We have reached the target! Magsblog will be published! Thank you so much to all of you for helping me reaching my target! 
Meanwhile, the campaign is still on.
The extra money will help to print more booklets. It will allow me to get an even better paper stock for the cover and the inside pages.


You guys are awesome, thanks again !


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Nous avons atteins notre objectif! Magsblog va être publié et c'est grâce à vous tous. Merci du fond du coeur.


En attendant, la campagne est toujours active. L'argent supplémentaire servira à publier davantage de livrets et me permettra de choisir une meilleure qualité de papier et d'impression.


Vous êtes vraiment géniaux, merci encore !

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My project is to publish my cartoons into a booklet that will be given for free to young women diagnosed with breast cancer, as this is something I wish I had read at the start of my cancer journey.

But let me tell you a little bit more about me...

In June 2012, I felt a lump in my breast. I never thought it could have been cancerous. I was feeling good and healthy, I was 33 years old, no way it could be serious...



Just to be sure, I went to my doctor to have it looked at. She sent me to have an ultrasound and mammogram.



The results were inconclusive, so I was sent for a biopsy. Only a week later, I was told that I had cancer.
The news really came as a shock and it took me some time to adjust to it. With my immediate family still in France, my partner Nick was my primary source of support. He and my beautiful son have been amazing throughout this journey. Luckily, close friends and the medical team around us have been also a tremendous help.

Despite my cancer being small and caught early, it was quite an aggressive type of cancer, so I had 10 months of treatment including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.



I wanted to share my story a bit differently - in a simple way and with a bit of humour. Nick gave me this idea that perhaps I should start drawing my story and posting the images on a blog. He even got me the graphic tablet for my birthday. I really liked the idea and I started drawing.
My drawings have kept my mind busy during the time of treatment and really helped me to get through this journey. I was more focusing on "what can I draw next?" instead of "why this is happening to me?"



There are currently 652 people following my blog and I've had over 82,000 views so far which is amazing.
I have been grateful to receive lots of supportive and friendly messages from people from all over the world. I received as well lots of messages from young women facing breast saying they wished they had read my cartoons at the start of their journey. This really encourage me to succeed in my project as I would like my booklet to be given for free to younger women who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer.
The breast cancer nurses at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick, NSW, are supporting my project which is fantastic. They will distribute my booklet to young women diagnosed with breast cancer.
I will contact more breast cancer nurses and breast cancer organisations in Australia and France to see if they would like to do the same.

You can have a look at my illustrations on http://magsblog.com
I am as well on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/magsblogcom/557586...

I hope that you will like my cartoons and that you will help me with my project :)

What else?

- Publication 500 booklets in English - A$1,400
- Publication 150 booklets in French - A$960
- Stationery (enveloppes to send booklets and rewards, ink for printing my rewards) - A$250
- Mailing in Australia and in France - A$500
- Fees for Pozible - A$140
This is an estimation and extra costs may arise.
Extra money would permit to print more booklets or/and to print them in a better quality.

I need some time to finish my story, which is challenging with a 2 years old boy full of energy! But I know exactly what I want to do and I will draw in the evening if necessary.
The last few pages will talk about the amazing support I received in Australia and around the world. It will describe as well the radiotherapy treatment.
Then I will have to publish my illustrations. This is something I have never done before, but I will do my best to make the booklets look nice and easy to read.