Beware extreme diets
An article in today’s Guardian newspaper warns those who adopt “extreme diets” to try to stop the disease returning are wasting their time and may even be harming their health. Dietary regimes which urge… Continue reading
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Letting the sacred grow
I came across an article recently in the Irish Times on the Shekina Sculpture Garden, in Co Wicklow. Described as a modern sacred space, it is a peaceful garden with a pond, shrubs and trees and… Continue reading
Tips for daily mindfulness
The following are some tips for practising mindfulness in our daily lives. As I have written here many times (and research bears it out), I believe that the practice of mindfulness can be of… Continue reading
Exercise can relieve depression post-breast cancer
Back again to the theme of exercise and breast cancer. This time the research focuses on exercise as a tool to battle the symptoms of depression and anxiety which may be attendant to… Continue reading
Sheryl Crow speaks of her breast cancer experience
Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. In this video clip from 2007, she talks about her fight against the disease, her involvment with the National Breast Cancer Coalition, her… Continue reading
BreastCheck delayed in three counties
Again and again, I made aware of how lucky I was to be living in the catchment area of a specialist breast cancer unit, when I received my treatment for breast cancer. Isn’t… Continue reading
Blessing
For all those who asked me to reprint the John O’Donoghue poem, Blessing, read by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the spiritual care conference: Beannacht (“Blessing”) On the day when the weight deadens on… Continue reading
Finding the blessing
I often check the WordPress dashboard of this blog to see what search terms people are using when they stumble upon Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer. I am interested to note a number of… Continue reading
Mindfulness helps to deal with post treatment phase
Returning again to the theme of mindfulness, I came across the following study of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for survivors of breast cancer. Research has shown that in the post treatment phase of recovery, breast… Continue reading
Inflammatory breast cancer
The drug lapatinib could be used to treat aggressive inflammatory breast cancer suggest the findings of a recent study. For patients resistant to conventional anthracycline or taxane and trastuzumab, treatment options are limited. Lapatinib inhibits… Continue reading
