Practical tips & personal insights

This space brings together practical tips, honest reflections and lived experience from people navigating inherited cancer risk, as well as those who support and care for them. You’ll find guidance on everyday challenges, from surgery preparation and recovery to family conversations, emotional wellbeing and self-care. It’s here to help you feel informed, prepared and supported.

DIEP Scar healing: It's mental and physical

Metastatic perspectives: Nurse Peta Brydon

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Scar healing after surgery or radiation

Packing for your mastectomy or oopherectomy

The post-mastectomy tips no one tells you

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