Tag Archive: Cancer

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Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

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Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow is the title of a book by Elizabeth Lesser.  She opens the book with a quote from Anais Nin: ‘And the time came when… Continue reading →

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Remembering Jenny

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Most of you won’t know of my friend Jenny, but you will know of someone like her, and so I dedicate this post to all the Jennys we have known and loved and lost to… Continue reading →

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Managing the stress of survivorship

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Listen to this podcast from Cancer Care’s seventh annual cancer survivorship series, Living With, Through and Beyond Cancer. Click here to listen to managing the stress of survivorship

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Laura’s Story

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I first encountered Laura Morefield online through a comment she had left on another blog. On it Laura spoke of something she calls “cancer face”. I was so taken with her comment, and… Continue reading →

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Targeted therapy – hope or hype?

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With all the excitement surrounding targeted cancer drugs, what’s the reality of these “magic bullets”? This is the question posed by Laura Beil at Cure Today. Around a decade ago, targeted therapy rose… Continue reading →

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Self help by the book

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 Self-help books have reached their 150th anniversary and while some say they are no use, certain doctors recommend them, writes Charlie Taylor in today’s Irish Times, Health Supplement. AS THE 150th anniversary of… Continue reading →

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When cancer is a lone journey

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I was very lucky to have great support from family during my cancer treatment. That support was vital to my recovery on both a practical and emotional level. So, I felt quite sad and humbled… Continue reading →

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Extra-ordinary women battling cancer

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The documentary Farrah’s Story finally made it to Irish TV the other night and I was incredibly moved watching Farrah’s struggle to beat cancer. As I watched Farrah fly back and forth between the US and Germany for… Continue reading →

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Survivor guilt

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You would think that surviving cancer would be like holding a winning lottery ticket. After all, you’ve “beaten death” haven’t you? You get to live. You should be elated but it doesn’t always… Continue reading →

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The post-treatment let-down

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Dana Jennings is a reporter and editor at The New York Times. His postings on coping with prostate cancer appear each week at nytimes.com/well. Here Dana writes of an unexpected side-effect of cancer… Continue reading →