I have been struggling to shift a cough & cold, “feeling under the weather” is, psychologically, really very hard for me at the moment. It’s as though I think I can be everything – all the time….the woman who works … Read the rest

Typically mad, entertaining, headless chicken type of day.
Up at crazy O’clock for my Oxford Skin check day which means…..well you know…the usual preen followed by matching undies….extra tough this morning considering I am recovering from an evil cold…shaving ones … Read the rest

There are things that you agree to in life for charity that seem a little crazy…a little out there….a little mad…..and there is a reason they seem that way.
They are.
I had agreed to take part in a local … Read the rest

One day…maybe not too far away a patient diagnosed with Melanoma will be able to know in full certainty, that no matter what hospital they are treated at across England (or even better across Europe) they will get the same … Read the rest

I am not sure if you live on another planet…if you do you won’t have seen the news yesterday, listened to the radio, seen the Twitter or Facebook feeds full of news articles and discussions about alarming statistics that Skin … Read the rest

Way back at the beginning of this year when I originally decided to rope some friends of mine into a 10k run for charity I needed to think of a target….the money that I would like to achieve.
Originally I … Read the rest

I am in a very good place right now.
I feel fit & healthy…..well ok…less fit than I should because I haven’t been to running club for a week having been side-tracked by other things like family visiting from America … Read the rest

The title says it all…NED…No Evidence of Disease!
We arrived in Oxford and waited for ages to be seen…very unusual for them…..we were then taken to a room where “the doctor will join you shortly”…and waited again.
When the doctor … Read the rest

Today I had a CT Scan…officially my “annual” scan – although frequency of scans does differ across trusts.
I have had 2 scans already so this isn’t a first for me….the first just after diagnosis…which was excruciatingly painful….they shouldn’t be.… Read the rest

Earlier this year, as many of the regular readers know, I went to London to the British Skin Foundation offices to help create a video for the launch of the new Charity It Takes 7.
It was an amazing afternoon….and … Read the rest