This has been a hell of a week. You often wonder how you will react if it ever happened to you, if you are the one in seven? Well, I found out the hard way and it's completely surreal. Last month I found a lump and four days from now I lose my right breast and then later my hair. Breast cancer, just like my sister Maddy. So far the hardest bit has been telling people. Just putting it out there where it makes everyone feel scared and uncomfortable. Still, now you know it means I can get on with things.
There is no easy way of coming to terms with a mastectomy so I have tried to address my feelings by making a boob to replace the one I am about to lose. It may seem sick to some people but this way, when I am feeling down I can look across at it and think...ah, there you are! The work is called: You wanna piece of me?! which I think is suitably defiant.
