Since I shared my colonoscopy experience with you, I thought I should share my colonography experience, too. CT colonography (CTC) is a way to detect problems in the large bowel (colon). What Is A CT Colonography? CTC is a specialised type of scan that uses x-rays to produce an image. It helps to diagnose bowel […]
I usually publish a post per week, but a news item about period poverty yesterday prompted me to write an extra post this week. Last night (which at the time of writing was Tuesday 24th), I saw on the news that Scotland has made sanitary products free for everyone. This is excellent news and a […]
I have mentioned in previous posts that I made some big changes to my lifestyle since the cancer diagnosis. I wanted to share these with you because I think they helped me get through my treatments. In the long-term, I hope that these changes will help my body fight off any recurrences of the disease. […]
We all know that exercise comes with various benefits for our health and wellbeing. But did you know that regular exercise can help prevent certain cancers from recurring and lowers the risk of getting cancers in the first place? Since my cancer diagnosis, I have been reading a lot about the benefits of a physically […]
This week I am pleased to introduce our first guest blog written by Clare Baumhauer, who works relentlessly to raise awareness of vulval cancer, a gynaecological cancer most people have never heard of. I had never heard of it before my own womb cancer diagnosis. It was only after when I started to find out […]