Rare Cancer Day.....maybe
It was Rare Cancer Day this month. October the first. At least, I read it was but it seems rare cancer doesn't even get an official date for awareness. It misses out again. I'm acknowledging this potential date of Rare Cancer Awareness anyway. I'm acknowledging it because it's bloody important that we talk about it. I've lost track of how many times I've had to explain that my boobs are one of the few parts of my body still perfectly in tact. When I say cancer, the crowds shout “breast”. Now I love that there is a great awareness that breast cancer is a risk. Hopefully that means all the lovely ladies out there are staying conscious and checking any lumps. There are several women I am very glad had been doing just that and are still around to keep me company. My point is that as a 30-something women it's assumed that my breasts were the guilty party. That was not the case. Macmillan (the number one point of reference for cancer in the UK) states that a