My Top Ten Gifts of Cancer

My Top Ten Gifts of Cancer

Gifts are different to perks. They transform the quality of your life and make indelible imprints on your soul. They make you sincerely grateful for having this terrible disease. Today this is my top ten gifts of cancer: Writing again, which was what I always wanted...
My Top Ten Miss List

My Top Ten Miss List

I have radically changed my lifestyle since being diagnosed with cancer and, even though much of what I miss is self-imposed for well-researched reasons, I don’t miss them any the less.  These are my top ten: Red wine, cheese, salami and crispy bacon (not that I...
My Top Ten Perks of Cancer

My Top Ten Perks of Cancer

As silver linings go there are big ones and small ones. Perks are different to gifts because they make life a little easier rather than augmenting the soul! These are my current top ten perks of cancer : Blue badge parking (major stress buster) Being let off thank you...
Don’t Be a Patient (10 tips)

Don’t Be a Patient (10 tips)

One of my initial doctors on this daunting journey was the diagnostician who reviewed my first CT scan, sent me for a PET scan and conducted my bronchoscopy (not for the feint-hearted). He was the one who first told me I had cancer before handing me over to an...