by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 27, 2019 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Sugar adds calories – whatever it is called Sugar is regarded as a villain; sometimes thought of as a possible cause of certain cancers and other ills, and manufacturers often disguise sugar to make it more acceptable. Livestrong, the US Cancer charity, warns...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 22, 2019 | Post Treatment
Possible signs and symptoms of cancer Often Doctors don’t tell us, but reading the press and talking to fellow patients, we begin to realise that, rather than giving us immunity, having had cancer we have a chance of getting another dose. For six months I asked...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 21, 2019 | Joint and other Pain
See our Cookie Policy for details. Accept New pain organ discovered in the skin Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new sensory receptor organ that is able to detect painful mechanical damage, such as pricks and impacts. The...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 19, 2019 | News
Don’t talk of ‘Fighting’ when dealing with cancer Told I had to ‘fight’ cancer, when all I wanted to do was follow my treatment plan and work at getting better, I didn’t think of it as a fight. As The Guardian says, “language...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 19, 2019 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Advice from Livestrong Don’t feel guilty about eating frozen fruit or veg A recent email from Livestrong, the giant US cancer charity, removed the guilt from my shopping. They say “produce selected for freezing is harvested when it’s ripe, rather...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 16, 2019 | Diary Archive
Recently the media was full of stories saying that medical cannabis was to be available on the NHS to help control pain. Yet so far it seems only two patients had managed to get a prescription. Friends have to pay to get this, but why? Interviewing Andrew Lansley...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 14, 2019 | Tips & Tricks
A cancer patient has designed a new “Baby on board”-style badge to help people like him get a seat on busy Tube services. – And also buses one supposes One evening I climbed on a bus at Aldgate. As I made my way to the Priority seats, I noticed it...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 10, 2019 | Skin Problems
Skin is our largest organ, Reflecting changes in your health, cancer treatment can cause major changes, leaving you with nasties such as this pair of cracked painful feet – or rough, scaly, or flaking skin excessive itching gray or ashy-looking skin in people...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 5, 2019 | Treatment & Massage
Feeling forgotten – abandond – overlooked? We’re excited when told we have fnished treatment. Some even get to ring a bell. What we can never imagine is having to deal with numeous problems caused by long term side effects from treatment;. Some...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 1, 2019 | News
Warch out for massive NHS contract tendering It’s quiet on the NHS tendering front – for the moment – but watch out for a flurry of activity once the Party Conferences get underway. Politics has given us a leader who slips on banana skins: buying...
