Barbie’s friend, Ken, shows off his breast cancer scar
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Barbie’s friend, Ken, has come out showing his breast cancer scar one year post surgery. Initially embarrassed, and diagnosed at a later stage, Ken had a radical mastectomy which involved removal of some pectoral muscles. He chose not to have reconstruction and just recently got a tat to highlight the fact that men get this disease too.
US artist Annie Dennison, co-founder of #breastcancerrealitycheck, is well-known for her creative work using Barbie Dolls to highlight the varying aspects of women dealing with breast cancer. Her work can be found on Instagram:
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@traveltext that’s a pretty powerful image and worth displaying in female loos. It’s my belief blokes tend to be a bit slower off the mark to get medical help generally - maybe by opening women’s eyes to the problem too it may change this .2
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Traveltext you happy for me to use the above on my facebook ?
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Ditto @traveltext ?0
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Yes, this I'mage and text is available to share on all social media.
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Social media like fb is a great way to get a message out - good thinking @SoldierCrab1
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Good thinking, I'll share as well
Just to check @traveltext should that hashtag in the original post have a b for breast cancer, or is reastcancer a play on words? 1 -
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Thanks @traveltext if someone posts it publicly on facebook with the right hashtag we can easily share it. Or if there is a link to the original 0
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@traveltext the BCNA moderator can fix it for you not sure who it is atm @Giovanna_BCNA?1
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I made it into a word document so I could share it easily it is below if you all want to share it
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@traveltext I've shared the image and your blurb to back it up.1
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I saved the barbie song to my ipod as a beachwalk sing along. The trouble is I cannot for the life of me remember the lyrics so I wrote them down and I walk along singing them. No matter how many times I sing it, chemo brain will not allow me to remember all of the lyrics by heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A&t=0s&index=5&list=PLsqEJQzErvg4wMvZlzyaEePLuad0oiLzg 3 -
@Brenda5, your memory will improve with time.What a song! "You can touch, you can play, If you say, I'm always yours". A classic and Ken's there too.1
