Organising A Family Day Out With Teenagers
August 4, 2018
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Organising a family day out in the Summer Holidays used to be easy. I’d think of somewhere to go, tell the girls the type of
The Impact of Cancer on Friends, Family and Carers
July 30, 2018
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Cancer, when it happens, it doesn’t only happen to the patient, it happens to the other people in the patient’s life. I wasn’t diagnosed with
Explaining Feminism To Your Teenage Daughters
July 29, 2018
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As a father with two daughters, I’m keen that they grow up knowing that they should be willing and able to stand up for themselves.
Private Or NHS Care For Bowel Cancer Treatment
July 23, 2018
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In the UK, there is a public health service, known as the National Health Service (NHS), which provides comprehensive, universal health care, that is free at
What Is The Correct Hill Walking Etiquette?
July 20, 2018
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I’ve done quite a lot of hill walking in the recent months. Which is great, because I’ve always loved hill walking and I haven’t been
Chemotherapy After Surgery For Bowel Cancer
July 16, 2018
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Chemotherapy after surgery for bowel cancer is a lot like chemotherapy before surgery for bowel cancer. And I’ve already written about that. To which end,
Choosing The Right College After School
July 13, 2018
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30 years ago, both Julie and I had left school by this stage; Julie now and me the previous year. We both went to fairly
The Problems With Colostomy Bags
July 10, 2018
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Having woken up with a colostomy bag, following bowel surgery to remove my primary tumour, and deciding that the bags were better than irrigation, it
The Three Peaks Challenge With A Teenager
July 8, 2018
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After she finished her GCSEs, Emma realised that she’d have a good six weeks at home before Ceri finished her school year and we could
Living with Colostomy Bags After Bowel Cancer
July 3, 2018
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Having unexpectedly woken with a colostomy bag, and then choosing to continue using colostomy bags over irrigation, it was just a case of living with
Wait, What?! Secondary Schools Have Proms Now!?
June 30, 2018
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When I finished secondary school, in the dim and distant past of both the last century and the last millennium, we had a School Leavers
Colostomy Bags or Irrigation After Bowel Surgery
June 28, 2018
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Waking with a colostomy bag after bowel surgery was something of a challenge. But the next one was just around the corner. Deciding on whether