The last few days we are hearing a lot about loneliness. What is loneliness? Loneliness can be described as sadness because one has no friends or company, which can lead to feeling of depression and isolation. These feelings can have a serious effect on mental and physical health. We can be surrounded by people all day
Everybody deals with the diagnosis, treatment and aftermath of a cancer diagnosis differently, its important to find ways of dealing with things because if not relationships can suffer, it can be hard to do simple daily things and anxiety and depression can take over. Survivorship is not easy and people can find it very
We are now moving on to our 8th Survive & Thrive programme in Ireland and this one is for a mixed group not focusing on any particular type of cancer but on survivors and those who support them in your local community. Last year we held three altogether, in Dublin, Nenagh and Waterford and they
I first heard about Manual Lymph Drainage (MDL) while attending a ‘Bank of Ireland Enterprise Event’, in Enniscorthy. Although the term Manual Lymph Drainage meant nothing to me at the time, I was drawn to the stand by the word ‘Wellbeing’ on a large sign. About a month earlier, I had finally given up
