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What Advice Would You Give To A Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patient?
I’ve just been reading 10 Tips From a 26-Year Breast Cancer Survivor in the Huffington Post. In the article Lisa Marie Wilson shares advice from her grandmother, who, aged 57, was diagnosed with breast… Continue reading
Weekly Round Up: The Crowning Glory Edition
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading
Draw Me
I am so thrilled with these drawings done by Monica Lalanda, an emergency physician in Spain, and as you can see a very talented illustrator. Monica came to the DotMED conference last week at which I was… Continue reading
Where health and creativity intersect
Originally posted on Jacquie Garton-Smith:
Being a doctor and a writer, it’s probably no surprise that I am interested in how two of my passions overlap. There are clear links between creativity and…
Rx Narrative: Story As Medicine
Last Friday I had the great pleasure of presenting at DotMED The Creative Medicine Conference, on the role of story in medicine. I spoke about how healthcare is at heart a narrative activity and… Continue reading
On Courage
Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort. Console your bruised and tender spirit with… Continue reading
Weekly Round Up
Today I am presenting at the dotMED conference in Dublin, and I am already anticipating the exhaustion that will follow this weekend. I am afraid that means the usual weekly round-up will have to… Continue reading
Factors Affecting The Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivors face unique short-term and long-term challenges to physical and mental health, family functioning, and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle [1, 2]. Long-term and late effects of cancer treatment may arise during… Continue reading
Motivation Monday
Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools and… Continue reading
