My Big Breast Adventure

';I'm sorry to say you have breast cancer an Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma to be exact,' said her doctor delivering the tough news right before Christmas 2013. ';And there's three ways we deal with breast cancer cut, poison and burn.'

Such was the start of Jennifer McDonald's ';Big Breast Adventure', the name she gave to a series of blogs penned
while going through two years of treatment. My Big Breast Adventure or How I Found the Dalai Lama in My Letterbox is a compilation of these posts, hailed as a must read for anyone facing a life or health crisis and those who care for them.

';A funny, serious and beautiful book.' - Dorothy Johnston author of Through a Camel's Eye.

';Her grace and humility shine throughout in the face of what many of us would find a terrifying experience.'
- Diana Thompson author of Unbridled Passion.

';I can't think of another book that makes cancer more understandable for the lay reader, and at the same time less fearful.' - Sara Dowse author of As the Lonely Fly.

';This is a gorgeous book. Jen reaches out with courage, absolute honesty and laugh-out-loud humour.'
- David Burton author of How to be Happy.

“I’m sorry to say you have breast cancer – an Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma to be exact,” said her doctor delivering the tough news right before Christmas 2013. “And there’s three ways we deal with breast cancer – cut, poison and burn.”

Such was the start of Jennifer McDonald’s ‘Big Breast Adventure’, the name she gave to a series of blogs penned
while going through two years of treatment. My Big Breast Adventure or How I Found the Dalai Lama in My Letterbox is a compilation of these posts, hailed as a must read for anyone facing a life or health crisis and those who care for them.

“A funny, serious and beautiful book.” - Dorothy Johnston author of Through a Camel’s Eye.

“Her grace and humility shine throughout in the face of what many of us would find a terrifying experience.”
- Diana Thompson author of Unbridled Passion.

“I can’t think of another book that makes cancer more understandable for the lay reader, and at the same time less fearful.” - Sara Dowse author of As the Lonely Fly.

“This is a gorgeous book. Jen reaches out with courage, absolute honesty and laugh-out-loud humour.”
- David Burton author of How to be Happy.

Foreword by Dr Michael Copeman 
Welcome to My Big Breast Adventure 
Cut, Poison, Burn…and Laugh
Newton’s Third Law 
Welcome Mat
Going Baldly off to Chemo 
We Scare Because We Care 
If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going
The Dalai Lama in My Letterbox
What We Say to Dogs
Shiva the Destroyer 
The Pig and the Chickens
Thursday is Chemo Day 
The Hunger Games 
What the FEC?
The Wolf We Choose to Feed: Part 1 
The Wolf We Choose to Feed: Part 2 
Dying and Other Inconveniences 
Fat, Bald Whingers Need Not Apply 
Notes to Self 
It’s Not a Bleedin’ Journey 
Walking the Talk 
The Girl with the Dolphin Tattoo 
Holding Pattern 
The Five Ws 
My Big Breast Adventure Playlist 

Cancer and Other Miracles
From FOMO to JOMO 
A Thinking Girl’s Guide to Breast Cancer 
Strong in Broken Places
The Exome Files Part 1: If you’re going through helix, keep going 
The Exome Files Part 2: A confluence of science and spirit 
The Exome Files Part 3: The truth is out there 
Loving the Hills 
Afterword by Mary Anne Yeldham
Acknowledgements
About the Author