Support Daffodil Day
Today, March 26th is Daffodil Day in Ireland, the annual fundraiser organised and run by the Irish Cancer Society. It is a chance for us to make a difference to the lives of those affected… Continue reading
Tag Archive: Cancer
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Marie Curie
Marie Curie I thought it fitting in the month in which we celebrate both International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, to take a moment to acknowledge the contribution of Marie Curie to cancer… Continue reading
Celebrating Mother’s Day
My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon We are celebrating Mother’s Day today… Continue reading
Our scars tell our stories
The lessons of a life amount not to wisdom but to scar tissue and callus Wallace Stegner, The Spectator Bird New York Times writer Dana Jennings wrote a wonderful reflection last year on the scars he… Continue reading
Managing your medical records
The topic of managing your medical records has come up at several conferences I have attended. It is not something we are very familiar with here in Ireland, or at least not… Continue reading
Andrew Lloyd Webber reflects on his brush with cancer
I was reading in last weekend’s newspapers of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s reflections on his recent brush with cancer. In October last year, Sir Andrew was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and admits that the… Continue reading
Can you have too much information?
Being a firm advocate of arming yourself with as much information as you can when you are faced with a health crisis, I am intrigued by an article in Cure Today which poses the question, how… Continue reading
Depression Awareness Week
As cancer survivors, many of us have struggled with that unexpected feeling of depression and loneliness that surprises us after treatment is finished. I say unexpected and surprises, because for many of us… Continue reading
Words to live by
“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives” – Albert Schweitzer This quote from Albert Schweitzer is one of the mottos I try to live by. In those… Continue reading
