100 appointments! It's kind of a milestone; my physiotherapy appointment yesterday was my 100th medical cancer related appointment since my first mammogram on the 06th April last year. It's *a lot*: that's basically an appointment every 3 - 4 days. I started counting when I started feeling overwhelmed by all the appointments and it became a way for me to reassure myself that the reason I seemed to constantly have appointments is because, well, I did / do constantly have ... continue reading...
Check your breasts
06 April 2022 A year ago today, I went and had my first mammogram. I didn't realise it at the time, but that was the start of my cancer experience. I have shared much of my experience over the last year on my Facebook page, but I keep that locked down to friends only - so please don't attempt to connect there as "decline friend" often offends; it isn't anything personal, it's just the way I choose to run my socials. However, several friends have asked me to make more of what I wrote ... continue reading...
Healing = Time + Opportunity
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. However, knowing this, one must attend to medical practice not primarily to plausible theories, but to experience combined with reason. For a theory is a composite memory of things apprehended with sense perception.” — Hippocrates, Rhetoric and Kairos: Essays in History, Theory, and Praxis ... continue reading...
Palm Sunday
Saturday, 04th April 2020 Palm Sunday Poem Number 2 This one is probably my favourite of the two. Poet: Mary Oliver THE POET THINKS OF THE DONKEY On the outskirts of Jerusalem the donkey waited. Not especially brave, or filled with understanding, he stood and waited. How horses, turned out into the meadow, leap with delight! How doves, released from their cages, clatter away, splashed with sunlight. But the donkey, tied to a tree as usual, ... continue reading...
Palm Sunday
Thursday, 02nd April 2020 Palm Sunday Poem Number One It's Palm Sunday this week. I know, I know, I am not Christian, but I do like to maintain awareness around other religions and their Holy Days. I also wanted to share two poems about Palm Sunday that I particularly like. I like them mainly because their point of view is focused so strongly on an underrated beast of burden; namely the humble Donkey. Although, to be fair, the tone of this first one isn't exactly humble! Chesterton ... continue reading...
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