Recipes Squash! This recipe was inspired by this one here and here. Plot37 has lots of gardening, cooking and preserving ideas. Great blog! I am not going to put quantities in any
Links Nice book about gardening AND cancer A cancer patient discovers the therapeutic benefits of gardening. Jenny Peterson is a breast cancer survivor. Her long road through cancer treatment was hard, emotional and often deeply depressing. The
Links Good book. An excellent book focussing on nutrition and life after cancer: - https://www.waterstones.com/book/keep-healthy-after-cancer-2020/robert-thomas/paula-radcliffe/9780955821257 about the author... "Professor Robert Thomas MRCP MD FRCR trained
Gardening Does allotment gardening help make you self-sufficient? Old geezers and wheelbarrows. This is what people think about allotment gardeners. That and the idea that it supposedly saves you a bit of money. The fact is, supermarkets are
Cancer Impulse shopping I tried to go shopping the other day and came away with a tin of anchovies and packet of dried apricots. Why? Menopause is an easy thing to blame. This
Links Podcast recommendations The food pharmacy show – Food PharmacyFood PharmacyNutrition has long been the swamped with quacks and fads from gerson protocol to the boiled egg diet - and the food pharmacy cuts
Cancer Hooray Menopause The way the world deals with menopause, varies from place to place, and this changes the experiences, side-effects and treatments that are reported from place to place. The assumption about
Cancer Useful information about HRT supply "The British Menopause Society has issued this further updated on the current availability of HRT products to provide guidance to BMS members and clinical practitioners on HRT product availability.".
Cancer Yikes After radiation treatment, sex wasn’t at the front of my mind, but clinicians did warn me about the potential effects of scar tissue and adhesion. You might think that
Family Planning: Part II (America) There have been some significant shifts in American family planning over the last century. Women’s health has become almost firebrand. In consequence of that shift, reproductive rights have undergone
Cancer The Politics of Family Planning (Part 1) FSRH’s 2010 guidelines “Contraception for Women Aged Over 40 Years”, which was developed by expert opinion and evidence-based practice, explicitly talks about diagnosing menopause, the benefits of HRT vs.
Cancer Radiotherapy-induced Menopause: How to Get Past the Myths and Assumptions. A while ago, an occupational therapist told me that menopausal symptoms are something I need to ‘…get used to’. Even as a woman, adapting to life after cancer, it has
Cancer Prescription Fees: Experiences of a Women Going Through Early Menopause. Hormone receptors are powerful things. This goes unacknowledged in all sorts of areas, including funding for early menopause. Most women – at least the ones I know – will have accessed the
Statistics Statistics are often presented in confusing or misleading ways. Menopause related statistics are no exception. Here are some key things to look out for: Menopause and its stages Menopause is
Gardening No-dig for Victory Not digging your soil, is gaining a lot of popularity in gardening social media sites. No-dig gardening is a recent innovation, relatively speaking, and is regarded by most of my
