CosBeauty Magazine #86
CosBeauty is the #BeautyAddict's guide to lifestyle, health and beauty in Australia. In this issue: - The 2019 Christmas Gift Guide - City Skin Detox - Fool Proof Steps for Party Survival - Diet is a Dirty Word - Hair Trends from Catwalk Zimmerman - Fertility Options for Cancer Survivors
CosBeauty is the #BeautyAddict's guide to lifestyle, health and beauty in Australia.
In this issue:
- The 2019 Christmas Gift Guide
- City Skin Detox
- Fool Proof Steps for Party Survival
- Diet is a Dirty Word
- Hair Trends from Catwalk Zimmerman
- Fertility Options for Cancer Survivors
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‘<br />
Despite her traumatic ordeal, Jess<br />
remains hopeful and happy and is<br />
overjoyed that through her experience,<br />
she can help others.<br />
’<br />
by day surgery under a light sedation<br />
to retrieve the eggs. Other side effects<br />
I experienced were bloating, stomach<br />
cramps and mood swings.’<br />
Despite her traumatic ordeal,<br />
Jess remains hopeful and happy<br />
and is overjoyed that through her<br />
experience, she can help others.<br />
‘It helped me to connect with<br />
other young women who were going<br />
through this and that is how I found<br />
the Pink Hope community. My<br />
friends and family, as supportive as<br />
they were, had no idea what I was<br />
going through and were not able to<br />
provide me with advice.<br />
‘Pink Hope fosters a community<br />
where there is no judgement –<br />
something that is rare among young<br />
women in today’s society. Through<br />
this community I have met other<br />
young women who have provided me<br />
with the knowledge, coping skills and<br />
support to get me through what has<br />
been the hardest time of my life.<br />
And as for her future, Jess holds<br />
nothing but high hopes!<br />
‘I am really lucky that the<br />
injections I had during chemotherapy<br />
worked for me, and Travers and I just<br />
completed a second round of IVF.<br />
This is because we were fortunate<br />
enough to be able to genetically test<br />
the four embryos we create at the<br />
start of this process. Less fortunately,<br />
three of them had the BRCA gene,<br />
which meant we were left with one<br />
embryo that had a 40 per cent chance<br />
of working. During this second<br />
round we were able to get five more<br />
embryos, three of which don’t have<br />
the gene. This places us in a really<br />
good position to be able to have a<br />
family!’<br />
‘Travers and I got married in<br />
October last year, and my little dog<br />
Ari was in the wedding party. We<br />
know have four embryos that we<br />
can use to start our family. Everyone<br />
wants to know when we are going to<br />
start. It is a hard one because we were<br />
living overseas when it was diagnosed.<br />
I had come back for my 30th and to<br />
get the MRI and I was not at a time<br />
in my life where I could have a child.<br />
Not that there is ever a good time!<br />
‘Cancer ruined my fricken plans!!<br />
There is still a lot to do before I have<br />
kids and can’t do what I want to do.<br />
This sounds selfish but it is the way<br />
it is. The ‘kids’ are there ready to go<br />
when I need them! At the moment,<br />
I need my sleep. I can’t be up all<br />
night with a crying baby. Maybe in<br />
six months, maybe in a year… at the<br />
moment it’s a bit daunting.<br />
‘I am back at work full-time and<br />
I feel really good. I am trying to get<br />
back into a normal routine, although<br />
my energy levels are not where they<br />
were. But I am doing really well, and I<br />
am so grateful!’<br />
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