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This is my seventh 7th post / blog
It has been over a year since I had nanonife surgery to remove growth in prostrate. diagnosed january 2018 with Gleason 7 PSA 17, cancer was contained in gland. I have always remained cautious about singing the praises of nanonife as it is still not widely available and long term results have not been published.
My choice to go down the nanonife route was due to the advise given that
a) non invasive surgery b} great recovery time c} does not stop other treatment...
Following last month's 'Meet the Champs' Q&A with MikeO, this month we meet latchbrook, who’s been with the Community since early 2017. You'll find latchbrook champing our Melanoma, Skin cancer and Travel insurance groups, and also welcoming newbies to the Community in our New to the Community group, and giving them a ‘nudge’ in the right direction - what a busy Champion she is!
This time last year, I was sitting by my husband's bedside in the hospital and I said the words that were the most beautiful and the most heart-breaking words I would ever say: It is okay if you want to let go now."
Those words were the most beautiful and loving words I could say to him. I knew how courageously he had been battling with prostate cancer for 15 years. I knew how sick he had become, particularly in the last six weeks of his life,. I knew how little strength he had left. I...
This week marks Dying Matters Awareness Week, and to recognise this, David – author of our recent Life after cancer piece, is back to share his thoughts on death – in particular, his recent visit to a Death Café – something he describes as being a “remarkable” experience.
David’s piece also coincides with Macmillan’s current ‘Let’s Talk About Death’ campaign, which seeks to encourage people to have conversations about death and plans for it. You can find out...
The human body is a highly complex machine which man is unable to understand or create yet. The way it functions is amazing. The heart is most efficient mechanical pump which works incessantly, the brain is a super computer with immense capacity, the nervous system fastest communication network . Man is yet to learn how to make one. The mind is man’s faculty of thinking, reasoning, and applying knowledge and manifested through man’s thoughts, actions, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. The...
Well there you have it in the title No measurable disease, let’s hope this is the start of remaining clear for a long time.
To recap this last cancer episode, in April 2018 a scan showed an enlarged lymph node so it was suggested by an oncologist I had never seen before that I should have surgery to take it out. However logical it may seem to anyone reading this, it was not logical to me as back in July 2015 when I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma too many nodes were affected and surgery...
Very tasty and easy to prepare fish dish. If you follow the recipe verbatim, it is quite spicy which may not suit everyone. If you want to tone down the spiceiness, omit the cayenne pepper and the chili flakes. If you want to turn the heat up, substitute Szechuan pepper for the black pepper. Best of all, this recipe only needs 1 pan for the salmon and the prawns and 1 for the rice.
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Finding out you have cancer can be an incredibly emotional and challenging experience. There’ll likely be more than enough questions and concerns running through your head without having to worry about the small things - such as, “what should I bring with me to the hospital when I go for treatment?”
I’ve compiled suggestions across the Community from our members, and put them together to form a small check-list.
“Trashy TV, films on iPad or DVDs…Favourite music, comfy headphones...
A very simple but nutritous vegetable soup that is delicious with a crusty loaf. A winter favourite that can be made early in the day and is ready for an evening meal (plus it makes the house smell great).
Serves : LOTS
Preparation time : 20 minutes
Cooking time : 4 hours
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Versatile but simple tuna based recipe that can be served as a dry salad, wet salad, wrap or as a tuna "canneloni".
This is very much a "seat of the pants" recipe and everyone I've given it to has modified it to suit their families tastes. Some only use 1 can of tuna, some substitute baby spinach for the shallots, some omit the olives, some use highly flavoured tomato sauces and some prefer plain old ordinary passata.
It's really up to your families tastes and preferences...
