A Complicated Web
Thoughts on what is and what isn’t CLL related. After 12 years of watch and wait I started treatment in 2017. I had Ibrutinib first and transferred to…
health and wellbeing
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…
Not everything natural is good for you. Don’t reject modern medicines and hope supplements will heal you instead
Supplements vs Medicines Some people believe supplements are “natural” and therefore feel comfortable to take them whilst some of the same peoole are …
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…
Sour Dough Spelt Scones
Today I introduce a new section of our site. A home for awesome (=A1), heavenly, mostly healthy. and easy to cook recipes. Several of our authors plan…
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.
Nutrition Discussion – What drives our choices?
How do I decide what to eat? Someone offers it and I want to be agreeable = SOCIAL I like the taste, the flavour/aroma just before it enters my mouth.…
Health Before Fitness
It is not unusual for people to take up fitness activities in the hope of becoming healthy. Fitness is really an expression of health suggesting that …
One-Pointed Attention – What is that?
Humans have wonderful minds and mine is always busy. I will often find myself thinking about the past or worrying about the future. And yet I must adm…
Intermittent Fasting
When a new idea is presented, our tendency is to defend what is familiar to us. Nothing could be more sacred that our habitual ways of eating and drin…
Breathing Part 3 – Nose Breathing can have a profound health benefit
The conclusion of the Planet Health Breathing can save your life series.
The importance of routine for health
In this introduction to last weeks regular Zoom call Eric Clark shared a conversation starter on the subject of building a healthy routine. …
Catastrophic System Failure-Why the Support Group Concept is so Important
This life is so strange. We hopefully live life as healthy individuals at least until age 40 or age 50, but inevitably, these bodies break down. Then,…
Breathing Part Two: What does the science say?
When we are challenged to learn something new as children, we usually rely on what others say. It may be a parent, a teacher, a book or a TV program. …
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…
Is Health a Choice?
Depending upon the moment I ask you this question, you may answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Modern life seems to be a competition for our time and attention. Eve…
The Itch from Within-Hyper IgE Syndrome or something else?
This is a very serious post. I do not have any jokes about pets or condiments this time. As I felt sickness overcome me three times in the last 2 week…
Welcome to Planet Health
Diverse experiences have shaped me, including living in Switzerland for a year and then Congo-DRC for 6 years. I was involved in community development…
Ashwagandha Use in the Fatigue Fog?
I am not a science kinda gal. I like many things about science, but not necessarily digging deep into the labyrinth of technical jargon that goes alon…
Shielders advised they are safe to go out once a day
Our lockdown has been extreme. So the news that from tomorrow we might be OK to think about going out for a walk once a day is in many ways welcome. A…
Adrian’s First Walk in over Ten Weeks Shielding
So following yesterday’s change to the advice (and it was always only advice!) we decided to have a go at walking out. It was a bit scary. But we deci…
A blood cancer tsunami hit me three years ago today
I wake this morning feeling very sober. But also very glad to be alive. Mixed motions for sure. You could even say that I was "sorrowful yet always re…
Could changing your diet help some patients with blood cancer?
In some online forums this topic would be a third rail issue. In the one corner would be lined up some people who's lived experience is that their die…