2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted … More

Cancer, I found no poetry in you

I was formally diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, on Valentine’s Day, 2006. I was 42. … More

If you have a friend who is diagnosed with cancer, the best thing to do in terms of what to … More

There wasn’t a plan. On January 1, 2006 I woke up with a sharp pain on my right side. I … More

I began writing Love for Now, my journal-memoir of diagnosis and treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, one week before I … More

To all who knew him, it was a tragedy,one year ago, to lose the life-force that was Jörn Cann. I … More

This week six years ago I began the course of radiotherapy which was to mark the final chapter of my … More

The oddest phase of my experience of cancer six years ago was the period of time after my chemotherapy treatment … More

Six years ago today I was told I wasn’t going to die. Those weren’t the words my consultant used, but … More

Here is what happened halfway through my treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in April 2006. I went for a midway scan … More

I never thought I would actually get to hear the word ‘discharge’ at the haematology unit where I was treated for non-Hodgkin’s … More

Yesterday was the sixth anniversary of my diagnosis with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL), an aggressive cancer of the lymphatic system. … More

Six years ago I began writing the journal which has become my forthcoming memoir of my experience of cancer. It … More

By this time in January, 2006 I was fairly certain that something was very wrong with my health. Like a … More