In the summer of 2015, my husband and I chose to take a year out and move abroad to Hong Kong. My mother-in-law had suddenly passed away following a second short battle with breast cancer and we thought some time away would...
The nausea left after having a session of chemotherapy is relentless. Many suffer from waves of sickness and nausea saying it feels a bit like a bad hangover. But unlike a bad hangover there has been no fun beforehand and...
Whether it is just for an overnight stay, a few days of post-operative care or an extended time in hospital, being away for any length of time is tough so here are a few ways you can make it just...
Each year 55,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK - that’s one person every 10 minutes. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual campaign during October to increase the awareness of the disease. Misdiagnosis of the disease...
Isolation, loneliness, confusion are all common among those battling cancer but somehow they seem magnified when you are young. No matter how amazing your friends are, they are just less likely to understand as they haven’t had other friends go...
When a friend or family member is diagnosed with cancer, there is shock, sadness, and there’s the inevitable question of what to say. All too often people stumble and hesitate while struggling to find the right words, then out pour...
I set up Not Another Bunch Of Flowers after my own cancer diagnosis - when I realised that my lovely friends and family really wanted to send me presents to show how much they cared and were thinking of me....
Strangely, the side-effects and impact of chemo and other long-term illness treatments on the skin are very rarely talked about in much detail. Hair loss, sickness, increase of infection have reams and reams of advice dedicated to them, but not...
Many patients often talk of “chemo brain” during and after treatment for cancer - stating they have problems with memory recall, concentration and reduced ability to multitask. This can be incredibly frustrating, debilitating even, especially if you are used to multitasking,...
