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A cancer hangover is what many people say they feel like after their treatment has finished and they begin to return to their “normal” life aka life before treatment.

There are many reasons why our breasts can become painful at times. Breast pain is actually very common, affecting around two-thirds of women in their lifetime.

Whether your friend or family member is newly diagnosed or in the midst of treatment, you will want to do all you can to help.

As we start a fresh year, can we ask that if you don’t already regularly check your breasts, you make this your year to be more breast aware

For many of us life is stressful, trying to juggle, home, work, childcare and maybe a bit of a social life too but imagine adding a cancer diagnosis into that mixture.

There is no denying that treatment for breast cancer can change the way your body looks.

Cancer is a disease that can affect many parts of the body, and the longer we live, one in two of us will now develop cancer.

The Primrose Breast Care Centre, based at University Hospitals Plymouth, brings together Surgeons, Radiologists, Radiographers, Nurses, and an administrative team all focussed on the diagnosis and treatment of breast care, including cancer. All staff are there to support anyone who is referred to the service.

As we begin to approach the festive season you may find yourself being invited out to celebrate the upcoming Christmas season, but please don’t panic, no one is expecting you to feel fabulous or want to dress up if you are going through treatment.

Breast cancer treatments affect people in different ways. While attacking the cancer and helping to preserve life, they can also impact our skin, nails, and hair – it’s rubbish we know.

Today we live in a world where many of us are just too busy to be ill.

When you first receive your diagnosis of breast cancer naturally a million and one things will run through your mind.