Thank you all for visiting my blog! Remission Life has gone from blog to vlog. I’m taking this step to make my content more accessible and easier to find. My hope for this YouTube channel is to reach a wider audience of young people and create a safe space to discuss cancer remission. My firstContinueContinue reading “Remission Life is now a Youtube Channel!”
Tag Archives: cancer and mental health
Toxic Positivity
The phrase “toxic positivity” refers to the concept that keeping positive, and keeping positive only, is the right way to live your life.* There is a very insightful TED talk about this by Psychologist Susan David: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_david_the_gift_and_power_of_emotional_courage?utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=social&utm_content=2020-7-20-cutdown This is something that has surrounded me throughout remission. Mentioning a negative emotion about my situation was always instantly disregarded withContinueContinue reading “Toxic Positivity”
The importance of representation
Diversity and inclusion are now commonplace in conversation, and I am very here for it. I have learnt so much about this recently, and realise just how important it is from the perspective of a person with a ‘physical difference’. My ‘difference’ comes in the form of scars, a chunk cut out of my leg,ContinueContinue reading “The importance of representation”
Prescription Addiction: a side effect of childhood cancer
When I was 16 I became addicted to codeine. This addiction presented itself in me until I was 22. I worshipped it, and even writing about it now makes me yearn for the taste of that tablet and the wave of relaxation that would make its way down my body 15 minutes later. The abilityContinueContinue reading “Prescription Addiction: a side effect of childhood cancer”
Disability and the in-between
I’m not classed as disabled, and I’m not ‘fully abled’ due to my knee replacement. I find myself in the in-between. I live with chronic pain and more mobility issues than average people my age, but not to the severity where I need to park my car closer to a building or receive financial support.ContinueContinue reading “Disability and the in-between”
Tears of happiness!
This week I cried tears of happiness for the first time in maybe, ever? There is a new treatment protocol for Ewing sarcoma patients in the UK, which means that the chemotherapy course I had will never have to be experienced by anyone ever again! Hallelujah! So, as of 2020, no one in the UKContinueContinue reading “Tears of happiness!”
Childhood Cancer and Catholicism
Catholicism was a huge part of my childhood. I went to catholic schools, church every Sunday, and our year revolved around Christmas and Easter. My mum is a devout Catholic and raised us in the way of the Church. This upbringing altered my understanding of my diagnosis immeasurably. Looking back now, it played a largeContinueContinue reading “Childhood Cancer and Catholicism”
Remission in lockdown
It does feel very off brand to write topically, but here we are in the most unprecedented of times. We all love that phrase, right? Isolation was a term that hadn’t been in my circle since 2005. And now here we are in 2020, all isolated away. My PTSD alarm bells started ringing when weContinueContinue reading “Remission in lockdown”
Grief of self
I didn’t have many breakthrough moments in therapy, but learning this concept was a massive step in understanding my emotions after cancer. My psychologist explained that a lot of my feelings were linked to grief. I was confused. Nobody I knew had died?? Was I grieving the people who didn’t survive Ewing’s sarcoma? Was thisContinueContinue reading “Grief of self”
A New Chapter
Summer 2019 has been the beginning of a new chapter in life. It’s been very exciting and stressful. I’m quite glad that it has begun to settle down now. I moved out of a student house and into a flat with my boyfriend, moved away from Plymouth to Bristol, and started a new job atContinueContinue reading “A New Chapter”
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