Spicy butternut soup – a welcome winter warmer
In this cold weather I crave a really warming spicy soup. Not only is this an orange immunity-boosting vegetable but it also has magic ginger; and parsley from the garden. […]
Tag Archives: cancer
Great news for melanoma patients & immunotherapy research
Half of people diagnosed with advanced melanoma, which once had dismal survival rates, are now living for five years or more when they receive a combination immunotherapy treatment, a study […]
Falling apart from top to toe
Ok so this is not an overnight thing. As many of you will know it started almost 6 years ago with my soft tissue sarcoma in my calf, then two […]
Never give up hope – still being adventurous after losing my calf
This summer we visited Indonesia. We dived with whale sharks in Papua, saw amazing coral gardens in Cenderawasih Bay and then went to see the Orangutangs before they are wiped […]
Four and half years cancer-free!
Every six months I go and see the Marsden people. This year I was slightly more anxious than normal – ie not very, but a bit – as my sarcoma […]
Update on the ‘best pins in Africa’
‘How are the best pins in Africa?’ This is how my chum Patrick Mavros greets me. I keep telling him they ain’t wot they used to be, one calf-less leg […]
George Monbiot: I have prostate cancer & I am happy
Here’s a shining example of taking control of your illness. Monbiot’s positivity, encapsulated by the English saying, Cheer up it could be worse, will see him through this. We need […]
Four years cancer free – and the rest!
The festive season has for the past four years been cause for real celebration for me. Yesterday I went to the Marsden, had my chest x-ray and a good chat […]
Exploding the myth of #cleaneating
I have never used the words or hashtag #cleaneating in any of my blogs; as you know I have always been sceptical about the claims of Ella and her […]
New evidence on the importance of #optimism giving you a longer life
There is new evidence, on a good sample over a number of years, of the importance of optimism. If you remember the article I posted at the very beginning of […]
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