My wonderful little people have been away all week.

I have had countless messages advising (encouraging) me to take full advantage of the spare time. Go to the cinema. Go out for a meal or two with The Mr. Go … Read the rest

Anyone that follows my posts on Facebook or Twitter will no doubt already know that I have spent the last 3 days in Brussels.

I was there for the annual MPNE (Melanoma Patient Network Europe) meeting – a coming together … Read the rest

Those of you who have kept up with the Rollercoaster Facebook page will know that things have been quite sad in the Melanoma community over the last week or so.

It sounds ridiculous – but deaths come in waves. There … Read the rest

I’ve been sitting on this virtual fence for almost 2 months now.

I felt I couldn’t just write a blog to you to say…hey I’ve been busy with work…or had a head wobble over being unwell over Christmas ..I mean … Read the rest

I have just arrived home after a wonderful, intense weekend in Sweden. I say in Sweden – but really I didn’t see anything of Stockholm other than the welcoming airport, I didn’t do the tourist thing…I just travelled to a … Read the rest

The media have a lot to answer for when it comes to mismanaging patients hopes and expectations. If you had been diagnosed last year with Melanoma, you might well have been full of buoyant hope & expectation. The hope is … Read the rest

Its 7am Copenhagen time…despite the early hour & the fact that my housemates from MPNE are all still sleeping I am awake. I have already had my shower (we are in a shared AirB&B apartment with only 1 bathroom so … Read the rest

My absence and lack of recent blog post has purely been a positive distraction. I have this great new job where I can connect the dots – where before I could never mention “Cancer” at work, where none of my … Read the rest

You know when you “know” that the title of the blog post on its own will make people read it! …Ha!

Regular readers will know that it isn’t just Melanoma that I face. Way back to almost 3 years ago … Read the rest

There is this thing that happens to a Melanoma Patient….even those who were sun-worshippers or sunbed users in their life pre-monster invasion. It almost always happens within a few months of their diagnosis. Fear of the sun. For some it … Read the rest