Tag: coping with cancer

Permission to die

Today I’m writing about something very personal, and I’m aware that you may think that what I’ve done is foolish, or whimsical, or in very poor taste. But it makes a lot of sense to me, and is part of my policy of being as kind to me as I can possibly be, for now [...]

Beside myself

I’m reworking ‘Thrive: the Bah! guide to wellness after cancer’ at the moment. There are bits to tweak, bits to expand, bits to rethink before I Officially Submit The Manuscript To The Publisher in March. (That sounds proper glamorous, but actually, it’s quite like sending any other email. Except I will do a little dance [...]

Getting there, sometimes in fifth gear

It’s a year since I got in a car and, for half an hour, managed to suggest to an examiner that I was the boss of it and could make it work within the laws of the land.
And, after a year of driving, during which I’ve tried really hard to stretch myself rather than do [...]