Kellan Clarke

My Mastectomy   2 years ago I had a mastectomy. Sounds simple really when I put it like that – like a routine operation I suppose. However, lets call a spade a spade, I had an amputation, I had my right breast amputated, that doesn’t sound quite so routine now does it?   I arrived

Diagnosis Day    On the 22nd April 2022, I sat in an examination room in hospital after being recalled to have a second ultrasound and biopsy (following an initial mammogram/ultrasound and biopsy two weeks before) at the breast unit. At that first appointment I was told there was a “suspicious” area in my breast that

From Unexpected Tenderness to Early Detection: My Breast Cancer Journey   Hi, I’m Sarah. 55 years old, married, and mum to 2 grown up children, nanny to 2 grandchildren with my 3rd one due in August!    I run my own mobile hairdressing business so I can work hours to suit me, as I often

My Journey Through Breast Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic   The COVID pandemic was a frightening, and uncertain period of time. We lost people we loved –  care homes and NHS staff & hospitals were under a strain never seen before. Contact with loved ones was forbidden, we had to stay in our own bubbles, work

Breast Cancer Can Happen at Any Age   I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer at age 31 in 2016, and underwent 9 months of intensive treatment with chemo, mastectomy, and radiotherapy. I am still on medication for another 2 and a half years.    I didn’t realise breast cancer could occur in women younger

Lumpectomy or Mastectomy? Finding My Path After Breast Cancer   Hello, my name is Kate and I am a breast cancer survivor who has just come to the end of 2 years of active treatment and recovery.   I was first diagnosed at the age of 50 in March 2022 with Grade 2 Triple Positive

Don’t Put the ‘Mute’ in my ‘Elation’   My name is Lana, I am 34 and live in Edinburgh with my husband, two children and cat. I am a breast cancer previvor, which is someone at increased genetic risk of breast (and often ovarian) cancer due to a mutation that runs in their family, in