The Impact of Covid 19 on Our Cancer Patients
The impact of covid 19 has changed our world and our lives forever. When you think about it, getting diagnosed with cancer and undergoing cancer treatment is hard enough, without the …
The Benefits of Exercise and a Healthy Lifestyle for Cancer Patients
I had a remarkable recovery from Breast cancer due to my fitness. As a former elite/springbok athlete I have been exercising most of my life. Running has taught me commitment, discipline …
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Patient Navigation: Making your Cancer Journey a Little Less Daunting
When you hear and see the word Navigation you normally think of a ship navigating treacherous ocean waters. Navigating Cancer is also a treacherous and daunting journey. Hearing the words “You …
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Soulful Purpose
When you face mortality you question your purpose in life. Spirituality and Existentialism is a connection with self or others. A sense of purpose or meaning, an appreciation for life. When …
Exercise Benefits Us All!
As a Former Elite/Springbok athlete, Athletics Coach, Breast Cancer Advocate and Survivor as well as a Patient Navigator with a special interest in the benefits of exercise. Exercise is so beneficial …
Catch 22
Following on from my previous blog HOPE THY BELOVED COUNTRY I have decided to write on Catch 22. Growing up in the Apartheid era, I myself missed out on representing South …
Hope thy beloved country
As South – Africans we live with so much negativity each and every day. The crime, the state of our economy, petrol prices, food prices, escalating health costs, state capture, the …
Life can change in a heart beat
From thinking you are healthy and happy and living a normal life one day and then the very next a Cancer Diagnosis. Once Cancer strikes the world changes. The axis of …
Lessons learned from my doctors
I was extremely privileged to have Prof Carol Benn as my Surgeon. A Cancer diagnosis is so frightening, your life is suddenly thrown into such turmoil and I think the biggest …
Boobs be gone
Once my Breast Cancer had been diagnosed as Invasive Lobular Carcinoma my Surgeon Prof Carol Benn then discussed my treatment plan. I immediately said Bilateral Mastectomy. Although then we thought I …