The week I found it
Four women, four provinces, four very different journeys from a lump to a diagnosis, and what each of them would tell you to do differently.
Ubufazi Magazine · Issue 08 · 26 August 2026
The monthly women actually finish
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In this issue
Issue 08, “The week I found it”
Reading the registry
What the latest National Cancer Registry release actually says, in charts a person can read.
Perimenopause & bleeding
Which changes are ordinary, which need a clinic this week, and how to tell them apart.
The workplace screening drive
An HR toolkit for running an on-site screening day, costs, consent, privacy and follow-up.
Ask the oncologist
Twelve reader questions on chemotherapy, fertility, work and hair, answered without euphemism.
The clinic prep sheet
Print it, fill it in, take it with you. Every question you will forget to ask on the day.
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For employers, HR and unions
A woman who misses screening usually missed it because of work, transport or childcare. Employers can fix two of those three.
1Give paid time off for screening, the single highest-impact policy change
2Host an on-site screening day with a mobile unit
3Publish a written return-to-work policy for cancer treatment
4Brief managers: what to say, what never to ask, and what the law requires