If your cancer is oestrogen sensitive (ER+), you will most likely be advised to undergo some form of hormonal treatment after your chemotherapy and radiotherapy has finished. This is usually in the form of tablets that work by blocking the effects of oestrogen on breast cancer cells so they cannot multiple. In pre-menopausal women the main [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Hormonal treatment and fertility
Posted in Fertility, Survivorship, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged breast cancer, breast cancer and fertility, hormonal treatment for breast cancer, pre-menopausal women and breast cancer, Tamoxifen, Younger Women and Breast Cancer on June 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Breast Cancer M.A.P. Project
Posted in Psychological impact of cancer, Survivorship on June 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I am so pleased to see that a registry for breast cancer survivors in the United States will allow survivors to join together in a nationwide effort to improve survivorship. I would love to see something similar undertaken here in Ireland. The registry will monitor survivors who have volunteered to share their breast cancer experiences [...]
Meat Free Monday
Posted in Nutrition, Recipe, tagged anti-carcinogens, beetroot, cancer-fighting foods, feta and walnut salad, orzo on June 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When I was in Florida last month, I picked up a packet of orzo (pasta shaped like grains of rice) at the supermarket. I am sure you can get it here in Ireland in speciality shops, but I haven’t come across it in regular supermarkets, so I’ve never cooked with it before. Here is the [...]
Smile Saturday
Posted in Humour, tagged friendship, humor, smile saturday on June 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Poetry Friday
Posted in poetry, tagged David Whyte, The House of Belonging on June 25, 2010 | 8 Comments »
What to remember when waking In that first hardly noticed moment to which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day which closes the moment you begin your plans. What you can plan is [...]
How to talk to your doctor
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged doctor patient communication, doctor patient relationship on June 24, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I was overwhelmed (in a good way) with the response I got to last week’s Empowering the Patient post. If you are interested in this (and I really think we all should take an interest in the topic) please take the time to read the insightful comments from readers. Thank you to those who shared their experiences [...]
Lessons from the movies
Posted in Inspiration, tagged Inspiration, judy garland, movie inspiration on June 23, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Today’s post is inspired by my friend Luann’s latest blog post, where she draws analogies between the lessons she has learned on her own cancer journey and the lessons inherent in the classic Wizard of Oz movie. When I first watched this classic 1939 Judy Garland film as a child, I didn’t realise just how many life lessons were [...]
This time’s a charm
Posted in Books on Cancer, tagged 'This Time's A Charm', Donald Wilhelm, Hodgkins lymphoma, Positive Mental Attitude on June 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today’s post is a guest book review by my friend Chari. She originally posted it on her blog Letters to America, and gave me permission to reproduce it here today. How does a grown-up man afraid of needles become a four times (five times now, actually) cancer survivor? Well, Donald Wilhelm’s book, ‘This Time’s A [...]
Meat Free Monday
Posted in Recipe, tagged gorgonzola, meat free monday, pear walnut, rockcket, salad on June 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I love the addition of fruit in a salad and this is one of my all-time favourites. It is a sublime marriage of flavours – juicy pears with peppery rocket and creamy gorgonzola and for added crunch – some toasted walnuts. It is so simple and easy to prepare and looks very attractive on the plate. Pear, [...]
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