breast cancerPilates? Isn’t that just stretching?Karen Skinazi gets a reality check in the shape of a Pilates Reformer machine at a California exercise studioBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read
first personAfter my mastectomy, I wondered: Is life too short to watch The Walking Dead?Despite a golden opportunity to bond with her son, Karen Skinazi weighs up whether watching the 130-hour series is really worth itBy Karen E H Skinazi 2 min read
Chai Cancer CareChai Cancer Care reports 44 per cent rise in breast cancer clientsThe deadline to register for the NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme is October 31By Gaby Wine3 min read
Summer camp‘I heard you had breast cancer, and I meant to text’How a long bond with a friend was broken by a text that was never sent...By Karen EH Skinazi3 min read
BRCADeadline for BRCA-testing programme announcedAnyone with at least one Jewish grandparent is being urged to register by October 31By Gaby Wine3 min read
first personMy bodywork decisions are NOT for Mom to makeWhen my husband and I were in a prang, my mother told me to pursue an insurance claim. She also gives me unsolicited post-mastectomy adviceBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read
breast cancerMy silicon implants feel like two permanent ice packsWhen I had reconstructive surgery I didn’t think my gel bags would feel like real boobs, but neither did I think winter would be with me at all timesBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read
‘Here’s why I need to be fatter ’Send ice cream – I’m short on fat after my mastectomyBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read||January 10, 2025 15:23
‘I discovered I had breast cancer after I had surgery to prevent it’By the age of 30, Gila Pfeffer was the eldest living member of her family, having lost both parents to cancer. She was determined to avoid the same fateBy Gaby Wine5 min read||November 20, 2024 16:13
My mother insists that I’m hotHas the woman who brought me into the world really forgotten about my breast cancer and early menopause?By Karen E H Skinazi 2 min read||October 30, 2024 16:24
BRCA testing offers positive news this Breast Cancer Awareness MonthPredictive tests give women power to take early steps against breast and ovarian cancerBy Gaby Koppel5 min read||October 15, 2024 14:59
Why I’d rather tough it out than take painkillersAfter visiting Ottawa and seeing the opioid crisis up close, I’m more anti-pills than everBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read||August 21, 2024 17:10
Father of woman who died of BRCA-related cancer campaigns for sharing of medical informationNo one told Caroline Saunders that the BRCA gene mutation was in her family before she was diagnosed with breast cancerBy Gaby Wine4 min read||June 14, 2024 11:15
Teenager releases song in aid of cancer charityProceeds from the debut track will go towards Future DreamsBy Jane Prinsley1 min read||March 15, 2024 10:47
I didn’t tell my wife about her cancer death sentence – and she lived another 21 yearsRosie Gamp was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1999 but survived after an innovative new treatmentBy Felix Pope2 min read||February 23, 2024 10:54
Dreaming of retirement in the Shtetl-by-the-Seaetc etcBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read||January 26, 2024 11:51
