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Barbie’s friend, Ken, shows off his breast cancer scar
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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- @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.
- 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
- @traveltext I've shared the image and your blurb to back it up.
- Nice work, @SoldierCrab that is perfect for sharing. Thanks.
- I made it into a word document so I could share it easily it is below if you all want to share it
- @traveltext the BCNA moderator can fix it for you not sure who it is atm @Giovanna_BCNA?
- 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 :smile:
- @Mira, good spotting. Can't change it here, unfortunately.
- 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?
