New Blogs to Read

One of my fellow Cancer Campaigns Ambassadors, Dan Woolf has started a blog of his own which will focus on the latest developments in cancer research. Dan is very intelligent and is very interested in cancer research. I have chatted with Dan on several occasions and is always sounds very passionate about cancer research and is able to explain very scientific things in a way that is easy to understand He is very interesting and has plenty of interesting facts and figures to share with us all so I highly recommend a trip to the site to have a read!

I’m really looking forward to reading your posts Dan!

http://www.woolfoncancer.com/

Whilst we are on the subject of blogs and my fellow ambassadors, the lovely Ashley Petrons has started a blog so we can keep up with her pledge to do one charitable thing per day for every day of this year! Ashley is very passionate about charity work and is lovely to talk to so I really do think we should all keep up with the interesting ways in which Ashley does charitable things daily. It is also a great way to get ideas on your own fundraising and charitable deeds!

I’m really looking forward to seeing what Ashley does next!

http://mycharitycase.org.uk/

Cancer Research UK - Annual Review

The Cancer Research UK Annual Review is now available to view. Please do have a read - our ambassador work features quite heavily! You will be able to see why I am so passionate about working alongside this amazing charity and why I am so proud to be part of a team that does such wonderful things in the fight against cancer. Together, we will beat cancer.


http://aboutus.cancerresearchuk.org/what-we-do/our-annual-publications-and-strategy/annual-review/

Macmillan Cancer Support - Debunking Common Myths

Macmillan has a fantastic section on their website debunking commonly believed cancer myths.  They answer the following questions and statements very clearly and precisely:

·        *  It is better not to know that you have cancer

·        * There is no effective treatment for cancer

·         * I am too old for cancer treatment

·         * People with cancer die a painful death

·         * You can become addicted to morphine and other strong painkillers

·         * Morphine treatment speeds up death

·        *  Palliative care nurse only come to see you when you are about to die

·         * People only go to hospices to die

It is really informative and I really do recommend you all have a read of their answers!

Well done Macmillan, it’s about time these myths were addressed. Part of the problem with diagnosing people is that cancer is such a terrifying subject and so many people think it means certain death. These days it doesn’t and early diagnosis is key to survival.

http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Livingwithandaftercancer/Practicalissues/Cancerolderpeople/Commonmyths.aspx

xxx