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‘Our bodies ARE AMAZING’

NO TWO BODIES ARE THE SAME. FOUR WOMEN REVEAL WHY THEY’VE LEARNT TO LOVE THEIRS…

‘We shouldn’t focus on our size or shape, feeling good about yourself is all that matters’

Helen Smith, 53, lives with her husband Martin, 58, and they have four children.

I can remember how I felt sitting in that doctor’s office in November 2007. Finding out that I had the faulty BRCA1 gene was one of the worst days of my life. I was 85% more likely to get breast cancer than the average woman.

I would need a preventative double mastectomy,

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