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Katherine Formosa Bown

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Health, Mind & Body, Parenting & Families

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Katherine Formosa Bown is a Marketing Consultant from Cardiff. She has always wanted to write a book but was unsure of what to write about, until now...

After finding a lump on her honeymoon, she was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2009 and underwent 18 weeks of chemotherapy, 3 weeks of radiotherapy and 5 years of Tamoxifen medication.

She wrote Your Guide Through Her Breast Cancer Experience to support the mothers, sisters, daughters, husbands, sons and friends of breast cancer suffers.

“Since being diagnosed in 2009, I’ve regularly been asked by newly diagnosed women for tips and information on my experience. I’ve also been there to support friends and family members of recently diagnosed women, giving them an insight into my exper ...more

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A Wonderful Quote for Breast Cancer Survivors...

I came across this quote today,:

“ Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you are stronger than whatever tried to hurt you"

I’ve always hated my breast cancer surgery scarring; I have an awful scar on my armpit from having my lymph nodes out and I don’t like to wear vest t-shirts in case anyone see’s the scarring. But today fate led me to this image on Flickr and it had a huge e

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	Your Guide Through Her Breast Cancer Experience 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Guide Through Her Breast Cancer Journey 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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