Glittering a Turd: How surviving the unsurvivable taught me to live: The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller

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I remember when Kris and Coppafeel first came to the public knowledge - I can’t believe that’s over a decade ago now! If you were sitting in a room chatting to Kris I cannot imagine the conversation to be any more intimate and engaging than the writing in this book. Kris talks about her childhood, her family, her relationships, the things she loves and hates, how she set up Coppafeel because she believed in cancer prevention and early diagnosis. Starting in a little tent at a festival, winging it, the charity has become a huge force in making changes in health education, a dialogue about the C word and has literally saved the lives of many women who have gone to their GPs armed with Kris’ story. And yes Kris writes about her cancer. Diagnosed at 23 - and isn’t that the ‘turd’ of the title - after a series of terrible missed opportunities/ mis-diagnoses which meant that her eventual diagnosis had a ‘terminal’ label.

Little did Kris know it was cancer that would lead her to a life she had never considered: a happy one. From founding a charity to visiting Downing Street, campaigning at festivals to appearing on TV, and being present at the birth of her nephew; in the face of all the possible prognoses, Kris is surviving, thriving, and resolutely living.I appreciate money is super tight for so many people so am offering this tier for people who still would like access but have minimal funds. If you can afford more please leave this tier for others. Thank you so much.

This episode is supported by BetterHelp. Learn more and save 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/GAT Kris was living a totally normal life as a twenty-three-year-old: travelling the world, falling in love, making plans. However, when she found a lump in her boob and was told that it was not only cancer, but also incurable, life took on a completely new meaning. She was diagnosed at an age when life wasn't something to be grateful for, but a goddamn right.

It is becoming a common theme to have doctors dismiss or misdiagnose patients with these kind of diseases... and one thing that seems like a common denominator is that the patient usually is a woman. It was in the last 3 memoirs I listened to, but those 3 memoirs were also by women.

For listeners of the Glittering A Turd, CALM is offering an exclusive offer of 40% off a CALM Premium subscription at CALM.COM/GLITTER I have, over the years, integrated other treatments alongside my conventional regimen. I’ve tried all the below - and have marked the ones I am currently still benefitting from. This book time hops to give you an insight into the life growing up, the life before diagnosis and the life during the diagnosis. It emotionally connects you more the further you read into every chapter. The chapter titles made me smile. I’m glad the chapters were not just labelled a number. NICE invites comments from the public on the draft guidance to not recommend the parp inhibitor talazoparib September 27, 2023I know she hates being called inspirational but she is. And not necessarily for all the cancer stuff but for the absolute zest for life that she has. She has inspired me to make want to make myself happy and what more do you need? multiple brain lesions - 57 in total throughout the year, treated with targeted gamma knife radiotherapy (I was completely asymptomatic). Later that year my liver lesions progressed - one measuring 8cm. Liver biopsy showed cancer now triple negative with not many useful mutations. Commenced capecitabine at slightly lowered dose to avoid side effects. Liver lesion receded to almost nothing. Obviously I've no clue if what I've written is any good - because believe it or not biased twin sisters don't count…