B.C. woman who beat breast cancer twice advocates for body positivity on Instagram
A Langford woman who twice survived breast cancer is using her experience to advocate for body positivity.
Contralateral breast cancer is a rare form of breast cancer that develops in only 11 per cent of patients. It occurs when the patient develops cancer in both breasts. “I was not crazy about the idea of implants, I never have been,” Martel said. “I just think that putting a foreign substance into your body is probably not, ultimately a good idea.”
After her surgery, she thought about perhaps a chest tattoo or maybe prosthetics, but neither was for her. So she started her Instagram account called Not In The Pink which, in part, aims to raise awareness about how common breast cancer is as 1-in-8 women will develop it in their lifetime. But she also wanted to inspire women to be themselves – unapologetically.
“There’s room for all of us,” Martel said. “We can be fluffy, we can be slim, we can be large-breasted, we can be flat. We can be whatever we want to be or need to be. Being held to this one notion of perfection – it’s absurd.”
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