Time To Be Grateful!
This week I was invited to visit one of the most famous cancer hospitals in London, and as I was walking round the wards my personal experience came flooding back to me. It was also the hospital where my late…
Category cancer
Struggling With A New Life
Running this blog has given me more positives than I could ever have imagined. ‘Meeting’ other people who are affected by cancer is certainly one. Being able to share their very personal stories to enable us all to learn is…
Getting Physical After Cancer
In the work I do I feel I have discussed so many subjects related to cancer, but after a conversation with Sam I realised I hadn’t really talked too much about our physical relationships. Many might say, that is the least…
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…
How Do You Cope With Adversity?
Living so much of my life now in the ‘cancer world’ I am always amazed at the things people are able to achieve despite the health cards they are dealt. But this week I saw two examples away from cancer,…
Working for Change in The Cancer Community
Chris describes how through his work he supports people living with cancer and challenges the status quo to make changes for the better in the cancer community.
Sharing a cancer experience
Having been unwell for most of December, and early January, I made a deliberate plan to not chase any more commitments for the new year. I had cleared my diary, and had completed my work. Although I had few speaking…
The power of nature!
In the last couple of months the weather has been absolutely crazy in the UK. I don’t think I can remember such a prolonged spell of wind and rain, in my life time. I have seen pictures of flooding and…
A life after surgery (Breast Cancer)
We are certainly well and truly back into the work routine, after a couple of weeks off! Communication is starting to get back to its normal level, and as usual, the ‘cancer world’ is moving quickly. I had planned a…
A new year must always bring hope!
Well it has finally arrived, 2014. We seem to have been thinking about it for a long time,in a similar way to talking about Christmas from September onwards! Traditionally we give these events a massive build up, and I personally…
