Testimonials
“I am beyond words. Honestly, I got hooked, reading until after 1am. It was moving and inspiring to be on this journey with Jo - from diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy and beyond. From the beginning I was teary-eyed, but the story-telling was also hilarious. It’s beautiful! I admire the passion Jo has to spread these messages and to be an empowering change-maker.
This book is appropriate for health care professionals, including medical students and junior doctors, family members, relatives and friends of women who are also going through this journey, women who are confused and are unaware that they do not need to wait until they are 50 to get a screening mammogram.
Jo is a gift to our community. I now have a better understanding of the journey beyond the diagnosis of my patients.”
— Dr Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito FRANZCR, Breast Radiologist, Women’s & Breast Imaging
“Jo’s extraordinary memoir is raw, passionate, authentic, and incredibly generous, just like Jo herself. With an unyielding commitment to encouraging women aged 45 – 49 to participate in the Australian breast screening program, she courageously details each step of her own personal breast cancer journey.
With no details spared, her account gives itself up as a guide to support and inform others along an otherwise terrifying path, and with wings of insight and humour, she wraps herself around the shoulders of those facing the same. Thank you, Jo, for sharing your story. It takes guts and fortitude to allow others into such an intimate space and as a result, is incredibly powerful.”
— Dr Sarah Paton, Breast Physician
“Jo Joyce’s honest and heartfelt recount of her experience with breast cancer highlights the importance of early detection, particularly for women in their 40’s. Women in Australia are eligible for free mammographic screening through the BreastScreen programs across Australia from age 40 but are not actively invited to screen until age 50. Jo’s ‘Can at 40, Do at 45’ campaign promotes the importance of early detection and raises awareness about free mammographic screening for women in their 40’s.”
— Associate Professor Jennifer Stone, Cancer Epidemiologist, University of Western Australia.
“This recount of Jo’s encounter with breast cancer made me both laugh and cry. It was impossible to put down. A raw, real, inspiring and incredibly informative story of a breast cancer warrior’s experiences. The book shares the humanistic impact of breast cancer, not only on the patient, but also family and friends, making this book a must read for all health professionals.”
— Donna Williams, Mammography Supervisor SKG Radiology
“Jo’s book is a beautifully raw and real account of being caught in the breast cancer shitstorm. It captures the emotions behind the mask many of us wear, with insight, courage, humour and vulnerability. I laughed, cried and nodded along to the absurdities, hurdles and relatable experiences. Bravo Jo!”
— Robyn Stewart, BC survivor
“I applaud Jo for writing Show Us Your Tits! Writing a breast cancer memoir not only takes courage, but time and resources. This book is a raw account of how a breast cancer diagnosis can turn your life upside down - the good, bad and ugly. I know that others will draw knowledge and strength from reading Jo’s words - words from someone who understands what is like to embark on the breast cancer journey. Most importantly, I thank Jo on behalf of all Australian women over 40, for her tireless work and passion with the Can at 40, Do at 45.campaign.”
— Donna Falconer - Groovy Booby Bus, Breast Cancer Survivor age 44, Pink Angels Inc Founder, Breastscreen NSW Ambassador , BCNA Community Liaison, Author ‘My Time’ through breast cancer and beyond.
“An uncut and incredibly honest account of the brute and beauty in a breast cancer journey. Told with confronting detail and intimacy, Jo shares her experiences in such a relate-able way in the hopes that she will inspire women of all ages to be vigilant about breast health, or find comfort and familiarity between hers and their own tales of treatment and triumph.”
— Farrah Greville, Breast Cancer Survivor, Breast Health Advocate
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“Gone are the days of women hiding in the shadows and not talking about the realities of breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. This shift is evident in Show Us Your Tits! where you’ll read about Jo’s breast cancer shitstorm that she describes with honesty, humour, poise, easy-to-understand language and relatable humanness.
Her explanation of emotions, sounds, smells, physical sensations, pain, humour and gratitude resonated with me for all the right reasons. As a fellow breast cancer survivor, I was diagnosed age 41 and Jo’s words made me feel validated, seen, heard and understood.
I was grateful to read her curse words and desire to not be stifled by societal norms of simply ‘soldiering on’. She rightly shouted about the injustice of being diagnosed in her 40s and took action to create the change that she wanted to see in the world.
I’m hopeful Jo’s experience described in Show Us Your Tits! will provide an eye-opening account to readers and serve as an educational warning to others. I say thank you to Jo for penning this account and speaking openly on behalf of the 20,000 Australian women diagnosed annually with breast cancer.
Recounting the trauma of this chapter in Jo’s life was no doubt difficult to achieve, but I believe it was important for her own continued recovery and for her beautiful daughter to read over and over again about how her mother is a decorated, bad-ass breast cancer warrior.”
— Joanna Atzori, Respectful tenant of Kabi Kabi and Jinibara country, Author of #UnBreasted, formerly #TheUniboober, Proud Queensland Representative for Can At 40. Do At 45, Member of BreastScreen Queensland Sunshine Coast Service Local Consumer Forum , Co-Administrator of Sunshine Coast Breast Cancer Friendship Circle, Member of Council of International Advocates for Not Putting On A Shirt