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Stay Kind To Yourself!

Chris On November 17, 2019 / cancer, cancer awareness, cancer blogs, cancer information, cancer side effects., cancer survival / 6 Comments

Unfortunately it has been quite a few weeks since I have been able to sit down and write a blog. Pressure for time has been extreme during November. Not really down to bad planning but many exciting events asking me to speak, unfortunately all coming within the same month. If I add the travelling into the mix, I have found it difficult at times, and this period ended with me being a guest speaker at a fabulous conference in Vienna, which was an incredible experience, but very physically and emotionally demanding. December is deliberately much quieter, and time to recuperate and build up my strength, for what will be another challenging year. I am finding myself frequently torn between doing more speaking roles, and increasing my travelling, or taking my

Travelling With And During Cancer

Chris On July 21, 2019 / cancer, cancer awareness, cancer blogs, cancer information, travel, travel insurance / Leave a comment

This week I was a member of an ‘expert panel discussing’ ‘travelling with and after cancer.’ I was invited by Avril from Cancer Central who had got together an incredibly diverse mix of experiences which seemed to answer all the questions we were asked. They came in as we went out on YouTube and Facebook live. Several of us are living with cancer and could answer them with passion and authenticity! Leaning on our own personal experiences, not all good, but great for us all to learn from. We have received lots of positive feedback since, and many who were unable to watch live have followed the discussion later on the video that was made. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed sharing our experiences with

Tired Of Being Tired?

Chris On June 30, 2019 / cancer, Cancer Apps, cancer awareness, cancer blogs, cancer information, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment / Leave a comment

Yep that’s me too! Despite the number of projects I am involved in, every one takes a massive effort, not only physically but emotionally too! I often say I have the best job in the world. Meeting and helping incredible people whilst having fun can’t be beaten, but for me it is a major task to just get out of bed, as my treatment side effects and the ageing process take their toll. But being able to improve the lives of people affected by cancer has become my oxygen. Recently I was contacted by the incredible Jelle Damhuis from Holland. He is a man who has experienced cancer more than once in his young life and like many of us wanted to use his personal experience to help others. He

The Importance Of Our Online Communities.

Chris On September 21, 2014 / cancer awareness, cancer blogs, Cancer Support / 4 Comments

For the last two years or so I have become part of the cancer blogging community. I guess like for most of us who started writing it was a way of raising awareness of cancer issues, whilst also going through your own treatment. It meant that on days you felt unwell, you were able to do a bit of writing, so your time wasn’t totally wasted. There are many in this community who were in fact journalists or writers themselves before they got sick, but most of us just took to the internet with no prior skills, to let others know about what we were going through. When I first started I had never written anything before and was concerned that people were going to compare my work with others, but

“Cancer won’t stop my education!” Emily’s story

Chris On September 14, 2014 / cancer awareness, cancer blogs, Cancer Support, cancer survival / 9 Comments

I make no apology for this blog being a little longer than usual as Emily is a young lady I admire greatly! At the age of 16 she was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, but has not let cancer get in the way of living her life. Along with all the things young people do, Emily runs her own website to work with other young people around the world. What I find personally refreshing about Emily, is that she is forever smiling, and will not let cancer stop her from achieving her goals. We tend to assume that it is mostly older people that are affected by cancer but in this piece we are given an insight into some of the issues that younger people can face. Thanks so much Emily

Dealing with a cancer diagnosis

Chris On February 2, 2014 / cancer awareness, cancer blogs / 4 Comments

Last week I wrote about my experience of talking to two people who were newly diagnosed. How I felt that even after so many years, there just was not enough support for people facing cancer treatment. Despite our many years of experience, generally, people are still left to face a traumatic time on their own.What really shocks me about that, is when I use my own personal experience as an example. My diagnosis involved stage 4 incurable cancer. No one knew if I would live or die. Everything I was facing was a totally new experience, and despite the fact I was 51, it was really frightening! That was only the treatment etc, not even including losing my job, income and all the things associated with that. I was introduced

The Importance of cancer support via social media

Chris On September 21, 2013 / #hcsm, blogging, cancer, cancer blogs, Cancer Support, death, grief, loss, socialmedia / 6 Comments

Since I was introduced to the world of social media, I could immediately see how powerful it might be. Certainly, like any new tool, you have to learn how to use it properly, to get the best from it. Which takes time. With trial and error you will find what it does well, and what it does, not so well. Coming from a business background, and attempting to always keep things simple, I couldn’t see what wasn’t to like, by connecting like minded people, across the world. Once I found myself taken hostage by cancer, I applied similar rules here. If I can’t find physical help for what I need, let me look on the net! I couldn’t find what I felt was required, so I thought I would try and create something. People