While many people are now figuring out how best to work from home, I’m still adjusting to “not” working from home. It’s been nearly a year and a half since I went on long term sick and I’m still finding it hard.  I have been working since I was 17, no breaks, no sabbaticals, no…

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Is it just me, or are there other cancer patients who are just a little bit defiant? I don’t know why but I just can’t seem to do what I’m told, comply with instructions, or act in any sort of subservient manner. Its driving my wife mad. I think I’m taking this virus very seriously,…

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I’m not sure what to do. I don’t know who to talk to. How seriously do I need to take this corona virus? Am I hight risk or just vulnerable? Will I die? Frightening questions most people never need to consider. I was in hospital two weeks ago having my fifth procedure to remove more…

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Everyone I’ve met deals with this disease in their own way, many very differently to me. These are some of the things I do to cope ;  Seek Help You’re not alone. The Cancer Club is bigger than you think, full of people that want to help, many of them professionally trained. When I got…

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Physical Healing – Diet “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates There is no doubt that what we eat has a direct impact on our health. Our diets have changed dramatically over the years and while advice on what is good and bad may be subtly different from time to time, the fact remains…

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Physical Healing – Exercise Tough one this, I do prefer to sit on my arse rather than do anything resembling exercise. I’d really like to go down the pub instead of doing any exercise, but my diet regime won’t allow it! So, it would seem that doing exercise is generally considered good for you. In…

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I often look back over the past few years while I’ve been dealing with this disease, and I come across thoughts I’ve written down to help me cope.  This one was interesting and was written before I was given the incurable prognosis – at this point I had been through bowel surgery, 5 weeks of…

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Two years ago I was given the incurable prognosis. This is the extract from My Story I will never forget that moment…   March 2018 February scan. Results on March 5th, 2018. We drove to meet my oncologist to hear the news. It’s a fair way, round the M25, which is never great in rush hour.…

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Can your mood or state of mind really make a difference to your physical well-being? I’ve never really considered it until I was diagnosed with cancer.   I’ve read a little and now I have seen the science behind this, I get it, and I’m starting to believe more in the mind body spirit connection as…

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