Is cancer beginning to make the transition between fatal disease, and the chronic, long-term variety? Here writer, author, cancer patient and cancer … [Read more...]
#alicebucketlist – Really?
Anyone who is anyone online must have heard of the story of 15 year old Alice Pyne. She's a terminally ill cancer sufferer, and decided to put her … [Read more...]
Breast Cancer Basics…
I am fortunate, so far I have avoided breast cancer so this article isn't from the heart or experience, but cold hard research. Image via Wikipedia … [Read more...]
Having your Cake and eating it – Macmillan and Us
My husband doesn’t really like doing his washing in public, but for me – well I think a trouble shared is a trouble halved, apart from that I … [Read more...]
The ironic ashtray and the stigma of lung cancer
Some of the things that happen in the life of a consultant can really have an unexpectedly large impact on you. This happened to me at a recent … [Read more...]
Guest Diary: Recently, I discovered I had a brain tumour.
And what does everybody want? Well, I don’t know about everybody else, but Sarah immediately asked me if I would write a brain tumour diary for … [Read more...]
Charity begins at home?
Fresh (well ok, knackered) from finishing the Trent Park Race for Life it quite uplifting to be carried along in the sea of cerise... but the hardest … [Read more...]
Breast cancer and that terrifying battle…
for celebrities, anyway As an ordinary citizen who had breast cancer five years ago, I had my mastectomy followed by chemotherapy without hitting the … [Read more...]
So, I’ve got cancer. I’ve also got a life.
A couple of generations ago “cancer” was something not mentioned in polite circles, as “consumption” (TB) was unmentionable a few generations … [Read more...]
Do fizzy drinks cause cancer?
Do fizzy drinks really cause cancer? Recent research followed over 60,000 people over time as part of the Singapore-Chinese Study. The questionnaire … [Read more...]
Euthanasia: mad, sad, bad or glad?
How tragic – and brave - that Ray Gosling should admit to helping his loved one pass in those awful, awful circumstances, and then be branded a … [Read more...]
The importance of dreaming big
By the time y’all read this blog, I will be 30,000 feet in the air somewhere between New York and San Diego. This week, the busy scientist will be … [Read more...]
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