Whatever your reason for travelling abroad after a cancer diagnosis, it’s important to consider getting travel insurance. It can cover your luggage and personal belongings, cancellation, and curtailment.
Long-term and late effects of cancer treatment are sometimes difficult to find information on. In today’s blog, Information Development Nurse Teri talks about some of the long-term and late physical effects of treatment, and ways to manage them.
For most people, the side effects of cancer treatment begin to improve once their treatment has finished. For some people, however, the side effects don’t completely go…
We all deal with stress in our day-to-day routine. But stress can easily become too hard to manage, harming our physical and mental health. April is Stress Awareness Month and in this blog, editor Helena suggests some ways to cope with stress and manage some of its side effects.
1) Change up your location
Get some fresh air
Something as simple as breathing in fresh air can help when stress gets out of control. When you…
February 28th is Rare Disease Day. It aims to raise awareness about rare diseases, including rare cancers, and the impact they can have on people’s lives. About one in five people with cancer in the UK (20%) have a rare cancer.
In this blog, editor Sadie takes a look at what rare cancers are and the extra challenges having a rare cancer can bring. We will also suggest ways of coping with these challenges if you…
It’s that time of year again. Nights are drawing in and the temperatures are dropping. Winter is certainly coming. And along with winter comes the usual array of coughs and sneezes, including flu. Getting an annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect yourself from the flu. But what about if you have cancer? Is it safe? Why is the flu vaccine so important? In this blog, our expert information development nurse Richard…
