Dec 15 2024 31 mins
**Trigger Warning**
Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Florence Moon part of living with and beyond cancer series (part 45).
Discussion about Florence’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, body confidence and Eno swimwear.
To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:
1) Reflect on Florence’s experience of being offered a mastectomy.
2) Consider how you would support people like Florence in your clinical practice.
3) Read this journal article: body image and psychosocial effects in women after treatment of breast cancer: A prospective study: https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002961024004471
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Links from podcast:
Eno Swimwear: https://eno.eco/
Vogue Business article: https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/fashion/meet-the-brands-designing-bras-for-breast-cancer-survivors
Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/06/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-removed-my-prosthetic-breast-and-left-shame-behind
Luxiders magazine: https://luxiders.com/most-beautiful-sustainable-swimwear-on-earth-2023/
Macmillan Cancer Support charity - mastectomy: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatments-and-drugs/removing-the-breast-mastectomy
Breast Cancer Now charity resources:
Surgery for primary breast cancer: https://breastcancernow.org/about-breast-cancer/treatment/surgery-for-primary-breast-cancer/
Your body after breast cancer treatment: https://breastcancernow.org/about-breast-cancer/life-after-treatment/your-body-after-breast-cancer-treatment/
Your operation and recovery: https://breastcancernow.org/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/bcc151_your_operation_and_recovery_2022_web.pdf
Bras after surgery for breast cancer: https://breastcancernow.org/about-breast-cancer/life-after-treatment/bras-after-surgery-for-breast-cancer/
My body, myself report: https://breastcancernow.org/sites/default/files/files/my-body-myself-report.pdf
Look Good, Feel Better charity: https://lookgoodfeelbetter.co.uk/
Nubian skin - find a prosthesis softie for your skin tone: https://www.nubianskin.com/pages/skin-tone
Research article on body confidence in the American Journal of Surgery (2024):
Body image and psychosocial effects in women after treatment of breast cancer: A prospective study: https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002961024004471
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