This is Jörn Cann. He was my ward doctor at the haematology unit where I was treated for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma … More
Category: Health
Why it’s called Love for Now
Love for Now did not begin with an idea but an illness. As I have written elsewhere, there wasn’t a plan. I … More
Losing my ambition
Towards the end of my treatment for cancer in 2006 I had one of the most profound conversations of my … More
The Next Big Thing: some questions about Love for Now
The Next Big Thing I have been been tagged by poet and blogger Abegail Morley to answer set questions relating to my memoir … More
8 great books about dying
The chances are, more of us are mortal than have multiple orgasms -Violet Weingarten, Intimations of Mortality When I was diagnosed … More
Together we can beat war as a metaphor for cancer
If there is one difference I hope to make with Love for Now book it is to challenge the overwhelming … More
How I Wrote Love for Now
There wasn’t a plan. On January 1, 2006 I woke up with a sharp pain on my right side. I … More
What I have learned about remission
Originally posted on Lifesaving Poems:
In February I wrote a blog post on the anniversary of my diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin’s…
Advice from the dying -by Oliver Burkeman in The Guardian
Photo: Andy Oliver In May 2005, the chairman and chief executive of the accountancy giantKPMG was told he had about 100 … More