“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.” ~ Karen Joy Fowler, The Jane Austen Book Club I love social networking. I love logging on to Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere and swapping ideas, discussing the news, the day-to-day activities of online friends, learning more about advocacy and breast cancer. I am a big [...]
Archive for July, 2011
A letter from America
Posted in Inspiration, Uncategorized, tagged hand writing, Karen Joy Fowler, kindness, Leo Buscaglia, Mary Oliver, Norman Vincent Peale, personal note, The Jane Austen Book Club on July 31, 2011 | 27 Comments »
Smile Saturday
Posted in Humour, tagged dinosaur, Humour, noah's ark on July 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Friday Round-Up
Posted in Friday Round-Up, tagged a fresh chapter, anxiety, chest pains, Jan Hasak, Somalia, waiting for test results on July 29, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Time for the weekly round-up of blogs. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Just click on the highlighted links to read the posts. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, just leave a [...]
Fate can turn on a sixpence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne Gildea, breast cancer, Celtic Tiger Ireland, core biopsy, diagnosis of breast cancer, ireland, Mail on Sunday, mammogram, St James Hospital on July 27, 2011 | 35 Comments »
When I started this blog over 2 years ago, it was intended to address the post-treatment limbo we find ourselves in when cancer treatment ends. I found so many blogs and forums dealing with the diagnosis and treatment phase that I wanted to write about the “what next” phase of cancer. However, there are inevitably [...]
Take a deep breath…
Posted in depression, Holistic, tagged anxiety, deep breathing, depression, pain, stress on July 26, 2011 | 15 Comments »
As we age, breathing tends to shift to our chest, becoming more shallow and rapid. Shallow chest breathing is associated with increased anxiety and depression, a lack of focus and mental sluggishness. Recent research has also shown that breathing slowly and deeply may be as good as some medicines at banishing pain. One theory is that [...]
Meat Free Monday
Posted in Healthy Recipes, tagged almonds and honey, mascarpone, Nigel Slater recipe for a warm salad of oranges on July 25, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Start off by making the dressing: Dressing: honey 5 tbsp skinned almonds 70g orange 1, large lemon 1 To serve: oranges 4, small mascarpone 4 generous tbsp Put 3 tbsp of honey into a nonstick frying pan. Add the skinned almonds and leave them to simmer over a moderate heat for 3 or 4 minutes. [...]
Breast Cancer Rope of Solidarity Climb
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Breithorn, Rope of Solidarity, Switzerland, Zermatt, Zonta Club Morges La Côte on July 24, 2011 | 13 Comments »
On the 27th of September, 2008, 100 women, 80 of them breast cancer survivors, gathered together in Zermatt, Switzerland to climb the Breithorn mountain for the first Rope of Solidarity climb. Supported by family and friends, their climb bore witness to the fact that while cancer is an arduous and uphill struggle, it can be overcome with the [...]
Smile Saturday
Posted in Humour, tagged bird watching cartoon, humor on July 23, 2011 | 15 Comments »
A smile..and a little lesson today
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