Well, I’m back! The plane landed late on Sunday, although I don’t feel like I’m back on the ground yet. So much has happened to me, I’ve experienced so much that its very hard to describe the indescribable. A large part of me simply doesn’t feel the same as the person that [...]
Tomorrow evening I have been invited to talk in the “Hero” slot before the main speaker at an event in Cambridge. I have mixed feelings about doing this. On one hand I know I have to do this - its part of my mission to raise money and awareness for bowel cancer by [...]
Continue reading about Feeling the fear, but I’ll do it anyway!
I’m inspired to write a quick blog as I’ve noticed that the more I share my cancer story with others, the more I’ve noticed how cancer affects everyone, in some way or another. As the date of my charity trek draws closer, I’ve started to speak at my networking meetings, as well as be [...]
Continue reading about Sharing my story in April - Bowel Cancer Awareness month
A little blog to say a BIG thank you to my very good friend and Virtual Assistant colleage in Birmingham, Berni Jones (from Bernadette Jones Secretary Services) for supporting my work to raise awarness and raise cash for bowel cancer. She’s put a special page on her website devoted to me & my Machu [...]
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It’s only 2 months until I leave for Peru! On Saturday I travelled to London to meet my fellow Trekkers at a really interesting and informative Beating Bowel Cancer Trek Peru briefing session, not to mention inspirational and motivating! The dream became a reality when we were told about some of the challenges we [...]
Continue reading about Trek reality check - this is for real!
Happy Monday & Happy March!
What a way to start a new week and a new month with such glorious bright spring sunshine? Don’t know about you but it makes me feel blessed to be alive on a day like this!
I was up bright and early this morning to start the 1st day of my new [...]
Thank you Star Radio’s Mark Peters for interviewing me this morning on his Breakfast Show, and for giving me the chance to raise awareness (& hopefully some cash too!) for bowel cancer. You can read more about my cancer story in a previous posting, but this morning Mark asked me about why I was trekking [...]
I was interviewed on my local BBC radio station in January, as as part of Beating Bowel Cancer’s ’Be Loud, Be Clear’ campaign, to talk about the signs and symptoms, and by doing this be aware and ’Be Clear’ of the disease. I talked about my own experience of dealing with a diagnosis nearly 5 years ago, how it changed my life for [...]
Hi Everyone - warm wishes for a wonderful 2009!
I’m so grateful for the generous donations of so many people towards my £5,000 goal. They’ve come from far and wide (next door neighbour to good friend in South Island, New Zealand), and in varying amounts (£12 from Peter, who is a pensioner with a note saying [...]
