May is skin cancer awareness month so what better time to write about protecting our skin from the sun. Since I am clueless about new products and developments and simply go for the same old brands all the time, I asked my friend Michele for help. She recommened mineral sunscreens that are environmentally friendly. Michele knows […]
April saw the start of my cycling challenge and I have been building up the distance cycling around London. The original goal was to cycle 600km, but after the first week I upped the goal to 800km because I got such a great start🚴♂️ . I wanted to share some of the routes with you […]
I expected to complete two challenges in March: Callanetics and the splits. However, at the beginning of the month I did something to my right leg – overstretching perhaps – so I thought it best not to push it. For the same reason, I only did a couple of runs in March and cycling-wise, my […]
One of the worst things about finding out I have Lynch syndrome was knowing that others in my family could and would have it, too, since it is inherited. Knowing that not only I would be living life with Lynch, but others in my family would be, too. Following my diagnosis with the syndrome, my […]
When I had my really shitty night’s sleep after the Covid jab, I realised how much better I have been sleeping lately. It also reminded me of how terribly chemo and radiotherapy affected my sleep. Problems Sleeping During Cancer Treatments I first wrote about better sleep in my old blog when I was in the […]
Those who follow me in Instagram might already know that I have decided 2021 is a year when I will set myself monthly self-improvement and/or wellbeing challenges. The challenge for February was to Run Every Day. Other than the obvious reason – madness, why did I decide to run every day? That is a bloody […]
This year, for the first time, I did dry January. I wasn’t sure how I’d do because most of my January ‘new starts’ have failed. I also wasn’t sure of the dry month’s success because I viewed it as having to give something up. After a month of not drinking, I don’t consider what I […]