Category: Cancer-talk
To the heart of the matter with Jacqueline Wilson
Nic Mitchell tells what it is like to have a cardiac defibrillator implanted after being diagnosed with heart failure – something he shares with children’s author Jacqueline Wilson.
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How to lose weight and fight heart failure
Nic Mitchell describes how he lost a stone (6 kilograms) in weight by accident while fighting heart failure and kept his weight down.
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What’s it like being told you have heart failure?
There is a lot to absorb when you are told you have something as serious as cancer or heart failure, as Nic Mitchell found out twice.
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How tough can it be to stop drinking alcohol?
Nic Mitchell explores just how tough it can be
to give up drinking alcohol after a lifetime working in journalism and higher education public relations?
Brexit, cancer and the unexpected as a freelance
Nic Mitchell looks at a decade running his own freelance business, De la Cour Communications, and what he didn’t expect while promoting student mobility and international higher education.
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Put a face mask on and save Christmas from COVID
Apologies to those who would just wish COVID away, but here’s why a few simple precautions like wearing a face mask could save us from a pre-Christmas lockdown.
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Let’s learn from Downing Street’s Covid nightmare
Didn’t many of us know Boris Johnson mishandled the coronavirus crisis from the start, but perhaps Dominic Cummings has served a purpose in confirming our worst fears
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Balancing the risks with having the AstraZeneca jab
Nic Mitchell explores the balance of risk with the AstraZeneca jab after he had the first dose of the vaccine and says we shouldn’t disregard a star-player in the battle against COVID-19
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Similarities between fighting Cancer and Covid
Nic Mitchell gave some advice to prepare for the COVID-19 at the start of the lockdown based on self-isolating during chemotherapy to fight cancer. How did his predictions turn out?
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Lessons in self-isolation during coronavirus
Nic Mitchell offers some advice on coping with self-isolation from his year fighting cancer
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So what is a colonoscopy all about?
If you’ve managed to survive all the radiotherapy, chemo, surgery and the CT or MRI scanning that...
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Getting the diet right for bowel cancer survivors
Nic Mitchell marks Bowel Cancer Awareness Month by looking at getting the diet right after treatment in a bid to lead something like a normal life again.
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