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Living With Metastatic Cancer

When I first got into the social-media sector of cancer, Jo Taylor was one of the first people I connected with and we have been friends ever since. She is incredibly passionate about the work she does, despite the fragility…

Breast Cancer Care, cancer publicity, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment

Chris
August 9, 2020
4

Patients Are Now Out of Patience!

The world is a very different place now we are living with Covid! That certainly includes the cancer sector, which has now been set back many years, by lack of investment and urgency, amongst other things. Including NHS staff, we…

cancer charities, cancer frustration, cancer publicity, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment

Chris
August 2, 2020
57

“Learning To Love Myself Again.”

In the work I do I am used to hearing incredibly moving stories. Every one completely different, involving unique challenges. I often think I was ‘lucky’ to get cancer at the age of 51. Having lived a reasonable life and…

Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment

Chris
July 12, 2020

Why I Must Work Outside The System!

Back in 2008, I realised that I was going to donate whatever time I had left, to help improve life for people living with cancer. There was so much wrong with the ‘system,’ and I knew I had skills that…

cancer, cancer charities, cancer survival

Chris
July 5, 2020
6

Patients Are Also Experts!

Just before lock-down I was due to be speaking in Madrid at an EBMT conference about the growing need for patient involvement, particularly in research. I was very honoured when The Lancet invited me to write a piece for them,…

cancer, cancer charities, cancer frustration, Cancer Support, cancer survival

Chris
June 21, 2020
36

Back To The Biggest C!

I have been really proud to host my ‘open house’ for the last couple of months, but from this week we are back to the ‘Cancer Community!’ Covid19 seemed to sweep away everything in it’s path. It has rightly made…

cancer, Cancer Support, cancer survival, cancer treatment, Coronavirus

Chris
June 7, 2020
6

Shielding And Forgotten!

Much as we try to deal with one thing at a time, quite frequently life throws us a curved ball! We have never seen anything as destructive as Covid19. It has totally changed our lives and way of living forever.…

Coronavirus

Chris
May 31, 2020
3

Do You Know An Angel?

I have never viewed what I do as work! It is just such a pleasure to talk to incredible people every day. Running this ‘open house’ session has maintained my focus on other people’s lives. Many doing incredible things for…

Coronavirus

Chris
May 24, 2020
2

Blind, And Living In Lock Down

In these crazy times, it’s too easy to just think about how our own lives are affected. This is one of the reasons I wanted to run my ‘open house,’ during this period. I spotted a very powerful video by…

Coronavirus

Chris
May 17, 2020
4

When The Clapping Stops?

When I started this ‘open house‘ project for my website, I wasn’t sure how it would go. I just knew that it wasn’t the right time to continue the strong words of cancer. I put out an invitation and have…

Coronavirus

Chris
May 10, 2020

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