hard. That’s why it means so much.
#cansky
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Wow - really interesting trial for treating people with advanced head and neck cancer casued by #HPVcancer (like my own) - 'A cancer vaccine using mRNA technology will help the immune system recognise and kill cancer cells containing HPV proteins' #cansky 🧪
bit.ly/4m2LghH
bit.ly/4m2LghH
NHS England » NHS to fast-track patients with head and neck cancer into cancer vaccine trial
NHS England » NHS to fast-track patients with head and neck cancer into cancer vaccine trial
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August 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Wow - really interesting trial for treating people with advanced head and neck cancer casued by #HPVcancer (like my own) - 'A cancer vaccine using mRNA technology will help the immune system recognise and kill cancer cells containing HPV proteins' #cansky 🧪
bit.ly/4m2LghH
bit.ly/4m2LghH
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That new bruise? The stomach ache? You’re spiraling again. It’s not overthinking—it’s your trauma speaking. Hypervigilance after cancer is real. You’re checking your body like your life depends on it. Because once, it did. #YouBeatCancerNowWhat #oncsky #cansky #cancerbs
August 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
That new bruise? The stomach ache? You’re spiraling again. It’s not overthinking—it’s your trauma speaking. Hypervigilance after cancer is real. You’re checking your body like your life depends on it. Because once, it did. #YouBeatCancerNowWhat #oncsky #cansky #cancerbs