Living in radical amazement
This past week we saw the first snowfall of the season in Ireland, and suddenly our ordinary everyday landscape is transformed. We look at everything around us through fresh eyes, marvelling at the… Continue reading
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Meat Free Monday
One of my favourite TV cookery shows at the moment is Nigel’s Simple Suppers. I love to see how chef Nigel Slater whizzes up everyday store cupboard ingredients into a tasty midweek supper.… Continue reading
What is your pain personality?
As I am recovering from surgery this week, I was interested to be emailed this quiz on pain personality. It probes our attitude to pain and I was surprised to see my results… Continue reading
Rosie O’Donnell turns to poetry during her breast cancer scare
Last week talk show host Rosie O’Donnell was given the all-clear from biopsies performed on her, following the finding of two breast lumps. O’Donnell, 48, whose mother died of breast cancer at 39, says she… Continue reading
Friday Round-Up
Today I am introducing a new regular feature on the JBBC blog – a weekly round up of the best of the blogs over the past week. Do let me know if you have read… Continue reading
Poetry Friday
Thanksgiving I have been trying to read the script cut in these hills- a language carved in the shimmer of stubble and the solid lines of soil, spoken in the thud of… Continue reading
A Different Kind Of Thanksgiving
Please take a few minutes to check out this amazing video by Andy at Thirty Seconds. It is moving and haunting and will stay with you long after the last frame..just have your tissues ready… Continue reading
How to be beautiful
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation,… Continue reading
Cough medicine may help identify how tamoxifen is metabolised
Cough medicine could be used as way of predicting how well individual patients metabolise tamoxifen used in the treatment of their breast cancer, according to new research. The findings suggest that it could… Continue reading
New Life Directions from Breast Cancer
Today’s Guest Blog Post is written by Susan Thomas, an oncology nurse clinician and breast cancer survivor. Thank you Susan for sharing your inspiring story with us. I am an oncology nurse clinician… Continue reading
