OPINION When I was diagnosed, I was happy with my own research and kept away from forums on the advice of a fellow patient who said they can be overly negative. Just before my second major operation in 2011, I decided to take the plunge and registered with an online web forum (not a Facebook […]
Last year I wrote a series of articles on the ‘coping’ side of cancer, one of which was about still being able to have a laugh. This was my way of saying no matter how tough life is, you need to stay positive and maintain your sense of humour. When I think back to some […]
I first wrote this article in December 2014. My thoughts went back to my first surgery in 2010 when I was discharged 4 weeks before Christmas. I had been diagnosed with metastatic Neuroendocrine Cancer in July 2010 having been told it was incurable. However, with ‘debulking’ surgery, my Oncologist said my prognosis could be significantly […]
I’m still here I was 54 years and 9 months old at diagnosis on 26th July 2010. For the first few months, I had no idea what the outcome would be. What I did know at the time, given the final staging, grading, and other damage that was accumulated via various tests, checks, and scans; […]
I’ve always had a ‘sweet tooth’ and the softer the sweet the better – toffee, marshmallows, chocolate, jelly babies, jelly beans, fruit pastilles, fudge, liquorice allsorts, ‘tablet’ and macaroon bars (both from Scotland), are all on my list of favourites. In terms of desserts, I love those too – ice cream, cheese cake, meringue, cake, sponge […]
