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Take a look at the inspirational work going on at the Knitted Knockers Clubhouse to help breast cancer survivors cope with life after treatment.
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A
Thank
you
about
a
year,
or
so
after
we
started.
Knitted
knockers
and
I
realized
three
lenders,
well
that
she
was
going
to
other
concert
groups
and
she
find
it
uncomfortable
to
talk
about
breast
cancer
because
it
was
mixed
as
in
men
and
and
also
women,
on
different
forms
of
cancer,
so
breast
cancer,
extremely
I
suppose
extremely
hard,
especially
if
they've
had
a
mastectomy
to
get
their
hair
drying
that
body
dysmorphia,
and
so
we
decided
that
we
would
start
a
trial
of
creators
and
social
space.
A
So
the
first
week
there
was
only
six
ladies
turned
up
and
they
did
card
making
on
bond
decorating
and
by
the
end
of
the
evening,
they
were
talking
about
side
effects
and
that
he
moved
forward
and
kind
of
thing.
It's
a
space
where
they
can
feel
safe
to
talk
about
everything
and
the
Anderson
and
the
support
the
peer
support.
They
have
it's.
B
September
2017
I
was
diagnosed
with
breast
cancer
and
I
sing.
It
was
the
end
of
August
or
September
18th,
ascending,
that
on
Facebook
saying
so,
I
was
here
from
the
first
night.
There
was
five
ladies
and
two
Shooters
and
Joanne
and
her
daughter,
hope
and
I've
got
so
much
art
in
the
grip.
You
know
we
have
learned
loads
of
different
crafts.
B
We
have
markets
and
the
local
communities
common
and
interacting
with
us.
So
it's
been
a
great
support
to
me.
Well,
it's
a
great
it's
a
constant
support
when
you
go
through
your
cancer,
Journey,
ear
sort
of
bombarded
with
appointments,
and
you
have
all
these
nurses
and
doctors
all
supporting
me.
But
when
you
get
to
the
end
of
your
treatment,
you
do
feel
very
isolated
because
you
don't,
you
might
not
have
appointment
for
six
months
to
stay
a
year
and
you're
on
your
own
and
your
mind's
working
overtime.
B
C
After
Culvert
I
come
along
to
the
clubhouse
and
I
haven't
left
it
I,
just
love
that
I
haven't
missed
the
week
of
it,
and
and
the
girls
are
just
absolutely
lovely
and
and
we
do
different
activities
every
week.
You
know
there
might
be
a
speaker
coming
and-
and
you
know
to
talk
about
something
really
A
little.
Maybe
the
cancer
of
you
know,
well-being
or
so
now,
with
my
background
eye
and
arts
and
crafts
and
I
would
do
some
of
the
facility
at
some
of
the
classes
and
with
the
ladies.
So
it's
great.
A
And
so
we
linked
with
the
mark
in
Belfast,
and
we
did
a
project
where
we
took
brass
casts.
Foster
Paris
casts
off
the
breast
molds
and
then
the
ladies
themselves
decorated
them.
But
for
us
as
an
organization,
it
was
to
try
and
get
women
to
look
at
their
feelings
and
explore
how
they
actually
felt
Auntie
accept
their
new
form
now
and
more
so
than
they
did
before
the
project.
A
And
so
there
were
a
lot
of
women
that
were
nervous
going
into
the
plaster
casting
and
every
single
one
of
them
came
out
with
us
smile
on
their
face
and
they
felt
as
if
they'd
took
control
back
off
their
chest
area,
because
when
they
go
into
hospital,
it's
all
very
clinical.
It's
just
you
know,
remove
everything
and
the
doctor's
just
drawn
marks
on
their
breasts,
where
they're
gonna
operate
and
things
so
I
think
it
was
liberating
for
them,
and
we
haven't
finished
that
project.
C
So
there
was
a
few
ladies
came
forward,
but
it
was
sort
of
a
bit
slow,
so
sucked
you
know,
I'll
just
go
for
it
and
you
know
I'm
so
glad
I
got
involved
with
it.
It's
been
really
really
good,
very
empowering
as
well
and
I.
Think
I
think
it'd
be
good
for
other
women.
You
know
not
just
women
who
have
had
breast
cancer,
you
know
just
and
for
women
to
say
you
know
be
proud
of
your
body.
You
know
I
named
scars,
you
know,
that's
that's!
What
saved
your
life
you're
still
here.
B
We
knew
that
was
happening,
I
had
said
no
I,
wouldn't
do
it.
I
didn't
fill
up
the
conference,
but
then,
when
the
ladies
all
started
coming
out
from
doing
it
and
it
was
so
positive,
I
did
it.
I
had
been
on
holiday
to
lanzarelli
for
a
month
and
hadn't
went
in
the
water
because
of
straight
self-conscious.