As we tidy away the trappings of the festive season and put the past year behind us we may also think about the year ahead. Birthdays holidays and family occasions go into new diaries and calendars.
For many in treatment for breast cancer there'll be a point in 2013 when that treatment finishes. For some this will be a time to celebrate but it can also be the pause in which the shock of diagnosis and treatment is felt. Others find it a moment to breathe a sigh of relief and recover some sense of normality.