Living with breast cancer in my twenties

Chemotherapy seems quite a while ago now and I feel like I have come a long way. It has helped having lots of things to look forward too. Trips away, goals to aim for and plans for the future. A week in Cornwall with Joe was a much needed holiday I took a week before my radiotherapy. We stayed in a little cottage situated on a hill overlooking the beach. It was absolute heaven! I love Cornwall anyway but this felt like paradise. It was perfect and I had fantastic time going for brisk beach walks, visiting beautiful little cornish towns and villages and eating plenty of pasties and cream teas! It felt good to be by the sea again. I could sit and stare at the sea for hours. The crashing of the waves is so hypnotic and the vast expanse sea is very therapeutic. It was hard leaving such a beautiful part of the country especially to come back inland again. However, I came back feeling very re-energized and refreshed. This was our view from the cottage. Who could tear themselves away from th

Yesterday I interviewed Caryn Franklin about the Fashions targets breast cancer campaign for My-wardrobe.com. Caryn has co-chaired the charity since the campaign was launched in 1996. I interviewed her about the 2009 campaign which is being launched next week. I arrived at My-wardrobe's office in London and had to have nose through the clothes. When I came across the Ossie Clarke pieces I think my eyes must of lit up and started drooling! I also spotted the most fabulous purple platform wedges they also had a fabulously large price too. I could only dream of all these gorgeous fashion creations. Caryn arrived early which was probably a good thing as the nerves started to kick in. While the camera was being set up Caryn and I chatted. She is a lovely women and put me at ease about interviewing her. I could not really believe I was interviewing someone I had grown up with on the telly. I used to watch The Clothes Show religiously when I was younger. I had tried to memorize all the