Cancer is the grit in my shell constantly hurting the heart of my being. So I endeavour to hide it, to wrap it up, to bury it amongst...

Since my recent oncology check-up, I've somehow struggled to cope despite the news being good - the cancer still appears to be inactive...

Despite feeling generally rather better than through the winter, I've still been struggling a bit recently - my depression is pretty well...

As my nearest and dearest know all too well, I'm not good at cleaning and tidying. I do like things to be neat, but once they start...

For the past few weeks, I'd been increasingly certain that my oncology checkup this past week was going to bring bad news. In my head,...

Or at least not to this cancer patient... I know that people mean well, and generally just don't know what to say, but there are a few...

Four years to the day that I got my life-shattering diagnosis, I logged in to work and was greeted by a message from my manager saying...

A bit of everything, a bit of nothing: that's how I think I'd summarise this week! Both my husband and I are feeling much recovered from...

As I was looking at some of the 'Self-Aware Rebel' badges, the tagline for My Powers caught my eye: Be true to yourself. Anyone who has...

Like so many others, my childhood imaginings about the freedom of adult life turned out to be far from the truth. Instead of indulging...

As I mentioned in the 'about me' blurb, I've been living with cancer for the past three and a half years. My diagnosis came completely...