Category Archives: Breast cancer

Starting as I mean to go on…

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

Next week I am taking what is, for me anyway, a really significant step. I have to believe it is a step forward and although it is not exactly brave, it is taking all my courage to move further along a path … Continue reading →

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‘Health anxiety’ or ‘hypochondria’? Fear or phobia, it’s a killer…

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

Perhaps my title exaggerates; perhaps it doesn’t. All I know is that whether you worry at every possible sign of illness and go to the doctors, or worry about illness and avoid the medical profession until a crisis occurs, these are … Continue reading →

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My Most Beautiful Thing…

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

How to choose ‘My Most Beautiful Thing’? How do I meet a challenge set by writer Fiona Robyn for her Blogspash over at Writing Our Way Home today? Is it actually possible to have just one thing that you count beautiful … Continue reading →

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In which I avoid a difficult subject with a poem about snow

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

I have mentioned before that I attend a Royal Literary Fund ‘Reading Matters’ group every week. It is a wonderful idea; led by fabulous poet Julia Copus we listen to her read a short story and a poem each week, … Continue reading →

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A new addiction? Or an answer to obesity? Now I really understand the appeal of cupcakes…

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

On Saturday I was lucky enough to be part of the Rural Living Show in Taunton, an annual event that has become a fixture in the Christmas calendar in Somerset. Styling itself a ‘craft and lifestyle show’ it is a … Continue reading →

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Asking a favour. Two causes and two people close to my heart

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

In recent weeks I have posted on here about Chris Rugg, who won the Care Focus award for Outstanding Volunteer in Somerset, and about the article I wrote for soFeminine.co.uk about my experience of breast reconstruction. Esther Clark was one … Continue reading →

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The Gallery: Here Come the Girls…

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

(Just a warning, if you don’t like seeing breasts on a blog, please don’t scroll down, but it is in a good cause..) The prompt for The Gallery over at Stickyfingers this week is Here come the girls…, and as … Continue reading →

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Breasts are best, or two’s company…..

Posted on August 24, 2010 by

As a freelance writer it is always good news to be commissioned to write an article on a subject close to your heart. And my boobs are definitely that, literally and figuratively, so I am happily researching and writing for … Continue reading →

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