Worldwide Cancer Collaboration
I am completely and utterly amazed, that having gone through all that I have in the last few years, I am still alive and being able to do some incredible things! Never knowing what the next call or email might…
Category cancer survival
We Must Open Our Minds And Embrace Change!
As we now begin to find different solutions to the ever increasing need for cancer support, we are understanding that our previous ‘one size fits all’ approach is just not good enough anymore. Large organisations are now struggling to keep…
The Excitement Of New Experiences!
Let’s be honest for many of us life can be a bit of a drudge. Work, eat, sleep, repeat. Doing our best to make space for family, friends and a social life. Having said that there is no one more…
Sex, And Our Children
As many of you know it is gynaecological cancer awareness month, and I have been doing a lot of work with the wonderful Eve Appeal. I was invited to attend a very interesting debate about the taboos of talking about…
Let’s Smash The Taboos!
We often hear about ‘women’s cancers, and men’s cancers,’ of course these exist but I believe that both sexes need to be more open when discussing these with each other. This week I am sharing a post by my great…
Making Patients Number One!
There are times when it feels like I am swimming against the tide, talking about the uncomfortable things that I see, or more to the point don’t see in cancer support. But virtually everyone I hear from sees the same…
The Clock Is Ticking!
Since moving from the commercial world to living full time in the cancer world, the biggest lesson I have learned is patience! During my working days we were penalised financially when things ran late, and I have always had that…
Is Modern Day Life Causing Social Isolation?
Isolation is a word I am using more and more frequently, not always in the physical sense but the emotional too. We hear it daily in the work we do at simPal, and are doing our best to ease that,…
The ‘Cracks And Shadows’ Of Cancer Support
I was listening recently to the head of UK Building Control, discussing the red tape and complexities that had been allowed to develop over the years. This has produced the current system we seem to have, where nobody is sure…
Cancer Survivorship, A Clinician’s View!
Through this site I am able to share the many varied experiences we find when living with cancer. Mostly these people are patients and carers, but last year I was lucky enough to meet Dr Oliver Minton, who is a…
