Why are Brits so bashful about their naughty bits?
Earlier this week there was a fuss (well, a major frisson, anyway) in the British media because one of its popular morning TV shows showed a doctor demonstrating how men should examine their testicles for potentially cancerous lumps – using a live male model on which to demonstrate. The majority of viewers thought it was OK, [...]
Cancer: death sentence or wake-up call?
Is cancer beginning to make the transition between fatal disease, and the chronic, long-term variety? Here writer, author, cancer patient and cancer services voluntary worker Suzan St Maur shares her views on how cancer really affects us today. For most people a diagnosis of cancer creates panic and despair. In a few cases they’re right [...]
#alicebucketlist – Really?
Anyone who is anyone online must have heard of the story of 15 year old Alice Pyne. She’s a terminally ill cancer sufferer, and decided to put her ‘bucket list’ online. A bucket list is a wishlist of the things you would like to do in life. I came across Alice’s blog because of Twitter [...]
Breast Cancer Basics…
I am fortunate, so far I have avoided breast cancer so this article isn’t from the heart or experience, but cold hard research. Image via Wikipedia Breast cancer is the most common kind of cancer found in women. This post is not about checking for lumps, but the other questions that I would like to [...]
Having your Cake and eating it – Macmillan and Us
My husband doesn’t really like doing his washing in public, but for me – well I think a trouble shared is a trouble halved, apart from that I love clichés. It’s that horrid “Cancer” word that does it you know, not nice to say it in relation to anyone close to you….you do get used [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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