Cancer
The New Year’s resolutions of a cancer patient
My life living with secondary breast cancer means that every day is like New Year, every day I have to pledge to live that day better than the last.
By Ismena Clout | Notebook | Monday, 7 January 2013 at 11:15 am
Secondary breast cancer: With a little help from my friends
I could not walk this secondary breast cancer road without my family and friends supporting me and holding my hand. They are the people I cry on, the people who accompany me to appointments and the people that I am fighting to stay alive for.
By Ismena Clout | Health, Notebook | Tuesday, 18 December 2012 at 12:40 pm
Secondary breast cancer: Scary times
What’s that new pain? Where is it? How bad is it? What type of pain is it? How long has it been hurting? It’s the last question that becomes the most pertinent when living with secondary breast cancer. If it’s been more than 48 hours then it’s time to call the hospital and get their guidance.
By Ismena Clout | Health, Notebook | Tuesday, 11 December 2012 at 2:13 pm
Cancer testing – yes or no? Either way, screen out the fear
Is screening for early identification of the symptoms of “the Big C” vital for your health? Or is it a slippery slope to potentially damaging and invasive treatments for something that might never develop?
By Tony Lobl | Health, Notebook | Tuesday, 4 December 2012 at 4:01 pm
Secondary breast cancer: Never saying never
Those are the statements that go around my head all the time, there are plenty more and I’ll share those with you over the coming months. They sit on my shoulders and shadow my consciousness most of the time. But occasionally I am able to forget, the weight lifts and it’s lovely.
By Ismena Clout | Notebook | Thursday, 22 November 2012 at 6:00 am
Jenny Downham: ‘I asked everyone I met what they would do if they had a terminal diagnosis’
Jenny Downham, the author of “Before I Die”, about a young girl living with a terminal diagnosis, has just seen her book turned into the new film, “Now is Good” (out this week), starring Dakota Fanning.
By Emily Jupp | Arts, Film | Saturday, 6 October 2012 at 6:00 am
Secondary breast cancer: ‘I live with a black hole for the future so the present is all I can enjoy’
The hardest thing about this journey for me is having to accept that life has changed. In my head I’m still the strong Issy that nothing affects, when in reality it’s more like I’m held up with cheap scaffolding, anything can knock one of those supports out, from bones flaring up to new pains or needing wheelchairs when I’m embarking on big days out.
By Ismena Clout | Notebook | Tuesday, 2 October 2012 at 4:00 am
Women in Science: Using flies to fight cancer
My research group is interested in cell growth and cancer – we work on human cancer cells, but many of our ideas have come from studying growth in flies.
By Dr Deborah Goberdhan | Notebook, Science & Technology | Thursday, 12 July 2012 at 4:00 am
Why we need to protect children from second-hand smoke
Yesterday was a reassuringly positive day. I tabled the second reading of my Smoke-free Private Vehicles Bill, which aims to legislate against people smoking in the car when children are on board. Whilst no peer voiced objection to the principle that children need protection, there was some debate over the method through which this could be achieved.
By Lord Ribeiro | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 2:00 am
From paralysis to prose: How I came to write a book to help you through shit times
‘One day’, I thought as I lay completely paralysed, ‘I would like to write a book that will help somebody else to get through a shit time’. When I was diagnosed with cancer and my boyfriend dumped me, I realised that day had come.
By Jessica Jones | Arts, Health | Monday, 23 April 2012 at 2:03 pm
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