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  • There is Life After Chemotherapy?

    Shaka4Lyfe
    I completed 16 rounds (over 5 months) of chemotherapy on 12th November. Last Tuesday, 9 weeks later, I was in the shower, I had music playing and was singing along. I got a strange feeling, I had to pause and think about it. I then realised that the ...

  • Dear Shaka, it's ok...

    Shaka4Lyfe
    It really is ok: • To grieve the loss of life as you knew it.• To sorely miss your much loved African locs, which you nurtured for nearly two decades.• To miss your thriving private practice and financial independence. • To miss y...

  • Gratitude

    Shaka4Lyfe
    • I am alive • Successful mastectomy and lumpectomy in 2024, all margins clear • Survived 5 months of chemotherapy • Great breast prosthesis • I have the support of a loving fella, friends and family • I am managing part...

  • Happy New Year 6th Jan 2025

    Shaka4Lyfe
    2025 brings a new year, unlike any I've experienced before. In a few weeks it'll be one year since I went for 'that' mammogram. Tomorrow was meant to be the day of my 2nd mastectomy (elected), which would have completed my treatment f...

  • 5 Things I wish I'd Known Before BC

    Shaka4Lyfe
    15th December marked 10 months since I received my BC diagnosis. Now, here I am: 1 mastectomy down1 lumpectomy down16 chemotherapy rounds in 1 further mastectomy to follow There are so many things I wish I knew before starting on this path. Here are ...
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