Talk to the Headscarf

by EmmaHannigan (Author)

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  2011

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  Emma Hannigan was thirty-two and married with two small children when she found out that she had an 85 per cent chance of developing cancer.
  Over the following year she had a double mastectomy and both ovaries removed, reducing her cancer risk to five per cent.
  But then her worst fears were realised.
  Cancer struck anyway.
  Talk to the Headscarf is the story of how she lived, laughed and overcame some of the toughest times in her life.
  Emma has now battled cancer eight times. In this inspirational account, she shares with us the highs and lows of her astounding story and shows us that, against the odds, life can and does carry on.

• Used

  Paperback
  2011

  $5.85

  Imagine you're thirty-two, married with two little children, and you find out you're carrying a deadly cancer gene. That was me in 2005, when I when I discovered the BRAC1 gene, which meant I had an 85% chance of developing breast cancer and a 50% chance of developing ovarian cancer. I had two options - wait for the big bad cancer wolf or have radical preventative surgery. Over the following year, I had a double mastectomy and both ovaries removed, which reduced my cancer risk to 5%.

  Despite this, cancer struck anyway. I've now battled and slayed cancer six times. TALK TO THE HEADSCARF is my story of how I lived, laughed and overcame some of the toughest times in my life. If you know someone affected by cancer, or if you are a fellow 'cancer club member', I know you are scared. I was too. But you are not alone. I am still here. I am living proof that, against the odds, life can and does carry on. The score so far is - Cancer O: Emma 6. And if my cancer returns, I will keep on crusading.