Mortal And Strong - Scars Of Gold - Voice No. 65

Another interview with another wonderful Voice - Jo who is the force behind the charity Preloved Reloved. Jo shares with our founder Dr Liz her experience of primary breast cancer. This is a really powerful interview talking about her decision to have a double mastectomy and decline reconstruction opting to stay flat. Jo shares how having gone from having larger breasts most her life it was actually liberating to become flat. This is an area so many women struggle with when faced with multiple options during an already difficult time. Jo also shares light on an impact of chemotherapy not many people are aware of; a side effect of the chemotherapy treatment she was given caused Persistent Chemotherapy Induced Alopecia, meaning her hair follicles were destroyed and so her hair never grew back which can happen in up to 30% of people given certain chemotherapies.

Her experiences led her to become a fierce advocate on social media and started the charity Preloved Reloved which allows for women to re-share chemotherapy/cancer related clothing and items to help reduce the costs. Headscarfs, wigs, accessible clothing...giving a new home to avoid waste and help people share what helped them with the next person who needs them.

Thank you to Jo for being Voice number 65 of the 100 women as part of our Scars Of Gold health awareness campaign.

Scars of Gold is a health awareness campaign sharing the voices of 100 women facing their mortality at a young age with life changing or incurable health conditions, led by Dr Liz Murray and photographer Sammy Weston. Produced by the charity @mortalandstrong (No. 1209448)

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