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Monday, August 9th, 2021
Our Time has come at Last!
Blog by Robin Daly – This article first appeared in Health Triangle – check out this great magazine at: https://www.ukhealthradio.com/magazine/ When I set up Yes to Life some sixteen years ago, no-one was talking about Integrative Medicine or Lifestyle Medicine – it was Complementary and Alternative Medicine or CAM for short, and, particularly in the...
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
Best Nutrition or Recipe books
Following on from Best Books for those newly diagnosed with cancer we have now asked our Wigwam members and Yes to Life team which books they would recommended for good nutrition and great recipes. In the first section we have books with cancer-related or focused information and in the second section general cook books that...
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2021
Best books for when you are diagnosed with cancer
Philip Booth takes a look at what our Wigwam members and Yes to Life team books folks would recommended for someone newly diagnosed with cancer. We had several books that got repeated recommendations which we include first and then we list the others that got a mention. Do feel free to add comments if...
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
How keeping it local has opened my eyes to the world
This week’s blog is from Karin, a Wigwam member, sharing some of her cancer journey. We had just completed a 9 mile training run for Stroud Half, when I got my first shielding letter. Stay at home. Stay local. Don’t meet anyone. Look out the window. Only exercise once a day. I was in shock....
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Friday, June 18th, 2021
THE TIT IS BACK! 8 lessons learned from a cancer diagnosis, mastectomy & beyond by Liz Keates
In this blog post we are joined by breast cancer thriver Liz Keates sharing her experience of diagnosis, mastectomy and reconstruction. Life Shocked Aged 43 and with no family history of breast cancer, I was totally ‘life shocked’ when I received my breast cancer diagnosis. When I arrived in the consulting room I was sitting...
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Monday, June 14th, 2021
Another big step forward for Integrative approach
Launch of innovative Integrative Oncology course for Healthcare Professionals These are exciting times. While Integrative Oncology is well-established in the US and other countries it is relatively new to most healthcare professionals in the UK – but there is now a strong and growing interest. The British Society for Integrative Oncology (bsio.org.uk) defines Integrative Oncology...
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Monday, May 17th, 2021
Looking back to Yes to Life Nutrition and Cancer Congress with Jerome Burne
The Congress kicked off with Sheila Dillon, presenter of the BBC Food Program for years, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloid leukaemia (a type of bone cancer) 10 years ago. ‘When I asked my oncologist if changing my diet that might help,’ she says, ‘I was told that nothing I could do would make the...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2021
The Wig Maker and the Wig Wearer
Double blog! Wigs in my life for 20 years – For better for worse – My Partner for Life A Wigmakers thoughts We are delighted to bring you a double blog this week with first up, a powerful blog by Heather who shares her experience of wig wearing. This is followed by Shelara, a Gloucestershire...
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Creative Toolkits to Support Children Affected by Parental Cancer
Losing her father suddenly to cancer and amidst a cloak of silence had a profound effect on Caroline Leek, inspiring her to help other families affected by the disease Caroline Leek is the founder and director of Fruit Fly Collective, a multi award winning not for profit organisation that focuses on improving the public’s understanding...
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Monday, April 12th, 2021
From Me to You; letter writing and cancer
We are delighted to have Alison Hitchcock, the founder of the charity From Me to You, share more about their work. We all love receiving a handwritten letter through the post, the feeling you get. That rush of excitement, the anticipation of ‘what’s inside?!’ – Reading well thought out words from someone close to us,...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Transforming stress and replenishing energy with Qi Gong
So here I am writing about Qi Gong on Easter Monday with snow swirling around outside my window even though Sunday was spent in deliciously warm sunshine in the garden! Life like the weather is unpredictable and we can resist it and argue with it; “if only it had been sunny everything would’ve been perfect”...
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
Ever thought of writing a blog?
We’d love to hear from you if you have an idea for a blog. Some have asked us about what a blog could look like – in this post we give some thoughts on blog writing for Wigwam. Here at Wigwam we have absolutely loved all the varied contributions that now appear on our website....
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