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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Today we live in a world where many of us are just too busy to be ill.
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When you first receive your diagnosis of breast cancer naturally a million and one things will run through your mind.
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By deciding to support a charity you are already on the road to making a big difference.
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We know it can be difficult adjusting to life after breast cancer treatment.
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Men’s Health Week is an important time to raises awareness of health issues that affect men and focuses on getting men to become more aware of health problems, should they develop.
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What is Mindfulness we hear you ask?
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Finding out that you have breast cancer can be a real shock, it is natural to experience a range of feelings and a sense of disbelief.
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We are proud to announce our ‘’Support Us To Support You’’ campaign. A campaign aimed at raising awareness of the many benefits of wearing the right fitted bra, as well as the essential support role The Primrose Foundation provides your local breast care services.
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We aren’t sure if tips & tricks is the right heading for this article as we certainly don’t have any surgery tricks up our sleeve and we would rather be able to magic all cancers away so you wouldn’t need to be reading this right now.
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Did you know that approx. 300 people are seen in the Primrose breast care centre at University Hospitals Plymouth every week and whilst the appointments often vary the worry & anxiety of those attending their appointment are often very similar.
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Is it that time of year again for you? Can you feel the dread and anxiety building as maybe your routine appointment for your x-ray or scan approaches? It is recognised that anxiety can increase when there is a test pending which will screen for, diagnose, or check for progression or recurrence of a cancer.
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As your breast CARE charity, we want to do all we can to help & support not only those directly receiving treatment for breast cancer but those around them too.
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We often hear that after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis life can change you in many ways, not just physically but your outlook on life too.
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So, you have your diagnosis, you have your treatment plan, and you think you understand what you are about to walk into, and then boom, just when you thought you had got your head around everything, stress, and anxiety kick in.
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