Em Bennett

Breast Cancer survivor and advocate dreaming of ways to spread goodness and inspire others to control what we can for our health.

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

I had #breastcancer. As in past tense, but it is still a very real part of my everyday. I don’t know how the heck to live this life, but I’m giving it my best shot. #choosejoy #bereal #bekind https://t.co/wJEN9It4Bh

[Breast Advocate @BreastAdvocate]

"Be real. Be you. It’s enough.
Because having #cancer, and navigating survivorship, are both hard enough. No one should feel pressured to smile her/his way through either one." @NancysPoint #breastcancer #bcsm https://t.co/7K7etzDXKc

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

Always be an advocate for your health. Even when it’s as obvious as this situation 👇👇👇, serious issues can be overlooked.

[Tori Geib @ChefGeib]

Rant: I am amazed that in 2020, a PCP would look at a 27 yo patient with a growing breast lump (who has 6 #MBC and two stage 3 BC cases in 3 generations with a #BRCA2 mutation - 3 of which were under 40) and say “you’re too young for breast cancer, don’t worry about it” 🤬 #AYA

[Breastcancer.org @Breastcancerorg]

Taking the aromatase inhibitor Arimidex for 5 years was shown to reduce the risk of #breastcancer in postmenopausal women at higher risk, even years after they stopped taking the medicine - appears to be more effective than tamoxifen, Dr. Jack Cuzick of @QMUL said at #SABCS19

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

Plus all of those journals. 😂 #Truth

[The Cancer Patient @ogcancerpatient]

Me: *gets cancer*

Everybody: *gives me a fucking coloring book*

[tickoffbreastcancer @Tickoffcancer]

Non-cancer person: “You’ve finished #cancertreatment why don’t you move on with your life & leave cancer behind you?”
Me: “Because if it wasn’t for those of us who’d been there, there wouldn’t be the same awareness, support, advice & community that there is for others with it.”

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

I was told the same thing, but my instincts told me otherwise and I didn’t stop at the first Drs recommendation for a follow-up appt in 4 months. Trust yourself!

[Breastcancer.org @Breastcancerorg]

"I think one of the reasons my lump was dismissed for so long is that it hurt, I was often told, 'It's fine, [because] breast cancer doesn’t hurt.' But mine was very painful." Have you heard this myth? https://t.co/ZJW4syDzto

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

Grateful for my #breastie! Sending me love and laughs as we navigate this new life together. #breastcancer

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

At my bone density scan today, when asked to verify my date of birth, I replied with, “too young for a bone density test.” Too freaking young. 🖕🖕🖕 #breastcancer

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

“I love your hair, who is your stylist?”

“Chemo.”

“Oh.”

[Thanks Cancer! @ThanksCancer]

Cancer muggle: you look great! Have you lost weight?! What’s your secret?

Me: cancer.

CM: ....

Me: ....

#cancermuggle #cancerperks

[Breast Advocate @BreastAdvocate]

Don't forget to perform your monthly self-breast exam! #FridayFeeling #bcsm #breastcancer

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

@abcdiagnosis @TEDxOldham Phenomenal!!!

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

@ThanksCancer I highly recommend!! They are good for the soul!

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

@jenniferraven3 @bccww Three years out from chemo, but fatigue is still going strong. Maybe it’s from my Tamoxifen. Exercise, acupuncture, meditation before bed, drinking lots of water...no magic solution, but instead a portfolio of attempts to improve things.

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

It would typically be comforting to find someone of similar age to relate to, in a waiting room, but in this case it’s devastating...another young life impacted by breast cancer. #weareinthistogether

[Emily Garnett @emrgarnett]

Every time I’m in a waiting room at the cancer center and I see another young person, I wish we had some sort of hand signal to give each other, like “solidarity. I’m right there with you.”

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

@AudsDisease I used a combination of products 3-4 times a day. This one in particular that a nurse recommended to me was very soothing:

https://t.co/e14UehoUVC

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

“Yet I know I existed before I was ill.”

[Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD, FASCO @DrHBurstein]

Poignant article on breast cancer treatment and consequences.
What Cancer Takes Away https://t.co/m2v6ZZK6Mw

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

@zelandroid009 You’re so brave to share and helping others find their courage to speak up. Glad you’re seeing sunnier days ahead.

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

@GoPinker All of those things...awful!! 🖕🖕🖕

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

Don’t underestimate what can’t be seen. #fuckcancer

[MarylandMomma🧡 @_MomToAPrincess]

Holy shit. If one more person asks how I have cancer AND hair I am going to freaking lose it. Do I ask you why you’re a female AND have a mustache Brenda? No. I don’t. Because I’m not a twat waffle.

[Em Bennett @TheEmBennett]

@ThanksCancer @UnclaimedAna2 @piccatarata Keep surfing for her. Sending you love and light.