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Category: Cancer

Evelyn Wise, negotiating life post-cancer
01/04/201622/04/20172016, Archive, Cancer, Employment, Family, Friends, Medication, Medication side effects, Post-treatment, Stories

Navigating life post-cancer

 Evelyn WiseRhodes, New South WalesTen years ago, Evelyn (now 62) was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. She survived the cancer, but lives with the effects of […]

26/11/201522/04/20172015, Archive, Cancer, Chronic disease, Crohn's disease, Dying, Medication, Stories, Ulcerative colitis

Living and training with ulcerative colitis

Kane PickenElderslie, New South WalesKane is 35 years old. He is a husband, father, son and athlete. At 31, he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Even though he looks healthy, […]

11/10/201522/04/20172015, Archive, Cancer, Chronic disease, Diabetes, Dying, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Terminal disease

Life after pancreatic cancer

 Barbara RiddellKiama, New South WalesBarbara is 63 years old. I know her as a family friend – her daughter and my sister are school friends – but not intimately. She […]

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