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A week after World Mental Health Day on the 10th of October we’re back with the second part of Greg’s series “Unseeing the bus.” In this three-part series for the Community News blog, Greg shares his experience of mental health in the face of a cancer diagnosis. If you haven’t read part one of the series, you can catch up here. Why not take a minute to read Greg's inspiringly honest account?
Unseeing the bus: #2
“Live in the moment because tomorrow you might get...
Today Debbie shares her recipe for a delicious roasted tomato and basil risotto, which sounds wonderfully warming on a cold October day!
All of Debbie’s recipes are of course designed with Ostomates in mind, and in case you’d missed any of her recipes to date, you can find them all in our Ileostomy, colostomy and stoma support group here.
Enjoy…
Roasted Tomato and Basil Risotto - Serves 4, easily halved
This risotto is so easy and takes no time at all to make. Use any fresh tomato soup...
Marie - October 2019
Hello lovely peeps!
I have just finished my last chemotherapy 2 days ago (6 cycles) and thought I would share some insights with the community based on my experience so far - while the steroids are still working at keeping me on my feet! rofl
I don't use the forums much, so apologies if I'm repeating things that have been said before or elsewhere, or that you all know about anyway, but I want to share my personal experience to date as it might be of some help to others who are...
So I was expecting to have a tonsillectomy to get rid of my swollen and lumpy tonsil. It didn't quite turn out as simple as expected. The surgeon straight away said " we might not remove it as we need know what it is first" . So I went under anaesthetic really not knowing what was going to happen.
The operation went to plan - whatever the plan was - and I woke up without a tonsil. I didn't have a huge amount of pain immediately afterwards and even managed an NHS sandwich that evening...
Today, October 10th marks World Mental Health Day – a day for global mental health education, awareness, and an advocacy against its social stigma.
One of our members who suffered with depression as a result of his diagnosis, Greg, has agreed to share some of his thoughts in a 3-part Community News series entitled ‘Unseeing the bus’.
‘Unseeing the bus’ carries an incredibly positive message for anyone struggling with their mental health. I’ve shared below a few quotes Greg sent...
So the referral to the local hospital came through quickly which was great. So I arrived one Friday towards the end of June. The Doctor was fine and suggested she have a look by sticking a camera up my nose. What an offer! So up it went and she had a look around. She suggested that it seemed to be not to bad and that it was probably nothing to much to worry about. So next thing would be to get it removed and everything would be fine. How I wish that would have been the case, but I'm getting ahead...
It’s October already, and with it another ‘Wellbeing Wednesdays’ summary. So, grab yourself a cuppa, get cosy, and take in some tops tips from the Community for the past month.
"A busy mind won't have time to think about other things. This is easier said than done but in time it will get easier" (Tony Soprano)
“Deep breathing really helped – I needed a psychologist at one point, and he did some breathing with me, and at the end, I honestly felt a calmness...
Last Friday, September 26th marked Mesothelioma Awareness Day, and to recognise this Mesothelioma.com got in touch a while back, asking if I'd like to help them raise a further awareness of Mesothelioma, the dangers of asbestos and other asbestos-related diseases.
Below is a summary as to what the day's all about:
Mesothelioma Awareness Day (MAD) strives to inform others about this rare cancer caused by asbestos.
The ramifications of asbestos exposure have lasted far past its first connection...
The beginning.
At some point in the summer of 2019 I started to notice a feeling of something stuck in my throat. Having a look in the mirror was a bit tricky and although my right tonsil was swollen i didn't pay much attention. I should say I suffered from bad tonsil infections in my youth and when I saw it swollen again I didn't pay much attention. I gargled with salt water for a week or so, then had another look.
This time there was definitely something on my tonsil - something that could...
The last blog post I wrote made me think further about living well in the face of living with cancer, and transitioning into feeling positive intuitively.
I was thinking that living with cancer is amongst other things a time of living with both reflections and actions. Looking backwards can be a little dangerous and frustrating, because that old question “what if” can’t be answered. I think everyone with, or affected by cancer, asks themselves that a lot, especially initially, but there...
