Warning. My good friend has sent me a sweary message & dropping some truth💣about #BCAM so if it upsets you look away now. Scroll on by.

It also contains a reference to Liz Hurley & her perfect breasts.

Don’t call me negative. I’m full of hope - but a bloody realist...

1/8
We fucking deserve more than a stream of piss poor pink positivity dressed up as awareness.

People suddenly get it when their own shit hits the fan. It’s harder to be positive then.

When you stop responding to treatment.

2/8
When the time between starting each new treatment gets shorter. We’re talking months not years.

Drug Resistance is real.

When you start educating yourself about your cancer, the facts & your options.

3/8
When you can’t access a treatment due to @NHSEngland pathway ‘rules’ or trial ‘rules’ or inflexible treatment lines as “there’s not enough evidence”

When the side effects are so debilitating & death could be a relief

When you see your friends dying as treatment fails them

4/8
And let’s drop a truth bomb shall we.

Those friends were POSITIVE. They had so much fucking hope

In the end they were sad & broken. They couldn’t be arsed to become ‘influencers’ & earn a few quid flogging crap made in China whilst ‘living with cancer’ to raise ‘awareness’

5/8
It’s hard to know that private patients get privileged treatment & NHS patients having to fundraise for equality.

#SBCthebiggestkillerofwomenunder50. Stats haven’t changed for 20+ years.

We fucking deserve more than a stream of piss poor pink positivity.

6/8
We fucking deserve more than more awareness.

That awareness bus can drive off the fucking cliff into the sea. I want positive activism & fight.

We get wound up over plastic straws or badgers why not 1000’s of young British women dying?

7/8
And the cherry on the #BCAM cake. Liz fucking Hurley & @EsteeLauder PR. Fuck off Liz & fuck off a bit further with that pink ribbon🎀

Then stick your perfect fake tits & annual bikini calendar in the sea.

Message to Estée Lauder: Sack you marketing team, get in the 21stC.

8/8
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