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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Tag: James Cook University Hospital
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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You are not alone: life after cancer
Coping with life after cancer can be tougher than you’d think. But you no longer have to face it...
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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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Handling your cancer operation and the after effects!
This has proved the hardest blog to write in my ‘Cancer-talk’ series because many of the things I...
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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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Why April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
When you’ve just found out you’ve got bowel cancer, I’m not sure you really want to be told that...
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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