Tackling two challenges after bowel cancer
TWO big issues have haunted me since my treatment for bowel cancer in 2015 – insomnia and sudden...
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Tag: chemotherapy
Moving from being cancer sufferer to survivor
It is now a year since my six months of post-operation chemotherapy finally drew to a close and I...
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Helping cancer patients through the dark patches
More and more people are surviving cancer, but as I mentioned in my last blog ‘You are not alone:...
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Handling the end of cancer treatment!
I never believed anyone might actually miss the routine that takes over your life during a year of...
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Road back to normality after chemo ‘house arrest’
Thanks to everyone for following my story about beating bowel cancer for the last year. In this...
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A year in the life of fighting cancer
As the New Year kicks into gear, I can’t pretend not to breathe a sigh of relief that 2015 is...
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Coping with chemotherapy
It is now two months since starting my second round of chemotherapy and I’d like to share thoughts...
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How cancer treatment is a bit like Snakes and Ladders!
It can feel like a game of Snakes and Ladders when you are undergoing cancer treatment. One moment...
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Getting prepared in mind & body for your cancer op!
When I left you last time, I was preparing to go into James Cook University Hospital for my bowel...
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What’s radiotherapy and chemo like?
I hope this series of ‘Cancer-talk’ blogs is as helpful to non-cancer patients as it is to those...
Read MoreBeating bowel cancer – introducing ‘Cancer-talk’
You are never quite prepared for being told you have cancer. There is still, what shall we call it, a stigma surrounding cancer that makes it difficult to talk about. Even some medical people struggle when talking about it to...
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