September is Womb Cancer Awareness Month.

We all know there's a lot of good work done to raise awareness of women's cancers such as breast, cervical and ovarian, but there's another cancer all women need to be aware of: womb cancer.

On average, up to 1900 women die from womb cancer each year in the UK. Although the stereotype is overweight/obese post-menopausal women, womb cancer can affect women of all ages and sizes.

Womb cancer is easier to treat when caught early but there is currently no screening programme - smear (pap) tests aren't designed to pick up womb cancer and a negative smear result doesn't rule it out, so be sure to tell your GP about any unusual symptoms connected with your monthly cycle, or after menopause.

For further information go to:

https://www.facebook.com/WombCancerSupportUK

http://wombcancersupportuk.wix.com/home


Love Rose x


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UK cancer treatment: When ‘out of the ordinary’ means ‘out of luck’.

Please read the extraordinary story of my friend's breast cancer journey and her attempts to find, and fund, the treatment she needs:

http://www.anh-europe.org/news/uk-cancer-treatment-when-out-of-the-ordinary-means-out-of-luck

All donations - however small - can be made here:

http://www.justgiving.com/Lynne-Hazelden

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated and helped so far!

Love Rose x


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Fundraising Auction Of Film Memorabilia.

Please take a look at this auction of original / authenticated Harry Potter and Indiana Jones story boards, plus a Wonka Bar - exciting stuff for all film buffs out there! All items are listed on ebay to help fundraise for my friend who is going through breast cancer treatment:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/dazcaz2602/m.html?_nkw&_armrs=1&_from&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3686


Love Rose x


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Race For Life...

I'm sharing one womb cancer survivor's not-so-good experience today:

http://wombcanceruk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/let-down-by-race-for-life-by-dv.html

Love Rose x


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Defiant Beauty.

If you're a cancer patient in the UK and are looking for suitable skincare products - or you need a gift for someone who is - then take a look at the totally natural Defiant Beauty range of skincare gifts developed by Jennifer Young in conjunction with cancer patients/survivors and specialist nursing staff:

Skin Care Gifts for Cancer Patients – By Jennifer Young - Beauty Despite Cancer

www.beautydespitecancer.co.uk

Defiant Beauty is a speciality skin care range developed by experts. The ideal gift for cancer patients available to buy online.

Since Friday evening I've been using Defiant Beauty Smooth Skin Balm, suggested for me by Jennifer Young herself, as my hands had become unpleasantly dry since surgery for womb cancer. Feeling increasingly dismayed and embarrassed about the very poor condition of my skin, and with nothing I'd tried making much - if any - difference, I'd reached the stage of contemplating buying clothes with pockets in order to keep my hands hidden as much as possible.

I'm amazed - and so grateful - to report that this wonderful Smooth Skin Balm has already made a huge improvement to my hands. I could see a difference in their appearance after the first application Friday evening and my skin is continuing to return to normal. In such a short space of time I'm already much more confident about my hands being on show and I really can't recommend this product highly enough.

Love Rose x


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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Relief.

I recently finished proofreading the second of the two fishing books I told you about a while back so I now have a bit more 'free' time - although not a lot, as there's always something to be done!

I've had a lot of typing to do over the last week or so and have found myself with pins and needles through my hands and lower arms as a result, so I'm pleased to have found the following site/exercises to help alleviate the problem:

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Exercises

www.eatonhand.com

Love Rose x


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Gordon the Geriatric Snail Conclusion.

Gordon staggered to his lady snail’s door

And lay there, panting, on the floor.

Eventually Gordon rang the bell

And he heard Betty give a yell.

“Just a minute!” Betty warbled,

Although to Gordon it sounded garbled,

As he’d forgotten to put his hearing aid in

And Betty’s aging voice was growing thin.

Gordon straightened up his tie

And when Betty’s door opened he gave a sigh,

As he saw a vision standing there,

With golden highlights in her hair,

Although – and this is no joke –

Her hair was yellowed from cigarette smoke,

But to Gordon’s “good” eye, Betty was his dream girl

And he loved the way her “golden” hair curled.

Unknown to Gordon, Betty had a secret,

And she’d managed for many years to keep it,

But she loved Gordon and felt he should know,

That bits of her were just for show.

In years gone by, Betty was a moll,

She’d been married to a gangster who had called her Doll.

One day in a shoot-out with a rival

Betty’s deception for survival

Had begun when her husband had been out-gunned

And Betty had found herself on the run.

But the biggest secret she was yet to tell?

She was, in fact, a slug in her late husband’s shell!

Gordon was shell-shocked – if you’ll pardon the pun –

And his poor old aging head had spun.

His heart was pounding and his flowers wilted,

He felt as though he’d just been jilted,

So Betty had to sit him down,

And as he sat confused he found,

A love for Betty so pure and true,

That Gordon knew what he had to do.

Gordon declared undying love for Betty

And suggested that they both, from now on, should be

Totally honest with each other,

So he confessed he was actually Gordon’s twin brother.

He was Colin and, when Gordon had died,

He had used Gordon’s cover to lead a happier life,

As Gordon was the twin who’d always been the best

And Colin had taken over Gordon’s success.

Colin and Betty decided it was fate

That they’d met and organised this date,

So they agreed to remain Gordon and Betty

And to keep each other’s secrets.

Gordon and Betty were very soon married

As at their age it could prove fatal had they tarried,

So Gordon watched Betty as she walked up the aisle

And her beauty made Gordon’s heart sing and he smiled,

For he knew theirs was a true love that would never fail,

And they lived out their days as Gordon and Betty Snail.

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