Category Archive: Top Posts

Cancer: Emerging From The Fire

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A few weeks ago I shared part one of an eGuide lovingly put together by my friend Gai Comans, featuring interviews with breast cancer survivors who share their thoughts on what they wished they had known… Continue reading

What It Really Takes to Listen to Patients

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This post should be required reading for all health care professionals! I particularly like the point raised about the patient not being a disease with a body attached but a life into which… Continue reading

Grasping The Baton

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Philippa has set me a challenge. A writing challenge. I said yes. Then I read her contribution to this challenge and well, let’s just say… I have a lot to live up to!… Continue reading

Light Time/Life Time

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“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”  ― Helen Keller Did you know that light takes a long, long, long time to move from the center of the… Continue reading

Mojo Monday

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If you aren’t familiar with the idea behind Mojo Monday, it’s a writing prompt to get your creativity flowing. Feel free to write about it on your blogs, or simply leave a comment… Continue reading

#BCMTalks: My Journey Through Breast Cancer

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I will be sharing my story about breast cancer during a one hour live streaming session on Tuesday 1 April , at 10.30pm GMT, 5.30pm EST, and 3.30pm PST.  I would love if you could join me.… Continue reading

The Motherless Daughters’ Club: A Birthday Remembrance

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Today is my mother’s birthday. The third I have marked without her since she died. Her birthday was the last day I got to spend with her as my Mum; the next day she… Continue reading

Mindful Monday

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Cancer Survivorship: An Overview

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Watch as clinical oncologist, Dr Robert Miller, gives an overview of cancer survivorship. He begins with a definition of the term (something which I know generates quite heated debate) which states that survivorship… Continue reading

Mojo Monday

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I am a logophile  – a lover of words – and I love discovering new ones. I stumbled across this one last week, and thought its meaning would make a good writing prompt… Continue reading