Morning….
I’ve noticed lots of
#Cancer
#Scanxiety
people mentioning their dread when they miss a call from a ‘no ID number’ automatically thinking it’s the hospital when it could be cold callers.
There must be a way to ease these fears with a system?
Any thoughts folks?
‘next big crisis’
Dynamite words from
@ProfKarolSikora
‘Coronavirus is an awful disease, but we can't forget cancer has taken more loved ones than this virus ever will.
Tens of 000’s of people could have their lives cut short because of a reduction in cancer services’
To say it’s heartbreaking is putting it very mildly.
I’m living with cancer but it’s deeply affecting me that thousands in a MUCH more serious condition will suffer, I think I need a BIGGER drum to bang from now on🥁
Popped out for the afternoon to get creative, afternoon all, had enough of sitting indoors like a saddo.
Wishing everyone a lovely day. For those waiting on bloods, scans etc, big thoughts with you
#Cancer
My book features some new photos I haven’t posted on here before. I can’t share them all but here’s a sneak peek. Thanks
@sophie_____d
for taking the pics. Cheers
Morning.
Woke to the sad news about the hugely popular
@CancerCanuck
Jason. Never stopped pushing awareness and had time for everybody. Thoughts with Shannon & family.
#RIPJason
#Cancer
#Canada
🇨🇦
#Tomatoes
Doesn’t matter what month it is, they’re a formidable nutrient and ingredient for dishes through all 4 seasons, I’m sure our fab King Of Veg
@geraldstratfor3
agrees.
Versatile, taste heaven and powerfully good for us🍅🍅🍅
Blimey the 5 year
#Cancerversary
doesn’t half hit you. Didn’t see this emotion coming. Heart on sleeve person me, pointless pretending to be some warrior type with rhino skin. Digital detox till tomorrow. Distraction needed and maybe a bus ride.
Have great day folks 😉
A hugely important day in the
#Cancer
world with the influential
@BBCPanorama
Special Programme on tonight.
Lockdown may be lifting the stress & worry for most, but for people affected by Cancer the killer, our concerns grow by the day.
When it comes to
#Cancer
Oncologist
@ProfKarolSikora
is so right.
‘Talking to someone who has been through it can be really helpful’
We understand the emotions, the guilt, the anxiety and, as a cancer community, we’re all so eager to help others.
You’re not alone💙
Feeling overwhelmed at the minute, I suspect lots of others are too. Little break from twitter for a day or two I think. My heart goes out to people with nobody to turn to at all. Makes me well up. I couldn’t care less if that appears weak but it’s being human.
A challenging day for lots of people because of loss of Jason, so young, so devoted.
Wasn’t lucky enough to meet him, but lots have, it’s my guess he would love us all to carry the baton for him.
@CancerCanuck
not sure I’ve seen a reaction like this in 6 years.
Freezing fresh pineapple then sucking on it has a very cooling effect, PLUS it contains an enzyme called
#Bromelain
which, for some
#CancerTaste
folk can help rejuvenate the mouth short term to enjoy the all important food ie
#Protein
Just a thought…..all helps 🍍
When your daughter calls you at 11pm from a pub in Marsh Lane, Bootle and insists on putting everyone on the phone to say hello to her Dad.
I like this. It’s the biggest boost a man can have.
@MartinSLewis
Never met you Martin, but you’re so transparent in all you do. It’s so refreshing. You didn’t need to justify why you did this, but you did. I won’t get a reply, which is fine, but thanks for being a voice of millions.
For most people, a day of rest, dining out maybe or perhaps a carefree few hours curled up and raiding the fridge.
For
#Cancer
patients, it’s 24/7, needles to inject, pills to pop, sore mouths to slalom your food around and trying to forget you haven’t slept for 3 nights.
Your mind will be whirling like a dervish, a
#Cancer
diagnosis is like nothing else you will have experienced.
It’s your journey + it IS about you. Your best friends will understand.
Cancer people are great to reach out to, we try not to say the wrong thing.
#CancerSupport
Signing off. Feeling a little lost today, another hospital trip Tuesday, I’ll deal with it like all the other ones.
Wishing everyone a lovely Sunday afternoon & evening. Nothing wrong with showing your feelings.
Bet roast dinners are going down a storm.
#CancerCommunity
Our Mums birthday today, she’d have been 92, Scotland Road, born & bred, Evertonian, wicked sense of humour, never a day goes by when I don’t think of her. Little sister & I off to sit with her for a little while soon.
Rain gone off, now bright, bet there’s a rainbow soon.
The extraordinary power of the Twitter Cancer Community can never be overstated. One of the best examples is that so many patients have no family, friends far away but comfort courtesy of people who walked in the shoes.
#CancerCare
#Empathy
There will be thousands, upon thousands of NEW
#Cancer
patients starting new treatment today. Distraught, anxious + nervous.
Please remember, although it’s only a tiny comfort, a cancer timeline on✖️ can help. The people get it, we understand and we don’t judge.
#BeStrong
Was planning to get the slow cooker out today, but, and for this reason alone, I think Mondays are a great day to plan in the
#Cancer
world for the week ahead🥦🥕🍅
Trip to
@BoothsCountry
to top up tomorrow and a fresh cut of
#Protein
I think.
Big thanks to
@AlterCancerCare
for sending me this piece. UK man Matthew Dons who splits his time between Japan and here, has a diagnosis turnaround of gargantuan proportions.
#ColonCancer
Thank you so much,
#ChemoCookeryUK
Instagram is melting down, don’t know why😂
I need ‘3’ passionate,
#Cancer
Home Cooks for
#Woktober2021
🥢 to email me chemocookery
@gmail
.com or dm.
8 months off yes, but we need things to look forward to.
Can’t stand coffee anymore, ever since my
#Chemotherapy
(or smell) ended over 3 years ago, anybody else had a similar experience with a one time particular favourite ? ☕️
Asking for a friend….oh hang on, that would be me, I don’t have any now 😂😂😂
Lots of engagement today with the
#Ginger
Nausea Awareness & although it falls nearly into the ‘treat’ section for
#Chemo
Patients tempted to try this by
@Nigella_Lawson
Looks Devine. My sister said Nigella won’t RT -BUT I think she will coz she’s kind & ace 😉
#ChemoCookery
Cancer takes so much from you. However, it will give you a strength of mind you didn’t know was possible.
You won’t see it straight away, but then you’ll realise just how formidable you become. Hard to put into words, but, as
#Cancer
people will verify, that’s ‘the way it is’
Yeah, I know I said I’d sign off till Monday, but the magic of
@NickChicane
podcast pulled me in. as did my brand new great granddaughter Ayda…..born this week.
It’s a world of girls for me…only boy, no bruvs, sons or g’sons et al. Hence the shyness😂
It all happened in just a few months.
5 year anniversary looming, one day top of the world, next day you get diagnosed, THEN from nowhere comes a strength you never knew you had!
Wouldn’t change a thing. My life now is filled with nicer people.
It’s my calling.
Sister and I bumped into a lovely couple yesterday who frequent a place called Piel Island, where there’s only a handful of residents and they have their own king. If you buy a round for everyone in the only pub, you become a knight of the realm.
No, this wasn’t a dream 😂😂
Be good to see
@geraldstratfor3
back on twitter action soon, here’s hoping his beloved Liz is on the mend after surgery. Thoughts with both 💙
He’ll love this though from Professor of Chemistry
@GregLiu_VT
This IS a radish 👏
#BigVeg
You won’t see it yet newly diagnosed
#cancer
patients, but the qualities you’ll develop WILL make you feel indestructible. You’ll also become more caring, more knowledgeable, you’ll acquire a will you didn’t know was possible PLUS you’ll burst with pride!
#Strength
Doesn’t take much to tip me over the edge but this from my youngest grand daughter has done that. Not opening for a while. This box taking ages to sift through. 4 girls now….37 down to one week old.
Seldom do personal stuff but can’t help it.
For thousands of people starting out on the
#Cancer
path today, obviously your
#Oncologist
plays the pivotal role in your treatment, but the
#Oncology
Special Nurses are like your own health concierge, a wealth of experience, empathy + a set of unique skills at your disposal.
One Tweet tonight
So humbled
Fellow
#ProstateCancer
survivor + world renowned Chinese Cooking Legend
@chefkenhom
has agreed to be involved in my
#ChemoCookery
Autumn Nutrition Project🥢
A national treasure + a true gentleman
THANK YOU
New experience this. Bendy camera action tomorrow under sedation and anxiety levels sky high. Bizarre, 5 years nearly of cancer treatment etc etc and never been anxious. Why now? The mind-so complex. Saturday can’t come fast enough!
@michaelsheen
@BBCTheOneShow
I wanted to ring the bell, but after 30 days at a Cancer Centre (and videoing lots) I decided not to. Decision made by looking around and seeing so many metastatic and tearful patients and loved ones watching on. A more discreet ‘bell ringing place’ is needed in my opinion.
It’s never easy knowing how to show a
#Cancer
friend that you care. But sometimes it’s the little things that will mean so much…..all without the added emotional pressure.
A simply little no reply text and a doorstep drop is amazing💙
It’s a given!
But you don’t know it until you get diagnosed, hopefully you never will, chances are you won’t, however, if you do, this will happen.
You’ll find a strength you never knew existed within you. It’s quite remarkable really!
#Cancer
#CancerAwareness
Morning Gang…
Here’s hoping you all have a drama free happy day.
To all new
#Cancer
patients starting treatment today, don’t feel alone, the community on twitter is as solid as graphene, supportive and understanding, all born out of experience.
#StayStrong
Need a little break from social media for a while for personal reasons. Hoping everyone stays safe. Any cancer blokes want my number please dm for support before I delete app for a while. Appropriate I think for just fellas. You know how the world is. Sadly.
Thanks - John
Sincerely hope everybody’s had, having, will have a pleasant Sun night….chest infection this wk, no violins required ever, (we men?😂) hence radio silence, Mon brings new ideas hopefully, but much more importantly
#Cancer
folk, warm wishes winging their way to you.
#Strength
Missing Mum today, she would have been 91, I remember her with a
#ProstateCancer
tee shirt on I got all of my team when we raised £10k for
@ProstateUK
in 2011. I didn’t even get PC till 2018. How ironic?
A true Evertonian always in Blue. 💙
A very funny lady & very beautiful
Great zoom with
@christheeagle1
this morning, many topics touched upon, but the one that lit us up was a need to ensure
#Cancer
peeps don’t feel ‘invisible’ on Twitter.
So little organic idea for coming months is on the menu, the word ‘ALONE’ doesn’t belong in our community.
Ready for 30 mins in the freezer.
#Pineapple
lollies, (drizzly fruit: an extra).
This won’t work for everybody, but close to the crown in this tropical treat sits an enzyme called
#Bromelain
which ‘may’ help with that wretched salty
#Chemo
taste
It helped me back then.
So easy for your overactive
#Cancer
mind to torment you. But remember, you’re the one going through the treatment + on searingly hot days extreme tiredness can play tricks on your mental health.
#StayStrong
#ItIsAboutYou
Be honest fellas & ladies, before a certain age we all thought
#Steroids
belonged in the world of body building. I did.
I’m not qualified to define the dichotomy of
#Cancer
and
#Muscles
BUT I DO know which one (steroids) helps you sleep zero hours a day.
Wishing everyone a lovely week…BUT to new
#Cancer
patients beginning treatment for the first time, please don’t feel alone, there’s support at every turn, especially on Twitter.
There is nothing quite like experience when it comes to empathy.
Here goes….magnifico-hats off to…
@CumbrianRambler
#Woktober
🥢
The Freshest Fish & Chuffing Chips and Rainbow Veggies. Outstanding. Amazing. Brilliant.
#Nutrition
A special meal in memory of great friend Andy
@DebbieNorth29
Beth, you legend💙
Morning
#Cancer
club members and affiliates.
Cheeky enforced ✖️sabbatical from now, I’ll be back, although I’m sure that may disappoint some 😂
Take Care gang. Last Post 🎺
Quiet day today, all cool, keeping an eye on Twitter and always amazed by the stories, the people, the circumstances and a timeline like no other.
You can beat an egg, or too many if you’re a certain boxer🥊 but you can’t beat a
#CancerCommunity
Not sure I’ve ever seen a Liverpool defender make it look so easy. Special thoughts to Alan Hansen’s family and friends.
He was that good, media came easy, golf came easier, here’s hoping Alan can come through this.
For many
#Cancer
patients, it’s back to the treatment rooms today, but please offer special thoughts for new folk, apprehensive and nervous. SOME have nobody.
Plus
@CancerCanuck
Jason, a force of awareness nature has entered
#PalliativeCare
AND his passion knows no bounds.
It won’t matter one jot to anyone else, understandably, so I’m indulging. 4 years ago, I was bald and loving it, I was inspired, I was under blue skies and
#ChemoCookery
was catching fire 🔥
Trepidation and anxiety for many, many new
#Cancer
patients entering the world of treatment today.
Please don’t feel alone, reach out to the community, you’ll be surprised at the response. It’ll be powerful, it’ll be reassuring and, above all, it’ll be based on empathy.
For the
#Cancer
masses far and wide.
Resting is a key component during a treatment regime. Sunday is the perfect day to stay hydrated, treat yourself to the snack you like and look after yourself.
The same for carers too, a demanding role requiring an energy recharge.
He’s hysterical is my old man (92). His carer is due at 7pm, she had a sore throat at 3pm. He’s had me dashing around the shop for honey & a lemon so she feels & sleeps better. 🐝🍋
I’ve got a cup out for her and a teaspoon.
Just to clear this up, Dad’s the patient! 😂😂
Morning…
Damned if I’m giving this account up after 4 years + so, what to do next. That is the question. Answers on a postcard to the
#LakeDistrict
Off on a bus ride, thanks to the amazing
@Stagecoach
🧢🚎
Best wishes everybody-John💙
The peace, solace & tranquility of Sundays all sound idyllic. For
#Cancer
patients though, especially on
#Steroids
they can be brutally demoralising.
Plagued by insomnia, mouths sore + invaded by an omnipresent uninvited salty taste, they’re unbearable.
Thoughts with you.
Big part of me doesn’t like posting this, (sorry) I’m so aware thousands of unfortunate people are struggling, but my 90yo dad, BIG John, is fine after his procedure today
@UHMBT
+ has ‘6’ month’ ok for
@BladderCancerUK
Hair raising few hours for him😉(he’s not 90 in pic)😂
Always good to recognise impactive
#Cancer
X accounts. I’ll be doing that in the next few weeks. It’s not about CC.
Let’s start with
@ThanksCancer
/ Leanna.
Doesn’t matter what day, month or year it is. Less is more with this ‘fantastic’ innovative project.
Thank You
Put a bag of frozen peas behind my back on cushion , damn packet was open, I’ve now got an allotment inside my couch !!!! You couldn’t make it up (No I won’t cook with them before anyone asks….I know what you’re all like) 😂😂😂
As the weekend looms large, thousands of
#Cancer
people don’t have loved ones, some are isolated in countryside locations, and some are so beaten up by fatigue and treatment, that their loneliness is amplified.
A quick text, a short call or a doorstep drop…all very welcome.
@faithless
A special man. A music ‘legend’, a word used far too often in the modern world. He changed things.
#MaxiJazz
created memories that will never be taken away. Ever.
#Faithless
Let’s be honest, when we were young, we thought
#Steroids
were something associated with pumping iron, oiling up and entering competitions.
When
#Cancer
comes along, unless you’ve been close to someone with the illness, it’s a shock isn’t it?
NOTHING prepares you for them.
Afternoon folks
Not a fan of next two days, we shouldn’t need a special date to be kind, give hugs & good wishes. On a
#Cancer
timeline we do that each + every day, but still, I’d like to thank everybody for another year of unprecedented support for this little project.
If you know any
#cancer
patients on their own lonely street don’t forget the doorstep drop. Cold ice cream great for sore mouths, eating what you want when you can is essential.
No blues on a cancer timeline, we all get it.
#Empathy
A drizzly good morning…
Hope it’s not wherever you are, but it’s Thursday on the cusp of another weekend-yeah optimism overload-but wishing everybody a drama free, productive day.
Lots of things are infectious but smiling and laughing top the lot.
#Cancer
patients only know ONE way when they get diagnosed, they become focused on firstly getting on with treatment, then helping others understand it more.
It becomes your factory setting, a community undivided, regardless of colour/color or creed.
Sharing the knowledge.
What a shit day. Rare for me to sound off, need to do a third and fourth stool sample, first mislabelled, second not right. Chilly in hospital despite being warm & friendly,
Sometimes I think I’m wasting my time doing this full time! Will I give in? Not a chance in hell.