Has Cancer Made You Feel Selfish?
When I was checking through the statistics of my blog recently, the most searched for post was this one which I wrote over a year ago. It was something that I felt had happened to me, and it seems like…
Category cancer treatment
“We All Want The Same Thing!”
Despite the fact that I have no physical treatment planned for this year, I am still visiting hospital regularly to keep several side effects under control. Thankfully the cancer remains miraculously in remission, but as the years go on, complications…
Politics Within Cancer
With so much interest recently around politics in the UK, I felt it appropriate to revisit this post which I wrote last year. Unfortunately I have seen even more examples of progress in cancer care being slowed by politics since…
Isolation (Soraya’s Story)
I had already formed in my mind this weeks piece, until I read a Facebook post from this incredible lady. It moved me so much, as I know her well through the online ‘Cancer Community,’ and could really feel the…
“I’m Fine”
As most of you know well, my own health can be very unreliable, and if I’m honest it is something I get fed up with talking about in a social setting. Unfortunately the fact is that I will never have…
You Are Beautiful!
Getting older and watching nature take it’s course is one thing, but being diagnosed with cancer and seeing your body change in front of your eyes is quite something else! I tried to pretend I wasn’t bothered about it, but inside…
What Are Your Online Boundaries?
In recent weeks I have had to cut back on a lot of my work, as my immune system was showing signs of creaking. Several infections and constant tiredness meant that yet again I would have to physically rest up…
When All Else Fails?
In many respects I have been fortunate with my own cancer treatment. I was given a clear treatment plan, and although it involved extremely aggressive toxic drugs and a stem cell transplant, my body tolerated what was thrown at it,…
The Cancer Pendulum
The fact that this year was the first since my diagnosis where there was no physical treatment planned for me, started to blind me from my own fragility I think. My eternal optimism dragged me into 2015 with the thought…
How Can I Help?
My own diagnosis of cancer back in 2007 unfortunately wasn’t my first close experience of this terrible disease. More than twenty years ago, my mother had breast cancer, and has managed to survive, but my father died of bowel cancer several years ago.…
