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 ...
All Sam Rushby can remember about his family are fleeting memories of hospital corridors and waiting rooms. In 1994, at just two years old, he lost his mum to Aids. His dad died with the condition ...
After her brother’s death, Mary-Anne O’Connor never thought she’d meet someone who could carry her grief. Then, at a 21st birthday party, Anthony walked through the door My brother Matthew ...
Around one in five people suffering from long Covid in Switzerland still have symptoms - albeit mild ones - after two years, a study shows. Their findings showed that almost a quarter (23%) of ...