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		<title>One Year After Starting Chemo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 01:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a minute, and getting back here to update you is well overdue. It&#8217;s now one year after I started chemo, so here&#8217;s a rundown on how I&#8217;ve been doing. Part One: Chemo I started chemo on 25th July 2024, doing the dose-dense AC-T regime. So the first four treatments were fortnightly doxorubicin (&#8220;lovingly&#8221;&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/one-year-after-starting-chemo/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One Year After Starting Chemo</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Preparing for Chemo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once I had talked with my oncologist and made a date to start, my mind turned to preparing for chemo. Some of the things I wanted to do were about me feeling better, and some of the things were medically necessary. Here are the things I did in the nine days between when I booked&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/preparing-for-chemo/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Preparing for Chemo</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recurrence!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 07:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a hot minute since I was last here telling my story. Now it&#8217;s all about recurrence. I&#8217;ve spent the last three years off living life, travelling, ticking off the bucket list and generally having a great time. In May I was in Europe, I had a conference in San Sebastián, Spain, and then&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/recurrence/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Recurrence!</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>13 Best Books on Breast Cancer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 04:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I was diagnosed, I wanted to devour every bit of information I could on breast cancer. Here are some of the best books on breast cancer to help you do the same. These books offer practical advice, either from professionals or survivors to help you and your support people navigate the months and years&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/best-books-on-breast-cancer/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">13 Best Books on Breast Cancer</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Thoughts Become Feelings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 02:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This morning I have started to listen to a new podcast. It&#8217;s nothing to do with breast cancer, in fact, I didn&#8217;t even think that it was related to positive mindset. But my mind is blown and I just have to share with you all some of the things I learnt hearing about how thoughts&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/how-thoughts-become-feelings/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Thoughts Become Feelings</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Minimising Your Scars After Mastectomy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 22:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s bad enough that when we have surgery following a breast cancer diagnosis our shape is going to change. We imagine being flat or disfigured. Adding to that are the scars that will also criss cross our bodies. There are some things we can do to help with that though. Here are tips for minimising&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/minimising-your-scars-after-mastectomy/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Minimising Your Scars After Mastectomy</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The One Thing that Can Make or Break your Breast Cancer Journey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 23:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Breast Cancer is hard, we all know that. There is one thing though that can really determine whether our breast cancer journey is just hard, or whether it becomes traumatic and horrific. And the good news is, we can do something about it. That one thing is our expectations. From the time we are diagnosed&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/make-or-break-your-breast-cancer-journey/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The One Thing that Can Make or Break your Breast Cancer Journey</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>UTM vs OTM &#8211; Where to Place Your Implants</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you are choosing your reconstruction after a mastectomy, there are so many decisions to make. Do you want implants? What size/type/shape implants? And what is the best placement &#8211; UTM vs OTM? Defining UTM vs OTM But first, what exactly do I mean by UTM and OTM? These acronyms mean &#8220;Under the Muscle&#8221; (or&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/utm-vs-otm-where-to-place-your-implants/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">UTM vs OTM &#8211; Where to Place Your Implants</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Types of Breast Reconstruction</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned before how clueless I was before my breast cancer diagnosis. In my mind I imagined that if I needed a mastectomy it would mean remaining flat. It wasn&#8217;t until I was sitting in my surgeon&#8217;s office and he started to talk about possible types of breast reconstruction that it even occurred to me&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/types-of-breast-reconstruction/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Types of Breast Reconstruction</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Having Breast Cancer Has Taught Me</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josie Kelsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been back in hospital again this week, and of course it brought back memories of my breast cancer surgeries two years ago. It also got me thinking about what having breast cancer has taught me. Thankfully, this hospital visit had nothing to do with cancer. I have had a toe deformity &#8211; a hammer&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://josiesjourney.com/what-having-breast-cancer-has-taught-me/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What Having Breast Cancer Has Taught Me</span></a>]]></description>
		
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