Issue 20 Summer 2014 TAKE up the Challenge Get Fit with Our Fun Events
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the breast cancer magazine FREE Vita Issue 20 Summer 2014 TAKE UP the challenge Get fit with our fun events No going BACK Moving forward after treatment Life’s a BEACH Swimwear tips after surgery LIVING WITH LYMPHOEDEMA How to manage it successfully Breaking news: how Nevo Burrell told family and friends about her breast cancer contentssummer 06 21 08 16 Welcome to Vita Inbox Media matters 3 Your letters, tweets 16 A family affair in At Vita, we’re always advocating physical activity. In the and emails to Vita Albert Square past, people having treatment for cancer were often not The latest from encouraged to be active. But now the benefits of regular News EastEnders activity are well recognised, from helping some side effects 4 The latest goings on of treatment and improving your mood to reducing the risk Hot topic of cancer coming back. Your looks 17 Bare-faced tweet If you’re looking for ideas and inspiration for getting active 6 Swimwear tips after surgery No make-up selfies after breast cancer, then why not sign up for an event or challenge? Whether you fancy yourself as the next Paula Real lives Your questions Radcliffe or Victoria Pendleton, or simply want to get out 8 Body talk answered in the fresh air and enjoy a walk, you’ll find loads of tips for Body image and 18 Ask a breast getting active and preparing for an event in ‘Take up the relationships cancer expert challenge’ on page 12. As our nurse Rachel says: ‘There’s 9 Call me nothing to stop you getting back to the activities or sports Someone Like Me Expert eye you enjoyed before, or from starting a new activity.’ support service 19 Alcohol after And why not get friends and family involved too? On 10 Breaking news breast cancer page 20, Alfie, whose mum has secondary breast cancer, Telling family and friends explains why he’s cycling nearly 350 miles from London about breat cancer In touch to Brussels. 11 No going back 20 Going the extra mile Exercise can also help if you’ve been diagnosed Moving forward after A cycling challenge with lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment. treatment Lymphoedema is a long-term condition, and although it will Good food never completely go away, it can be managed. On page 14, Healthy living 21 Super salad recipes we look at the treatments for lymphoedema and the things 12 Take up the challenge From Nadia Sawalha you can do yourself to help. Get fit with a fun event 13 Vita goes to Zumba Fundraising Gareth Fletcher One reader tests out a 22 Our corporate partners Editor new activity 23 Strawberry Tea [email protected] 24 The sky’s the limit Your health 14 Living with lymphoedema 25 Breast Cancer Care Treatments to help magage it free service listings Vita is kindly supported by Vita Editor: Gareth Fletcher; Design: Luisa Cosio. Vita is published by Breast Cancer Care, 5-13 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0NS. Tel: 0845 092 0800. Registered charity in England and Wales 1017658. Registered charity in Scotland SC038104. ISSN 1751-3081. © July 2014 Breast Cancer Care. All rights reserved. Vita is a FREE magazine. It is not to be sold, hired out, or otherwise reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright holder. Twitter: @Vita_mag Facebook: facebook.com/breastcancercare. Inbox This issue’s Dear Vita star letter I just wanted to say a big thank you for Vita wins a gift your article ‘Fertility talk’. I was diagnosed eeter set worth with triple negative invasive ductal breast tw s £39 from cancer in 2011, aged 42. When I was told about the our friends side effects of chemotherapy, I realised I may not be able at Elemis. to conceive following treatment. I asked to be referred for fertility treatment prior to starting, but was later told that I was too old to receive this on the NHS. As my husband and @Vita_mag thanks for the latest I had separated several months before my diagnosis I just mag. It’s several years now since I could not afford to pay for this myself. Now three years on was diagnosed with breast cancer, I’m in a serious relationship, but regret not having children. have been v lucky & well supported After reading your article I now realise that I may be able to @CalmHolmes get assistance with this problem and will definitely be visiting my GP to ask for an AMH hormone test. Thank you. Thanks @Vita_mag New magazine Kathy arrived today! Great piece on mindfulness to help those facing and recovering from BC treatment Dear Vita @Jackie8 At the age of 76, we were getting too long in the tooth to visit my sister who lived 100 miles away, YAY! We can’t wait to get stuck into so we decided to move near her. We had such the new @Vita_mag for Spring - a lot to do that I forgot to think of my health, until looking fab!! @subtubhats one day I saw my left breast looked a peculiar shape. I went to the doctor straight away, who Got my @Vita_mag today and examined me and found a nasty little lump, and haven’t put it down yet, so referred me to the hospital. After various tests, interesting. Thanks x @littlejem17 I was quietly told I had breast cancer. I could not believe I had such a terrible illness. I vowed Dear Vita never to have the treatment they recommended, I was diagnosed with breast Follow us until one of the nurses advised that I should. cancer in 2009 and went on She was so kind and understanding. to have a mastectomy and @Vita_mag When treatment had finished, I felt strong radiotherapy of my left breast. I again and started walking and going to exercise am now coming up to five years classes arranged by the hospital. My hair of hormone therapy and I feel has regrown, unfortunately grey and white. I very lucky and blessed to have missed my natural brown colour, so I bought reached ‘70 years young’ without Vita POLL some herbal dye from the health shop which is a recurrence. These days I tell Some people change their absolutely marvellous. myself ‘I’m fit!’ diet after a breast cancer The nurses and doctors were magnificent. I love your magazine and diagnosis, for a number of They looked after me every step of the way, over the years have found it a reasons. The Vita poll this making me feel not just a number but an comforting, valuable read. Thank month wants to know your individual, which helped the healing process. you, Vita. experience. Head over to Primrosa Marcelle Vita online to have your say. Get in touch with Vita Don’t forget Tweet @Vita_mag Email [email protected] to visit Vita online… Write Vita magazine, Breast Cancer Care, 5–13 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0NS www. vita.org.uk www.vita.org.uk | 3 News GREAT SCOT Breast Cancer Care Scotland has launched a high-profile campaign, called B-Aware, to promote early detection of breast cancer and improve survival rates in Scotland. The three-year campaign is supported by Breast Health Awareness Ambassador Chris Weir. She’s donating £250,000 in each year of the campaign’s life. Team B-Aware volunteers will spread the breast awareness message to typically hard-to-reach groups, breaking down barriers and dispelling myths about breast cancer. This year we’re recruiting volunteers in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness. For an application pack, call the Team B-Aware recruitment hotline on 0845 092 0816 or send your details to [email protected] Candid camera New to Vita online: five women who’ve had breast cancer share their individual stories of diagnosis News and treatment and their thoughts about the future in our brand-new videos. To watch Julie, Nicole, Nevo, Valerie and Natalie talk about their experiences, go to: VIEWS www.vita.org.uk/my-story BREW’S company Simply get together over tea and cake on any day that suits you over the summer. Your fundraising Strawberry Tea could be at home with family and friends, an afternoon tea break at work, or at your school or club. Sign up today at www.breastcancercare.org.uk/treat or call us on 0870 164 9422 and we’ll send you a free Strawberry Tea kit, which includes all the bits and bobs you need such as a donation box, stickers and invitations. It couldn’t be easier! 4 | www.vita.org.uk News GOOD AUTHORITY Breast Cancer Care would like to thank Lewisham Council for their many years of support to the Lavender Trust. Over the past 16 years, they’ve raised an astounding £160,000 through a variety of events, such as a Valentine’s dinner, quiz nights, golf day, Pink Fridays, carols concerts and through marathon runners. People often say that having breast Candid camera VITA POLL cancer is life-changing. What best describes your experience? Some changes have been good and some 46% bad, but my life is definitely different now I feel my life has changed for the worse 21% It’s too early to say 15% Overall my life has changed for the better 12% My life is much the same as it was before breast cancer 6% Walk THIS WAY Best Foot Forward health walks have Wales scrum half Mike Phillips come to Wales. The weekly walks, in helped launch the walks at Cardiff’s and around Cardiff, Pontypridd and Millennium Stadium.