October is Breast Cancer Awareness month

I have had the shittiest week.  Nothing has gone right and I'm exhausted.  But all of that paled into insignificance when I got a text message from one of my team saying she couldn't teach her class the next morning as she had found a lump and was going to the doctors.

Now this is a horrible thing for anyone to go through and obviously I'm praying that it is a false alarm and when she sees the specialist in a week or so she will be given the all clear.  Thankfully her doctor referred her immediately.  Unfortunately she is the second member of our quite small department to have found a lump in the last few months and another of my team is currently off sick after having very invasive and exhausting treatment for breast cancer.  I could quite legitimately get paranoid about our workplace and what it is that could be damaging the health of so many otherwise healthy women.

So the moral of this post is coming up. My friend is in her early 40s although she does have a family history (hence the really quick referral) she is healthy as you can be.  ALL OF US LOVELY LADIES NEED TO BE CHECKING OUR BREASTS.  I have collected some links to help us all.

Please check your breasts NOW, it may save your life!

http://www.coppafeel.org/  is a great charity raising awareness of breast cancer in younger women.

Get a text reminder from Breast Health UK with loads of information and help to ensure your breast health.

Raise some money for CoppaFeel by buying this gorgeous bra from Bravissimo