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26 April 2021|Health, Recipes, Sustainability, Testimonials

S A Ledlie Shirley Ledlie Taxotere Breast Cancer

I can’t imagine what it’s like to live with permanent hair loss. I lived with it temporarily, following the same drug cocktail these ladies were administered in the treatment of breast cancer. Yes, these are photographs of ladies, disfigured, permanently.

Shirley knows what it’s like, all too well: “It’s difficult enough for a man to cope with baldness, but for a woman, it’s the most de-feminising disfigurement, not to mention a daily reminder of her cancer diagnoses and treatment. Various studies have shown this side-effect occurs in up to thirty three percent of women prescribed the drug (Taxotere).”

Shirley Ledlie S A Ledlie Taxotere Naked in the Wind

Shirley co-founded a global support group and has taken part in countless newspaper and magazine articles, podcast interviews, books and various blogs. Her memoir “Naked in the Wind: Chemo, Hair Loss and Deceit” describes the devastating impact of permanent hair loss on her life. She has dedicated many years to raising awareness about this little publicised adverse side-effect.

I read Shirley’s book last week, which is available at 99p/99cents for a limited time on Amazon Kindle UK/US. There, by the grace of God go I…

Liz's Lunches is a series of pics I've been posting on social media for a friend who's stepping into Veganland. This is one I enjoyed in the sunshine last week: Black rice, black olives, pommegranate, tomatoes, salad, flat-leaf parsley and salad greens. She's ordered one of the BOSH Boys cook books to help get her started, as well as coconut oil for cooking and tamari for flavouring. Game on! — Liz’s Lunches is a series of pics I’ve been posting on social media for a friend who’s stepping into Veganland. This is one I enjoyed in the sunshine last week: Black rice, black olives, pommegranate, tomatoes, salad, flat-leaf parsley and salad greens. She’s ordered one of the BOSH Boys cook books to help get her started, as well as coconut oil for cooking and tamari for flavouring. Game on!

We featured the shocking film Seaspiracy on our blog a few week’s ago, shortly after it’s release. Happy to see this on Instagram this morning.

Here’s the link, including the sources for their claims. We’re all winners with this one…

At the time of typing they’ve 532,575, soon to be ‘6’ – ours.

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