Blogs
Next-Gen Sequencing (NGS), In Plain English: What It Is, How It Helped Me, And What I’d Do If I Were You
When I was told I had stage IV oesophageal adenocarcinoma, my kids named the tumour Dave. Black humour helps when
Touch, Trust, and The Lanesborough – Oncology Massage, Myths, and Why Heartburn Cancer UK Matters
Mimi and Fiona from Heartburn Cancer UK got in touch with an offer that was both generous and quietly bold.
The Inner Circle: The People Who Held Me Up When Everything Else Fell Apart
When cancer hit, my world didn’t just shrink – it sorted. People drifted, people froze, and a few extraordinary humans
Channel 4’s “Cancer Detectives” – what it gets right, what it misses, and the action plan patients actually need
pic courtesy of channel 4 Two weeks offline allowed me to watch Channel 4’s new three-part series, Cancer Detectives:
Part 8 B – January – The Month I Nearly Broke (And Started Fighting Back)
By mid-January, my body felt completely unfamiliar. Pain, neuropathy, nausea, swallowing problems, cold sensitivity, and fatigue all fought for attention
Part 8 A – January – The Month I Nearly Broke (And Started Fighting Back)
Part A If December marked the moment the plan entered my bloodstream, January was when reality hit back. Hard. It
When Progress Hurts – What the Glow-in-the-bone Era Teaches Us About Modern Medicine
On first glance, the old photographs seem wholesome. Families smile as a shop assistant places a child’s feet into a
My Story – Part 7 – The Science of Survival, Round One
December 2024. The plan met the bloodstream. This was the month chemo began, immunotherapy joined the fight, and I learned
The Mitochondria Comeback – Powering Up Your Body’s Anti-Cancer Engine
When I was first told I had incurable cancer, every conversation focused on the tumor. Cut it, poison it, starve
