by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 20, 2019 | Tips & Tricks
Facebook reverses decision Facebook banned a post from an artist who recreates nipples on women whose breasts have been reconstructed after cancer. However, after a group of women led by British tattoo artist Vicky Martin flew a giant balloon in protest at...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 19, 2019 | Diary Archive
Patients have the drive and motivitation to search for the best care, so when we take time to do our research and work out what is causing frightening side effects, why don’t doctors listen to us? Admit that we know and understand what is causing problems....
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 14, 2019 | Exercising
Exercise is cheap – and effective The NHS says exercise helps boost recovery, and unlike many schemes, it needn’t cost anything. Yet another ‘initiative’ is appearing at a local surgery near you: Social Prescribing (SP). Basically this is an...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 8, 2019 | Skin Problems
Almost every cancer survivor has skin problems And Winter winds can make them worse. When you have cancer, skin problems seem to multiply. Drugs we are on do no favours to our skin support system; scientists cheerfully tell us to expect the toxins in the treatments...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 3, 2019 | NHS
Don’t patients have rights too? NHS hospitals have notices saying that ‘we treat patients with DIGNITY’. What’s dignified about being ignored when waiting for a badly-needed bedpan? Or having your case discussed over your head, as though you...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 1, 2019 | News
Basher Boris v. Crafty Corbyn start Electioneering slugging it out over NHS ‘facts’ All politicians will claim that the NHS, first discussed during the 1930s, worked on during the War, and eventually launched in 1948, is ‘dear to their hearts’....
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 27, 2019 | Tips & Tricks
Dear cancer survivor, I am NOT going to lecture or say you MUST do/eat/read/this – enough ‘friends’ will bore you with pet theories. You will get used to them; smile sweetly and say nothing! The best advice I had was from a friend who chaired a...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 18, 2019 | News
Why I am grateful for Dana-Farber Cancer Hospital I have many reasons to be grateful to this hospital. I’ve never been a patient, but the news that their Dr. William G. Kaelin, had been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine made me very happy. Why am a fan...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 11, 2019 | Treatment & Massage
You’ve Survived Cancer What Next? Cancer generally comes as a big shock. During treatment, you struggle to get through the hospital production line and stay positive. Comes the great day when you have your last treatment – now you can plan for the rest of your...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 4, 2019 | News
Do petitions clutter your in-box ? Is it all getting too much? Can’t even remember what you support? Londoners are constantly in the thick of demonstrations. When these started many of us joined in. But gradually we discovered those marching were often there...
