Coping With Reality (Abi’s Story)
This week it is a real pleasure to feature this very inspiring piece from Abi, who is a great friend of mine. She talks about the difficulties of living with very complex cancer, and how she tries to focus on the…
Category cancer treatment
“Don’t Give Up!”
In recent weeks I have heard from several of my friends who are having an extremely tough time currently. For many of us the uncertainty of our health will never be gone. We will always enjoy the times when things are uncomplicated,…
‘In Sickness And In Health’
I can never forget that day in 2007 when I was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive, incurable cancer. Having been healthy for fifty one years and never even been an inpatient at hospital, to be told that I may not…
Patient Involvement In Cancer Care.
The last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind with so many positive things happening, it’s been very difficult to actually review the impact until now. Firstly, I have been receiving some innovative holistic treatment for the last…
To Tell Or Not To Tell, That Is The Question?
With the sad unexpected death of Jackie Collins this week many people revisited the question about how people deal with their own cancer diagnosis. This has hit the headlines again as Jackie decided to keep her news private, which was…
De-Coding Women’s Cancers: (A Unique Perspective From Athena Lamnisos)
As you are aware my work involves working across all tumour types, as I see so many issues common to us whichever cancer we face. My experience has shown me that certain cancers are causing some unique problems for us, as it seems that…
Is It Easier To Find The Negatives?
I have recently returned from a week on the English coast, with our grandchildren and we had probably pretty much continuous wind and rain the whole time. It was possibly the wettest week of the year! We all know that the…
What’s In A Name? (Guest Post From Kaz)
We have now entered September which is a really busy “awareness month.” I have my own personal crusade which is #BloodCancer, plus #GynaecologicalCancer, and a very special one for me is also #ChildhoodCancer, I’m sure there are many others too! My work is…
