'The Sun Is Shining and the Birds Are Tweeting, so Let's Just Make the Most of That' ; a Diary of Courage: My Cancer Blog, by Pride of Britain Kristin, 23
Sunday Mirror › October 11, 2009
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KRISTIN Hallenga - who was presented with a Pride of Britain award last week - was just 23 when diagnosed with cancer. Doctors had twice dismissed the lump in her breast. Eight months on Kristin, from Daventry, Northants, is still battling... but not just for herself. She has founded her own breast cancer charity - CoppaFeel! - to remind women to check their breasts. Kristin, who has a twin sister Maren, has kept a blog of her fight, extracts of which are published here...
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'The Sun Is Shining and the Birds Are Tweeting, so Let's Just Make the Most of That' ; a Diary of Courage: My Cancer Blog, by Pride of Britain Kristin, 23
MY breast is lumpy and painful. My mum and sister have moaned at me enough to see my GP. I go - and she dismisses it as "hormonal". The fact that my grandmother had breast cancer at 30 seems to have no bearing on whether I should perhaps be referred. So with evening primrose oil in my backpack, recommended by said doctor, I'm going off on my footloose and fancy-free tr...
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