Diaries of a Breast Cancer Baddie

08/06/2026

EPISODE 13, OUT NOW! ☝🏾
💗' The friends who stayed. The hair that didn't'💗

In the final episode of our 'Two Heartbeats, One Diagnosis, Zero Surrender' series, Jess and Eloise get real about the things nobody prepares you for after a breast cancer diagnosis.

The friends who unexpectedly become your biggest supporters. The people who disappear. The bizarre comments people make when they don't know what to say. And the small acts of kindness that can carry you through the darkest days.

We also dive into Eloise's incredible cold-capping success story (yes, she somehow kept her hair through chemo 😮), our favourite treatment survival products, and the advice every woman should hear about trusting her body and advocating for herself.

✨ Cancer Baddie approved products mentioned in this episode:

Kooe— beautiful Australian-made skincare for dry, treatment-ravaged skin
🩷 FUCA — sunscreen and skincare created by a fellow cancer warrior
🩷 Weleda Skin Food — the holy grail for chemo dryness
🩷 Graham's Natural Shampoo — Eloise's secret weapon during cold capping
🩷 Milk & Honey — gorgeous wigs that help you feel like you again
Most importantly, this episode is a reminder that if something doesn't feel right in your body, don't ignore it. Push for answers. Trust your instincts. Early detection saves lives.
And finally, a special shoutout to our beautiful Eloise. Since recording this episode, she has been diagnosed with metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer. Her courage, humour and determination continue to inspire us every day.
To Eloise, and every stage 4 baddie listening: we're standing with you. Always. 💗
🎙️ Listen now via the link in bio.

05/06/2026

In honour of Astra Zucchini pulling from the Australian market from November, here's a little highlight reel of me casually jabbing what appears to be a horse tranquilliser sized needle directly into my stomach to save my life 💉✨

has been a critical part of treatment for thousands of Australians living with breast cancer and other hormone-driven cancers.

If a medication is life-saving, should its future really come down to profitability?

Maybe if enough of us make some noise, might reconsider the decision. And while we're at it, perhaps Version 2.0 could consider a method of administration that doesn't look like it belongs in a veterinary clinic 😉

Fellow cancer baddies — who else is affected by the Zoladex discontinuation, and what has your Oncology team told you about it?

BreastCancerAustralia

29/04/2026

06/04/2026

NEW EPISODE DROP 📣📢🔈

You can go through the absolute worst of it—chemo, surgeries, radiation—and somehow come out stronger, with a perky new wardrobe or a flat chest you rock.

This episode is a raw, real convo on surgeries, scars, guilt, and finding yourself again. It’s not just about cancer. It’s about being a mum, a human, and looking and feeling like a total dreamboat ♥️😍

🎧 Listen to 'Grief and Gratitude Can Co-Exist' now — link in bio ✨

27/03/2026

After having the end part of my b**b amputated to save my life 16 months ago, which included saying goodbye to my ni**le, today I had it tattooed back on! 🌺

I was talking to a few women this morning who didn't even know that this is an option for breast cancer restoration! And sadly, there is no government rebate for this: it's (another) expensive price to pay to have that part of your mental health, body confidence and physical body part artificially restored/modified.

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The result is INCREDIBLE! 🌺 I'm super sore which I was not expecting.. because having a needle pound your skin thousands of times over and over again on top of thick scar tissue, on skin that has been radiated and is thin, stretched and dry hurts like a bitch, but the result is so worth it.

I'll have 1-2 more sessions as the colour I'm told will fade, and is the starting base, but I'm pretty bloody impressed and would even be happy leaving it how it is!

DM me if you'd like to see the before and after snap💗👑

23/03/2026

I’m not losing weight for looks — I’m lowering my recurrence risk

After breast cancer, excess body fat = more estrogen = higher recurrence risk (especially ER+)

Also:

Cancer treatment + medically induced menopause = reduced bone density and increase risk of developing osteopenia

So I’m doing both:

💉 GLP-1 for weight management
+
🏋🏽‍♀️ Lifting for strength + bone density

This isn’t a glow-up
It’s my stay-alive plan!💫✨

17/03/2026

Part 2 of this series is live 🎧

2 seriously special women I've met.


No woman should have to hold her newborn in one arm and a cancer diagnosis in the other.

Pregnancy. Breast cancer. Chemo. NICU. Premature birth. Postpartum treatment. It's all in today's latest episode 😱

This episode is the raw reality of what happens when everything hits at once.

Jess and Eloise continue to share their stories with so much honesty, humour and strength — from terrifying scans and rare diagnoses to newborn chaos, treatment decisions and survival mode.

It’s emotional, confronting, beautiful and so important.
If you need a reminder that women are unbelievably strong, start here ❤️

10/03/2026

Two women. Both pregnant.

Both told the words no one ever expects to hear:
“You have breast cancer.”

Watching these two sit across from each other was something I’ll never forget.

They already knew each other’s stories

Every scan.

Every terrifying appointment.

Every moment of trying to protect the tiny life growing inside them while fighting for their own.

But as they spoke, they listened to each other with this intensity and empathy like they were hearing it for the first time.

Because when someone has walked the same impossible road, they don’t just hear you…

They feel it.

Every fear.

Every decision.

Every “how the hell am I supposed to do this while pregnant, with a new born?!”

Two women.

Two pregnancies.

Two breast cancer diagnoses.

One kind of understanding that only another Breast Cancer Baddie could ever truly have.

This conversation was raw, powerful, emotional — and honestly one of the most incredible things I’ve witnessed.

🎧 The episode is now live on Diaries of a Breast Cancer Baddie

Link in bio.

04/03/2026

THINGS BREAST CANCER BADDIES DIDN'T ASK FOR 👏🏾

1. Chemo not working the way doctors hoped. Sometimes tumours respond. Sometimes they don’t. And that emotional rollercoaster is brutal.

2. Lifelong lymphedema management. Compression sleeves, physio, monitoring swelling. One surgery. A lifetime of expensive and tiring management 💲

3. Surgical complications. Infections. Delayed healing. Seromas. Reconstruction issues Sometimes surgery is just the beginning of the recovery journey.

4. Neuropathy. Tingling. Numb feet. Burning hands, for YEARS. Because apparently chemo likes to leave
a little nerve damage souvenir 🫠

5. Chronic fatigue. Not just tired. Bone-deep exhaustion
that sleep doesn’t always fix. A side effect many of us live with long after treatment.

6. More treatment… after treatment. Hormone therapy. Targeted therapy. Bone infusions. Endless scans. Turns out finishing treatment doesn’t always mean you're finished. And can be life long

7. Scanxiety. The days before a scan. The waiting for results. That quiet fear that never fully goes away.

Any that I missed, Baddies?

None of us asked for this club. But the women in it are pretty incredible.

Comment below on what you didn't ask for! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾