by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 28, 2020 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
What we need to eat as cancer survivors Doctors, physios, nutritionists and everyone else tell us we must eat healthily. This photo shows fish and vegetables piled high with recommended suitable foods. But, when flat out with fatigue, which one of us has time or...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 20, 2020 | Skin Problems
Using Rose and Lavender as antiseptics As if life wasn’t boring enough, we are told to use non-perfumed skincare – in fact many manufacturers make a big thing of their products being ‘non-perfumed’. And how boring that gets! So why not use...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 8, 2020 | Post Treatment
Goalposts move again Brace yourselves! Don’t think the ‘promised’ £38 billion for the NHS is going to benefit cancer care very much. Yet again the goalposts have moved, so isn’t it time the NHS made a New Year Resolution to tell us the...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 3, 2020 | Neuropathy
WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO ME AS A PATIENT WITH NEUROPATHY NHS Choices says Peripheral neuropathy develops when nerves in the body’s extremities, such as the hands, feet and arms are damaged. The symptoms depend on which nerves are affected. It then goes on to...
by Verite Reily Collins | Dec 27, 2019 | NHS
Fighting hovering Vultures After the Election it was expected the ‘private’ boys would be first off the mark, selling their services to the NHS and waiting to cherry-pick contracts to run NHS services. But it was the ‘Petition’ lot –...
