My oldest friend (who I’ve known for nearly 50 years) has finally finished her cancer treatment, so I wanted to give you a Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma update. I wrote about her journey back in August, when she’d recently had her diagnosis […]
My oldest friend has recently been diagnosed with cancer. Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) to be precise and I wanted to share some of the positive elements she’s experienced since starting her treatment, in the hope that it might reassure any […]
Figures have been released ahead of the Children with Cancer UK conference which is taking place in London this week and it is terrifying to read that there has been a 40% rise in our young people being diagnosed with […]
If this wasn’t for such a good cause I really would NOT be posting this photograph of myself on my blog. I’ve seen quite a lot of the smear selfies today and most of the women look rather sexy – […]
Welcome to the month of Movember, rapidly becoming a fixture in lots of males’ diaries – such a simple and effective way of raising money for a very good cause, with a huge amusement factor thrown in for good measure. […]
How typical. Just as I write a post on being single, new research appears to tell us all that if you are married you are less likely to die of cancer. “Men and women who have tied the knot were […]
Myself and a few girlfriends walked the walk (not all of it I have to admit) this morning for World Child Cancer – a very small, but significant charity raising money for children with cancer in developing countries. Even small […]
I tried a recipe yesterday given to me by the World Child Cancer charity and they worked out really well. The charity improves cancer diagnosis, treatment and care for some of the world’s poorest children and they need our help […]
Happy Valentine's Day to you all. I hope you are wallowing in a bath full of red roses, swathed in candlelight and stuffing your face full of chocolates. Unfortunately that didn't quite happen to me - as I sat in my bath this afternoon indulgently eating marmite on toast and drinking tea, I accidentally dropped my entire cup of tea in the bath with me - consequently yellow water and crumbs from my marmite on toast had to compensate for rose petals which didn't quite work for me.
I have made my choice of competition winner for the lovely box of Rococo chocolates:- 
There were over 50 entries, at different posts and/or sites and we had some very good answers. But there was one outstanding response - she wasn't sure she wanted to enter - didn't want to get the sympathy vote. I told her not to be ridiculous. Sympathy votes work well at times like this and so, the prize goes to my lovely friend who is having to go through yet another round of chemotherapy, her winning response to my question:
"You know you're in love when"....
is:-
"You know when you are in love when… you can hardly move, you can’t think, you can’t function but something in you tells you to keep going through the storm – despite the tears – for you are in love with life itself xx
She started a blog recently. You should check it out:- Jo Blogz. She's written a recent post about meeting HRH The Duchess of Cornwall at Anna's event and also writes movingly about the how she has coped with the days leading up to the event with yet another round of chemotherapy and about how awful she was feeling during her treatment. She's an amazing person with a wonderfully strong spirit and if anyone is going to beat bloody cancer, she will. She deserves to win the box of chocolates more than anyone else in the world.
I love my job. To be honest, it is one of the components of my life that has kept me (arguably) sane during the last few years of turmoil AND according to new research in “Medicine & Science In Sport […]
