In this blog post, we talk about the power of your stories and why we include them in our information. We also let you know about some upcoming guest posts.
Your stories can help people see that others have been there too, and that can be really reassuring. Including your experiences helps bring our information to life and engage readers.
Rocio, who was diagnosed with breast cancer and chose to share her story with us…
If you’re a parent, being told you have cancer can bring with it an extra wave of questions and emotions about your children. You may feel anxious about telling them or even whether to tell them. You may immediately think about what will happen to them if you don’t get better. Or you may wrack your brains to come up with an explanation of cancer that your youngest will understand, or wonder how your teenager will react…
If you’re affected by cancer, a holiday can be a chance to put the illness and any treatment behind you, relax and spend time with the people you love. Being in the middle of treatment doesn’t always mean you can’t travel. It may still be possible to plan some time away. Your cancer specialist can tell you if this might be possible and tell you about the best time to go away.
Holidays can be an opportunity…
It’s common to sometimes feel confused or overwhelmed by the sheer volume of different cancer prevention messages. What should we be doing – and not doing – to help reduce our risk?
In the second of our two part blog about cancer prevention, we discuss some of the things that probably aren’t going to make any difference to your risk of cancer. See Part 1 for all the positive lifestyle change you…
It seems that every time you open a newspaper or switch on the news, there’s a different cancer prevention message. The volume of information can be overwhelming – and not helpful when some messages seem to contradict each other.
In the first of a two part blog about cancer prevention, we discuss some of the positive things we could all do to help reduce our risk of cancer.
Why it’s so important
In the…
