Em Bennett
@TheEmBennett
Breast Cancer survivor and advocate dreaming of ways to spread goodness and inspire others to control what we can for our health.
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I had #breastcancer. As in past tense, but it is still a very real part of my everyday. I don’t know how the heck to live this life, but I’m giving it my best shot. #choosejoy #bereal #bekind
"Be real. Be you. It’s enough. Because having #cancer, and navigating survivorship, are both hard enough. No one should feel pressured to smile her/his way through either one." @NancysPoint #breastcancer #bcsm bit.ly/2GN1Dzv
Always be an advocate for your health. Even when it’s as obvious as this situation 👇👇👇, serious issues can be overlooked.
Taking the aromatase inhibitor Arimidex for 5 years was shown to reduce the risk of #breastcancer in postmenopausal women at higher risk, even years after they stopped taking the medicine - appears to be more effective than tamoxifen, Dr. Jack Cuzick of @QMUL said at #SABCS19
Plus all of those journals. 😂 #Truth
Me: *gets cancer* Everybody: *gives me a fucking coloring book*
Non-cancer person: “You’ve finished #cancertreatment why don’t you move on with your life & leave cancer behind you?” Me: “Because if it wasn’t for those of us who’d been there, there wouldn’t be the same awareness, support, advice & community that there is for others with it.”
I was told the same thing, but my instincts told me otherwise and I didn’t stop at the first Drs recommendation for a follow-up appt in 4 months. Trust yourself!
"I think one of the reasons my lump was dismissed for so long is that it hurt, I was often told, 'It's fine, [because] breast cancer doesn’t hurt.' But mine was very painful." Have you heard this myth? foxnews.com/health/mom-blo…
Grateful for my #breastie! Sending me love and laughs as we navigate this new life together. #breastcancer
At my bone density scan today, when asked to verify my date of birth, I replied with, “too young for a bone density test.” Too freaking young. 🖕🖕🖕 #breastcancer
“I love your hair, who is your stylist?” “Chemo.” “Oh.”
Cancer muggle: you look great! Have you lost weight?! What’s your secret? Me: cancer. CM: .... Me: .... #cancermuggle #cancerperks
Don't forget to perform your monthly self-breast exam! #FridayFeeling #bcsm #breastcancer
In the last 2 weeks I have told 9 women they have cancer, 4 of them under the age of 40. It’s hard to get worked up on all the media buzz when my day job keeps things in perspective. Be grateful. Be kind. Be your best. Sincerely, Your favorite doctor 👩🏼⚕️
It would typically be comforting to find someone of similar age to relate to, in a waiting room, but in this case it’s devastating...another young life impacted by breast cancer. #weareinthistogether
Every time I’m in a waiting room at the cancer center and I see another young person, I wish we had some sort of hand signal to give each other, like “solidarity. I’m right there with you.”
“Yet I know I existed before I was ill.”
Poignant article on breast cancer treatment and consequences. What Cancer Takes Away newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
I used to be an amazing dr but had no regard for my own wellbeing. Now I take care of myself. I stop for lunch, leave on time, hand things over. I miss the dedication & motivation I had before but it really wasn't sustainable. Your patients need you to look after yourself.
Don’t underestimate what can’t be seen. #fuckcancer
Holy shit. If one more person asks how I have cancer AND hair I am going to freaking lose it. Do I ask you why you’re a female AND have a mustache Brenda? No. I don’t. Because I’m not a twat waffle.
Here, take this poison to kill your cancer, but it may cause cancer.
I wonder about this a lot. For my treatments, one of the “possible side effects” was ALWAYS “May cause cancer.” The best part of cancer: the cure can also be the cause.
I’m starting to think it might be time to check this one off of my to do’s. Anyone wished they had not tattooed nipples? #bcsm #BCCWW
I entered as a stranger and left as a friend. A #DIEPflap #patientadvocate and her first visit to a tattoo shop 🌸 The Eye of a Restorative Tattoo Artist for #BreastCancer Patients diepcjourney.com/2019/02/28/the… #plasticsurgery
New research published in the journal Nature shows that #BreastCancer is 11 genetically distinct diseases, and each has a different prognosis and chance of coming back after treatment. #bcsm bit.ly/2CheUf5
Breast Cancer reality check - a non-disclosed break from Twitter can result in: 1. your cancer community checking on you #grateful ❤️ 2. your cancer community thinking you may have died #iamalive #fuckcancer
I was struggling on the mirena when I was diagnosed about 18 months after the birth of my second child. #breastcancer
A study conducted in Denmark has found that even low doses of hormones in contraceptive pills, IUDs, implants and injections, still have potential to heighten the risk of #breastcancer. #NFCR #CancerResearch #EndCancer #CancerAwareness bit.ly/2AHQbza
Oh the pain scale...I’ve yet to report a ten. But with this depiction of 4, I can sure relate. #painredefined #breastcancer
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