Julia Bradbury bravely shows off her mastectomy scar 16 months since surgery for breast cancer
ok.co.ukJulia Bradbury has bravely shown off the scar from her mastectomy 16 months after she underwent the surgery.The Countryfile presenter opted to have the operation after she was given the diagnosis she had breast cancer in 2021.
Doctors removed a 6cm tumour and Julia also underwent chemotherapy in a bid to kill the cancer in her body for good, as well as deciding to give up alcohol last year.The 52 year old star shared a new photo of the area under her left breast where doctors made the incision, and opened up about her journey in the 16 months since.
Highlighting the area with arrows, Julia also wrote "healing" underneath. "Isn't it amazing how the body heals? #breastcancer 16 months on," she captioned the post.The brave TV star then shared an incredibly powerful and poignant poem for her followers, which was titled Owning Our Scars and written by poet Teryn O'Brien.
It read: "We walk into the world unblemished, but we soon find that the world lashes out. "Not a life passes in which a cut is not felt– be it as light as a paper, or as deep as a sword– leaving us with unshakeable scars. "So we skulk in the shadows, slather on cosmetics, and try to hide the brutal but beautiful reality that we are all broken.
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