Cancer And Sharp Elbows
johndabell Sometimes cancer requires us to communicate with sharp elbows when it comes to pursuing personalised care and improving quality of life outcomes. Being a patient with elbows creates space for…
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Cancer And Going The Extra Mile
Going the extra mile means to do more than one is required to do and be willing to make a special effort to achieve something. The ‘extra mile’ is that…
Cancer And The Red Carpet
When you have cancer treatment should you also get a bit of the ‘red carpet treatment’ too? Cancer is a tough experience so anything that can make it more bearable…
Cancer, Mission Control And Taking Risks
The nerve centre for American human spaceflight is NASA’s Mission Control Centre in the Johnson Space Centre, Houston. It has been described as something like an emergency call centre or…
Cancer And Good News
One of the hardest parts of cancer can be getting good news. That sounds counterintuitive. How can getting good news be anything other than a good thing? Well, getting it…
Cancer: All The World’s A Stage
Exit stage left. Exit stage right. As a Stage IV head and cancer patient, I’m not interested in leaving the stage. I intend to stay on it for as long…
Making Sense Of Cancer
Is it possible to ever make sense of cancer? Cancer appears to make no sense whatsoever. Why would the body attack itself and press the self-destruct button? Isn’t this biological…
Cancer And The Self-Contract
I was recently asked how I motivate myself on the days when I don’t really feel like going for a walk outside. It’s a good question because it gets to…
Being A Hope-aholic
Hello, my name is John and I’m a hope-aholic. It has been 2 minutes since my last hopeful thought. “Hope-aholic” (n.). Someone who never loses hope and has an unshakable…
Cancer And Being Positive
I’ve often heard and read people on social media saying something along the lines that a positive attitude won’t cure cancer. No it won’t. I don’t actually know anyone that…