Featured Stories & Tips

It was exactly a year after finishing chemo almost to the day that I hopped on a plane with ten friends, off for a girls’ weekend to celebrate the birthday of one of our number...

Every newspaper tells you the latest advice: what we must avoid; what we must add to our lifestyle; how we must adhere to these new ever-changing goalposts just to live past this disease and prevent it coming back.

Some days, it feels like everywhere I look, I am surrounded by posters & billboards. I see a beautiful woman, grinning from ear to ear, proudly announcing that they've beaten cancer and are now jumping out of a plane, or running a marathon, or having a coffee morning… or any of the other fantastic things people might do...

Fatigue was a big issue, but lately it is getting better thankfully. In the early days when I was too ill to exercise, I looked up Bed Yoga on Youtube. It stretched out my limbs and calmed my mind slightly...

What I do know is that gardening and flowers make me feel good and I need good in my life.

Juliet explores going flat after cancer and how she's accepting and embracing her new body. 

As you learn the 'new normal' of your body after cancer treatment, it's likely you'll need to adapt to changes in activity - short term at least. 
But there are lots of opportunities to seek support to keep you as independent and active in remission as possible.

One of cancer's side effects that you aren’t really aware of until it hits… is the financial cost. 

We speak to Barbara Babcock, renowned cancer coach, about what survivors can gain from a coaching session.

OK, I’m fully aware that this sounds weird. Slightly grotesque. Morbid. The way I confront death might be the last thing that others want to do…