Mike Gibson is a chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patient who blogs about the physical, emotional and mental experience of having CLL, particularly in the early treatment phases. Mike believes the mental and emotional impact on such patients is often overlooked and actively works to help people in this position. You can e-mail Mike here.
Recently, I've been asked to sign a couple of petitions "demanding that the government" undertake various actions relating to cancer diagnosis and tre…
It's quite a difficult wade through the medical-speak, but this is an interesting summary of the state of play in respect of the management of CLL. It…
No - I'm not randomly blogging the titles of Beatles hits, (although not a bad idea...). Generally I wax lyrical about my experience of going through …
Generally, my inane ramblings have been motivated by whatever my emotions were doing on any particular day. But recently, I just haven't been able to …
So today is World Cancer Day. I don't really know what that means or what it is supposed to achieve but I'm going to use the opportunity to tell you a…
So I guess at sometime in our lives, we've all had anticipation anxiety. You know - the apprehension you feel when waiting for information, or results…
Oh I know what you're thinking! The first thing that popped into your head when diagnosed with leukaemia was "how will this affect my fitness regime?"…
As a cancer patient, I wonder sometimes if I have become more sensitive to the world around me. Speaking entirely personally, I know I have become far…
Comparing size is not helpful. Ok - so we all worked out pretty early in our cancer journey that this particular life experience was unlikely to featu…
This post was first published in November 2019 Many years ago (decades actually), I watched a child screaming in fear as a Doctor prepared an injectio…
This post was originally published in November 2019 Thank you for all the kind thoughts and comments since I’ve been doing these posts on my CLL. I ge…
This post was originally published in early October 2019 I've been quiet for a while recently (I told you - this replaces my sessions with my beloved …
This article was originally published in late September 2019 As I sit here in a little slice of paradise thanks to the largesse of a much loved friend…
This post was originally written in September 2019 I know a number of people in my network are fighting various forms of cancer and (from our chats) i…