A CANCER JOURNEY

Wed 15 May 2019

I hardly dare mention the C word, the big C, the one that stalks us. With a one in three chance of getting cancer, no wonder we fear it, change our diets, give things up or adopt new healthy habits, in an attempt to ward it off.

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SPARE MY BLUSHES

Fri 1 March 2019

If you read the paper, glance at your phone or check out Facebook you won’t be able to miss what Kim, Gwynnie and Katie are up to. Their plastic surgery antics fill column inches as tightly as their underwiring. So much to worry about, so little time. Are you an innie or an outie? Is your lady-garden selfie fit? What about your earlobes? Too droopy, too pixie or just over stretched? Mirror mirror on the wall, what’s the most far-fetched procedure of them all? Quick while I filter my photos!

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A PATIENT'S THOUGHTS

Wed 30 January 2019

What I’d really like to know is… what’s it like being a patient? What do patients think about their treatment? Well, we asked one of our patients and this is what she said:

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HAPPY OLD YOU

Wed 23 January 2019

I’ll happily while away hours in a museum or rootling around in an antiques shop. Give me a bonnet drama over a police procedural any day. Fine wine and mature cheddar, vintage cars, retro styling and priceless antiques: I love a bit of age. I guess that’s just as well because that’s what I see when I look in the mirror. The face staring back is preloved, albeit with one careful owner, a lady driver.

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