47 Quotes About Breast-cancer

As an ex-footballer, sometimes surfer and wannabe rock star, Quentin had been fucked by cheerleaders, surfer girls and groupies, but he had never, ever been fucked like that.

Quentin Carmody didn’t do early mornings, heights or bossy women.

If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a bloody army to battle cancer.

The idea that there could be one solution to breast cancer- screening, early detection, some universal cure- is certainly appealing. All of us, those who fear the disease, those who live with it, our friends and families, the corporations who swath themselves in pink, wish it were true. Wearing a bracelet, sporting a ribbon, running a race, or buying a pink blender expresses our hopes and that feels good - even virtuous. But making a difference is more complicated than that.

It occurs to me that it is the very thing that made her that will be the thing to finally take her down.

When I was in medical school, I embarrassed myself horribly when I found a 'lump' in my breast and frantically ran to one of the older doctors to find out if I had cancer. I found out I had a rib.

Do not partner with fear to help you make decisions

Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore.

I have been through a lot of medical trauma. I was diagnosed with breast cancer .