How are you feeling today?
July 6, 2019
From guest blogger Jane Bissell
It's a simple question.Often we'll ask something similar when we see our friends, or talk to them on the phone: "How are you?" And then we might enhance that by adding, "Hope you've been well during this awful winter we've been having. S...
Is there a good side to having cancer?
June 13, 2019
From guest blogger Jane Bissell
I always remember early on after my diagnosis I was watching Olivia Newton-John being interviewed on TV and she said that having cancer was 'the best thing that ever happened' to her.Hmm.I recall at the time being slightly horrified because I ...
Information overload on diagnosis day
June 5, 2019
From guest blogger Jane Bissell
Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer will often say that it's an 'information overload.'
To hear that you have breast cancer, and then to be given folders, pamphlets, and many sheets of paper is sometimes more than we can handle with...
Simple things like boiled eggs and soldiers
May 27, 2019
From guest blogger Jane Bissell When I was having chemotherapy for breast cancer, the simplest things took on greater meanings, and the routine often became a challenge.
Eating could be problematic. The first week or so after a chemo treatment, it was hard to know ...
What is the 'right' thing to do after cancer?
April 5, 2018
By Jane Bissell
During a recovery from breast cancer, we're often fearful that we're doing the wrong thing when it comes to helping ourselves - but what is the 'right thing'?
This can be particularly stressful when treatment is finished, because when we're under the continual care of our me...
'Tis the season to be jolly ...
November 28, 2017
" ... but I've just been diagnosed with breast cancer."
Everyone is decorating their homes, shopping for gifts, buying up large for Christmas dinners and celebrations, and going to end-of-year parties … there's an air of fun, frivolity, and summer plans.
You have been given a diagnosis of breast cancer.The impact of a diag...