Clutching the phone, I collapsed to the floor and screamed, ‘No!’ ‘I’m sorry,’ my dad said helplessly. ‘I’m so sorry.’ It was summer 2020 and he’d just told me that he’d been ...
Having been diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer almost a year ago the main emotion I feel is guilt. If I had paid more attention to possible symptoms of the disease my family and friends wouldn ...
Reddit user Wise_Organization_78 recently asked, "Cancer Survivors of Reddit, what was the symptom that convinced you to see the doctor?" As a hypochondriac, you better bet I read every response.
Nothing, it seemed, could deflect Irena Stoynova from her route to self-destruction. Hours from death and unconscious, she was admitted to a Surrey hospital last year after being 'brainwashed ...
A man who has been told he has incurable bowel cancer says there were five red flag signs he missed, that could have seen him diagnosed earlier. Journalist Robert Fisk says the main emotion he ...
This is a First Person column by Carolina Avendano Duque, who lives in Calgary. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I have gone eight Mother's Days without ...
A 'healthy' woman who had 'no symptoms' has told how an impromptu workplace test 'saved her life'. Justine Daly showed no signs of having high blood pressure and enjoyed a relatively active ...