On the last day of #breastcancerawarenessmonth 2023 I wanted to do something to raise awareness to everyone to ‘check your chest’ (men and women). I can’t emphasise enough how important it is.

I caught my cancer early after noticing a small lump last December (I thought it was just related to stopping breastfeeding but something in the back of my mind told me to get it checked still). Fast forward 10 months and I’m so glad to be the other side of cancer now following 16 rounds of chemo (it was caught early but ‘aggressive’) and surgery to remove the lump area and some lymphnodes for testing. I have some preventative radiotherapy to come too and I have a 'cancer clear' diagnosis now but who knows where I would be if it wasn’t for following my gut and getting checked out early.

I didn’t know what to do to mark my recent cancer free diagnosis but something that I’ve enjoyed doing whenever I could/felt well enough following treatment was diving into the sea this summer. Soooo… (and I may regret this) to keep getting those #vitaminsea benefits and encourage you all to check your tits/norks/boobs/pecs etc, I’m going to freeze my boobs off once a week through the winter 🥶 and hopefully help raise awareness for two great charities. For the next 12 weeks I’ll share my swims via my stories (for proof and to keep me going) and if anyone wants to donate to either Breast Cancer Now or CoppaFeel! to support me then please do. They're two great charities (not to mention a locally founded charity for CoppaFeel!) and ones I referred to a lot Over the last 10 months. please choose whichever charity you'd like. Coppafeel does amazing work raising awareness with young people and Breast Cancer Now are on a mission to end breast cancer related deaths by 2050.