You Have Three Brains!
Yes, it's true! I had the wonderful opportunity to speak, with Jana my partner and wife, with the Dream Factory Community, founded and lead by Nancy C…
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Compassion fatigue, the Saviour complex and Benevolent detachment
How to share one another's burdens without carrying them First posted on Adrian's Christian Blog. Whilst it does include some references to Christian…
Five years of living with blood cancer uncertainty: No longer desolate. The battle between hope and reality
Another year has passed. Today is the anniversary, not of my actual diagnosis with blood cancer (that came 22 long days later), but rather the day I b…
Finding myself and becoming friends with my blood despite Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) and Myelofibrosis (MF) #ThisIsBloodCancer
Here is Debra Kay Patella’s story. She started out with Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) and recently morphed into Myelofibrosis (MF) both…
Emotional distress and anxiety – how to get help #ThisIsBloodCancer
Whether you are in watch and wait, in the middle of aggressive treatment, or finished treatment and out the other side with a remission, then anxiety …
Strength in Weakness
Anyone who has a chronic illness is likely to have heard the words “keep strong!” They are normally well meaning words. And in one sense there is noth…
Four Years from diagnosis: acceptance, ongoing challenges, looking better than I feel
There is no point me retelling the story of what happened in the nineteen days between getting sick with pneumonia and the 20 May 2017, the day my dia…
Ask the Expert: It’s okay to not be okay – Listening to your body
Matt Wilson is a personal trainer and coach who has a really great understanding of the mind- body interface. He asked me to have a free flowing conve…
How can patients and their partners or carers best approach a blood cancer diagnosis together
The challenges, the pitfalls, the lessons learnt from over 20 years of a personal journey and learning from others through her work Patient Power Join…
When the Doctor Becomes the Patient – A Blood Cancer Journey
Some people find it is a bit strange when a doctor is the one who is sick. In this 30 min talk I explain what it was like for me, and share a few less…
What can I do to live longer with blood cancer?
What can we do to improve our chances of living for many years after a blood cancer diagnosis? Covers accepting treatment, healthy living, and mental health.
How long will I live with blood cancer?
How long will I live with blood cancer? What is the survival rate? How can we handle such frightening questions? A hope filled approach.
Why “remission” can feel like a crushing blow
I found finishing chemo and being told I was in remission the most difficult time emotionally. It was worse than the initial diagnosis time. Worse than actually going through chemo. Worse than being in hospital with life threatening infections.
Breathing Part One: What are we doing wrong?
Welcome to a new Planet health series exploring how learning to breathe in a different way might improve your energy levels. Join Eric as he introduce…
Handling difficult emotions – the role of friends and therapy
A very difficult childhood. Bereaved of her father at the age of nine. Taken into care. A teenage rebel. Bereaved again of her beloved sister when a y…
Join a Blood Cancer Support Group
You do not have to be alone with your blood cancer. There are ways you can connect with others and get their advice encouragement and support. Some op…
Blood cancer corona-crunch worsens?
Is self isolating getting harder for you as time goes by? Almost 12 weeks ago in a mammoth computer operation the UK government identified a big group…
Why the struggle is what really counts
Sometimes when people ask me how I am I don't quite know what to say. The truthful answer might be one word "struggling". Or even "terrible". I often …
The tyranny of the positive
When I was struggling the most from an emotional perspective with my illness to be honest I found it hard to talk about how I was feeling. Nobody actu…
Anxious Moments
What to do when you are in a moment of feeling totally overwhelmed. Interview with Naomi and Mark from the spiritual Soultime app. See the f…