Archive for the cancer survival Category

Time To Talk Hospice?

Chris On March 18, 2018 / cancer awareness, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment / 2 Comments

Working against cancer is truly an international job. That sounds a lot worse than it really is. Social media and technology has made it very easy to physically share and communicate, but of course there has to be a will, which I don’t see too much of generally. This is because everyone is worried about their share of the ‘cancer cash’ Personally I love sharing ideas, and thankfully there are others out there that feel the same. My work is now truly international, not only online, but physically too. Speaking in many incredible countries with great audiences. So many of the issues are the same of course, but with regional peculiarities, and most of us are waking up to that fact. This week I am sharing a piece from my

Are The Giant Charity Brands Exhausting Their Trust?

Chris On March 11, 2018 / cancer awareness, cancer charities, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment / 4 Comments

As most of you are well aware, I am concerned about the way many of our giant cancer charities behave towards the people they purport to help. Working in a dictatorial manner backed up by aggressive advertising, funded by many trusting donors. Much of my work involves charities and my own experience shows me clearly two types. The ones that work very closely with others and those that don’t, who are now beginning to be isolated and out of touch despite their current income! The most dangerous thing that I see, is that these are the largest ones, and I believe that their loud voices, backed by a never ending stream of all channel advertising, are strangling innovation. They believe they know best and they will give you only their

Cancer Messes With Your Head!

Chris On March 4, 2018 / cancer awareness, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment / 6 Comments

Within the last few weeks, I have taken my entire family to Disneyworld in Florida, which was #1 on my bucket list. This was all planned last year, as I know that time and health are catching up with me. We wanted to see at first hand our grandchildren enjoying the wonders of Florida, and it was the beautiful time that we imagined it would be. As soon as we returned, we were celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary! Both massive events in my life, that we never thought we would ever see. My cancer work is leading to many influential meetings and additional international interest. All those years of learning and experience finally taking me to a place I can really affect things for people affected by cancer. But the conflict

The Gift Of Growing Up

Chris On February 4, 2018 / cancer awareness, cancer charities, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment, social media and cancer support / Leave a comment

I can’t believe that I am approaching the age of sixty two. Not just because of my illness, but in general how quickly my life has gone. Since the incredible gift of my grandchildren, I am reliving my youth for the third time, having lived it on my own initially, then with my own sons afterwards. My parents lived through the war, and saw life totally different to the way I am now. We had to struggle for every penny and were one of the last in the street to have a television, phone and car. Difficult to remember that I have seen those times. When I went to school I saw the opportunity of breaking away from the cycle of poverty that my parents had lived. I rebelled against

Making Memories And Story Telling

Chris On January 21, 2018 / cancer awareness, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment / 12 Comments

In a constantly changing world, my life is also moving quickly. I started with the intention of continuing my battle with large healthcare in 2018, but have had a total change of heart there! Now I have reached the time in my working life where I have to become much more selfish and focus on what I am doing. My personal work is becoming in big demand and of course SimPal is becoming busier by the week. That is enough for me now. I can no longer pick up battles that take my time and focus from things that I can achieve. For many years I have fought the current system and can see very little progress in terms of attitude. I have talked about the waste and duplication amongst

Where Does Your Cancer Cash Go?

Chris On January 7, 2018 / cancer, cancer awareness, cancer charities, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment / 25 Comments

This year I am focusing on collaboration amongst patient supported work, and how we can affect the current poor outcomes for people affected by cancer. Despite the enormous amount of work and money that goes into it, our survival rates are still some of the worst in Europe. I call this a disaster and like most man made problems, this hasn’t just happened. It is the result of lazy healthcare organisations and a constant stream of politicians from all parties spouting no end of jargon, being massaged by millions of pounds and eager charities looking to further their own influence. Nobody within that cycle wanting to step out of line and lose a cosy career. We all know the increasing cancer figures yet still we can’t improve. Of course this

I See Opportunity Not Obstacles in 2018

Chris On January 1, 2018 / cancer awareness, cancer charities, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment / Leave a comment

2017 has been my busiest year yet. Thankfully my health has remained consistent, and I have been able to push forward our work with simPal, and develop my own speaking and writing work. During the last couple of months of the year I have seen big signs to show me that the world of cancer support is finally beginning to understand what must happen if we are going to be able to provide the correct resources going forward, to help the increasing numbers of people affected by cancer. We have been aware for many years that there are far too many cancer charities to be sustainable and that politicians are slowing the progress of healthcare support. But most importantly I have seen a massive ‘ground swell’ by people affected by

Chris Lewis Against Cancer!

Chris On December 17, 2017 / cancer awareness, cancer charities, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment / 12 Comments

There was a select audience for the Britain Against Cancer conference held in London on the 5th of December. Now that is a big statement name, and I hadn’t even been invited! I immediately wanted to know more. So I went onto the website and found that you could BUY a ticket for £100+, but it also told me that if I was a person affected by cancer I could apply for a FREE ticket on a first come first served basis. I duly did and received one which allowed me to go. Also attending were politicians, NHS, pharmaceutical companies, many charities and some more patients. Not surprisingly as always the patients were in a very small minority. Quite strange really as all the things that were being discussed were