BB Blog — cancer

Looking for fashionable stylish headwear whilst going through chemotherapy treatment for Cancer? Just added to the website, the Liberty Grace Bold Beanie

A gorgeous Liberty Art Fabrics floral print in a lovely blue, tan and ecru colour-way. Super silky-soft and comfy for younger women suffering temporary medical or non-medical, more permanent Alopecia hair loss. 

Losing your hair can leave you feeling very self-conscious, but the Grace Bold Beanie is so easy and comfortable to wear with no styling required that you will forget you're wearing it and can just get on with your day. 

Designed using the highest quality cotton stretchy fabrics with minimal seams to fit snugly and comfortably on the head, they are suitable (breathable and temperature controlling) for night wear and a stylish night cap for a good nights sleep. 

Made in the UK by a busy mum who has experience Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy for herself and felt the market needed pretty headwear for younger women with Cancer. Also new to the range, PICC line cover sleeves and Liberty Head Scarves and Head Wrap also in this fabulous Liberty flower print. 

Looking for a gift for someone going through cancer? Get the Liberty Grace Bold Beanie made into a gift rose or send in a bear hug card.

Limited Edition While Stocks Last.

See also our wide range of cancer hats and gifts for Men, Teen Girls, Boys and Kids.

Sara has a new blog posting over on 'A Great tit' about the latest curve ball...

"The last month has been really hard and very stressful. I may as well have been floating about the ocean on flotsam – I’ve felt that helpless.  I am not some pink ribbon bedecked Boudica spoiling for a fight; I’m a scared little kid that wants someone to come save her.

Physically I’m doing very well. I’m virtually pain free and to a stranger I must seem perfectly healthy. Following my last scan, I was told that I’m responding to my current treatment regime better than your average patient.  Well of course I am! And I’m mighty proud of myself. In fact, if there was a treatment leaderboard I’d like to think I’m at the top! “Go big or go home!”

Perhaps it was this ‘super patient’ skill that made them offer me an additional treatment, who knows, but it was quite the curve ball! Totally up to me, window of opportunity not open indefinitely, we need an answer – c’mon! Chop, chop!

(For those of you who may be interested, the drug is called Abemaciclib, it’s a CDK4/6 inhibitor. I’ve only recently conquered the pronunciation, so I’m not going to try and explain what it’s meant to do. Google is your friend!)

First time around I took and endured everything that was offered or prescribed.  I wanted to live and that was the treatment goal. This time it’s different. There are treatments aplenty available to me, but none offering a cure, and the possibility of life without any treatment is no longer an option.  Consequently, my choices are measured and defined more by the quality of my life than my longevity. If it’s possible to have both then obviously I want to seize the chance – if only everything was clear cut, but it isn’t."

If anything my friend Lisa's example has set (please see previous blog post) is that if you want, despite a scary Cancer diagnosis, you can still look stylish during chemotherapy treatments.

Chemotherapy varies between people, but will invariably make you at the least feel tired. I, unfortunately, was on the other end of the scale and suffered severely with sickness and fatigue. I looked rather shockingly ill on the days receiving and post chemo infusion. I was bloated from steroids and lost all my hair. But in my 3 weekly drugs cycle I had one 'good week' where I felt better, stronger and wanted to take back some of my life and spend time with my family and friends not feeling and looking like a cancer patient. I struggled to find decent headwear as all of the products available were for older women and as a younger woman, I still wanted to look stylish and fashionable (hence the idea for Bold Beanies). 

My Bold Beanies have been specifically designed with style and comfort in mind, so you can get on with your day and feel confident. I have recently added a range of plain and Liberty head scarves and wraps to the headwear collection, offering more choice for ladies of all ages with hair loss medical or non-medical Alopecia. 

Our range of beautiful soft cotton plain colours and Liberty Art Fabric headwear is so extensive it will match any style, occasion and outfit... you're bound to find something to co-ordinate. The thin stretchy cotton material has 4 way stretch making it easy to put on, tie and layer up if needed. The high-quality fabric is breathable and so keeps the sensitive head at an even temperature. 

So there's no need to compromise on style or loose your identity... I like to call it 'Chemo Chic'.

http://positiveoutlooksblog.com/dear-every-cancer-patient-i-ever-took-care-of-im-sorry-i-didnt-get-it/

I love this article. Without wanting to dismiss anyone’s emotions who has been a carer or professional... Unless you’ve got through it yourself it’s really hard to ‘get it’.

So happy to see my friend Lisa getting the recognition she deserves for her amazing inspirational attitude to her challenges. A women of such dignity, caring, style and strength, I'm so proud to know her.  

"I dress for chemo like I'm on a night out" says Mother-of-four, 39, who found out she had incurable cancer two weeks before birth of her 'miracle' fourth child, says feeling glamorous helps her cope with gruelling treatment.

"A mother-of-four who was told her breast cancer had returned and become incurable just two weeks before the birth of her fourth child has revealed how she always 'glams up' for chemotherapy sessions. 

Nurses treating personal trainer Lisa Fry, 39, from Cheltenham have dubbed her the 'most glamorous patient' because she always arrives on the ward in heels and wearing her glad rags. 

Lisa already has three sons, Charlie, 14, Marley, 12, and Woody with husband Wayne, and Jagger, her fourth, was born on March 25, 2018. 

At 31, Lisa was breastfeeding her third son, Woody, ten, in 2011 when she found a lump in her left breast and was later diagnosed with stage three aggressive breast cancer."

The Lisa Bold Beanie cancer hair loss hat is named after my animal print loving friend: 

https://www.boldbeanies.com/products/the-lisa-bold-beanies-hat

Read the entire article in the Daily Mail here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6768549/Mother-incurable-cancer-reveals-dresses-chemo.html?fbclid=IwAR06BAkRSz-ODGXQW3JXuFQXrjPgo0VyAkNcjhmMX9OMLdH2l4mbfEzQXhc