I still find it hard to believe that it is seven years since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Yesterday, September 29, is the day that I traditionally date my “cancerversary” from – the day in 2004 that I had my surgery to remove the cancer from my body. When I was in the middle of the [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Reflections on my seven year “cancerversary”
Posted in Personal Reflections, Psychological impact of cancer, Survivorship, tagged breast cancer, cancer survivorship, cancerversary on September 30, 2011 | 38 Comments »
Writing a Book: Persistence Through the Process
Posted in Books on Cancer, Guest Blog, tagged Beth Gainer, Calling the Shots: Coaching Your Way Through the Medical System, guest blogger, guest post on September 28, 2011 | 22 Comments »
It’s a real pleasure for me to introduce you to today’s guest writer, Beth Gainer, author of Calling the Shots: Coaching Your Way Through the Medical System. The idea of writing my book – Calling the Shots: Coaching Your Way Through the Medical System – came to me during a difficult time in my life. At [...]
Managing Lymphoedema
Posted in Conferences, Seminars, Public Information Sessions, Lymphdema, tagged Beaumont Hospital, breast cancer campaign, Breast Health Day, Europa Donna Ireland, lymph drainage, lymphodema, molesworth street, Sine Vasquez on September 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Many of you won’t need any explanation from me on the nature of lymphoedema, but for those readers who might not be familiar with this side effect of cancer treatment, here’s a quick overview. Lymph is a colourless fluid forming in the tissues of the body and normally draining back into the blood circulation, through [...]
Motivation Monday
Posted in Inspiration, Monday Motivation, tagged daring adventure, Helen Keller quote, Inspiration, Life on September 26, 2011 | 17 Comments »
The measure of a man
Posted in Books on Cancer, tagged A Spectacle Of Dust, Guildford Four, Guildford Four film, In The Name Of The Father, Killing Bono, Pete Postlethwaite, U2 on September 22, 2011 | 18 Comments »
The actor Pete Postlethwaite is someone I have always admired, particularly for his Oscar nominated role in the Guildford Four film, In The Name Of The Father, and I was saddened to hear of his death from cancer in January this year. I have just finished reading his memoir A Spectacle Of Dust, and was very moved [...]
On missing my mother
Posted in Personal Reflections, tagged encephalitis, mothers and daughters on September 20, 2011 | 38 Comments »
Thanks for all your good wishes and support after Sunday night’s post. It is so wonderful to know that we aren’t alone – that there is a whole community of women who really get it, who understand when others don’t what it means to forever carry residual anxiety and fear even years after a cancer [...]
Motivation Monday
Posted in Monday Motivation, tagged Debra Moffitt, gardening, horticultural therapy, Inspiration, motivation, Motivation Monday on September 19, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Find Your Secret Garden In the Middle Ages, secret gardens in Europe became refuges from the chaos, wars and disease. These secret gardens were places for healing and spiritual communion where fragile flowers, medicinal herbs and trees grew. They symbolize the sacred, protected garden of paradise within us. Rediscover and explore your secret garden. Find a [...]
Oh mama! It’s mammogram time
Posted in Personal Reflections, tagged annual mammogram, mammogram cartoon on September 18, 2011 | 34 Comments »
I spent this weekend busy designing the website for my new business venture, and as always happens, when it comes to what I am passionate about, I became completely lost in the activity. It’s such a wonderful distraction when you find your passion as I have when it comes to online marketing and social media, [...]
Weekly Round Up
Posted in Friday Round-Up, patient empowerment, Psychological impact of cancer, Survivorship, tagged 9/11 reflections, Andrea Mitchell diagnosed with breast cancer, Army of Women, Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, “If I Had My Life to Live Over“, breast cancer blogs, e-patient, Nadine Stair's poem, patient empowerment, pink bras, pinktober, PTSD, survivor guilt, The Maggie Cancer Caring Centres, think before your pink, trauma on September 16, 2011 | 23 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. I feel I have to point out that I am only human (and incredibly busy!) and I may miss someone’s post during the week, so I rely on [...]
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