Yard Sale for the Cure
For Rachael Smith, diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and now in remission,‘cancer’ means ‘community’ and so she created Yard Sale for the Cure. It’s an annual event where households across the country… Continue reading
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Farrah and Ryan to wed
Ryan O’Neal has revealed on a U. S. chatshow that he will marry Farrah Fawcett. ‘I used to ask her to marry me all the time. But it just got to be a… Continue reading
“Voice of survivors”
“Voices of Survivors” is an organization, founded by Lynn Lane, a documentarty filmmaker and a cancer survivor. It is devoted to exploring ‘survivorship’ and what that means to the individual ‘survivor’, whether… Continue reading
Mind-body connection
Great post today by Dr Christiane Northrup, at the Huffington Post, on the science of the mind-body connection. She writes: “People often ask, “How can we become healthy in our current society?” If you… Continue reading
Keeping the memory of a loved one alive
Yesterday I wrote about Samantha Lehman who set up the Warwick Foundation in memory of her brother, who died from cancer. On a similar theme, I came across a short video piece on… Continue reading
Improving doctor-patient communication
I am delighted to learn that the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has launched an online education program that coaches healthcare professionals on skills they may never have been taught… Continue reading
Write a letter to cancer
If you could write a letter to your cancer, what would you say? What words would spill onto the page, words of sadness? anger? despair? or hope? gratitude? I believe that writing is a… Continue reading
Returning to work after cancer
Some of us choose to work right through our treatment for cancer, while others will find themselves on certified sick leave for a period of time. This may be of a few months duration,… Continue reading
Safe grilling during the summer season
We have had some beautiful sunny weather here in Ireland recently, and that means the barbecue comes out of retirement for the first time since last summer. Nothing says summer quite like that wonderful… Continue reading
