Very sorry if you are sick to death of reading about my boobs (and if you aren’t, then go and make yourself comfortable and read Part 1 and Part 2), but here we are. It’s been almost 2 months to the day since the lump in my right breast was found and yesterday I got…
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My (not so) Lovely Lady Lump: The Update
For obvious reasons, I don’t have a lot of photos that relate to this topic. So here’s a tentative visual link for ya. Hello there! If you’re familiar with me then perhaps you know that around a month ago, a lump was discovered in my right breast. If this is news to you then click…
Finding a breast lump at 22
I hope you’re comfortable, because this is a long one. At 22, most people are living their lives in the comforting knowledge that generally, things aren’t going to go wrong. We tend to have this bubble of youth protecting us from the evils of the world – mortgages, taxes, arthritis, peeing multiple times in the…
HDL REVIEWS: Cosmo, Southampton Westquay
If you’re a lifelong Soton resident like me, you’ll know that any changes on the horizons of the city are usually useless and underwhelming. In a place that is attracting and accommodating more and more people, changes are inevitable. Promises of an ice rink disappear like smoke, cries of ‘do we really need a new…
HDL TIPS FOR WRITING ESSAYS
I always feel a bit anxious about writing things like this, because it assumes that I a) know what I’m doing and b) feel that my expertise is necessary enough to be shared. The truth is, I have written probably around 30 essays at university so far, and every time I write a new one…
HDL COOKS: Leek & Potato Soup
Soup is the ultimate winter comfort food, when it’s grey and drizzly outside and you just want to curl up under a blanket and fill your body with wholesome warmth. You can make basically anything into soup, and there are so many different varieties even within the same groups of flavours. Do you prefer a…
HDL Does Christmas
Despite my role amongst my friends being a year-round scrooge, I actually quite like Christmas in all its glittering, materialistic glory. I am not even slightly Christian, and while the key message of the Christmas season is not lost on me, I don’t feel particularly bad about celebrating a holiday that doesn’t quite belong to…
HDL Turns 22
So this is a little belated because it’s been over a week since my birthday, but I think it’s worth giving a quick mention to the occasion. I have now been living for 22 years of my life. I fit securely into the category of ‘twenty-somethings’. All my ‘big’ birthdays are over now; it’s just…
Why ‘You’ve Lost Weight’ Is Not The Compliment You Think It Is
It would be a lie to say that I don’t care about my weight. I’d love to be able to truly rise above the stereotype of scrutinizing my body in a full length mirror from every conceivable angle, furrowing my brow at all the different parts that look worse than I would like them to…
It’s been six years!
It’s kinda weird when your relationship starts overtaking the length of what you view as solid, grown up, long-term, relationships. It’s been six years since this person chose that he quite liked me as a person and that our infrequent chatting and hanging out should become a more regular commitment. I was excited to make…
HDL food & culture 