Someone actually said this to me today. A Jamaican guy behind the till at Ryman’s in Richmond. I’d heard him charming each customer with his positive banter and when it was my turn I told him I had been appreciating it. I’ve never been one to filter what is going through my head much. I…

And the result is… Breast cancer. Quite a surprise. Ghost dr called around 5 as I was getting on a train and although I was offered the option of waiting for a face to face appointment I could wait no more and asked him to share all the news as I sat on the quietest…

It’s taken me a while to put my finger on it but something is changing in the NHS. Perhaps it’s post Covid but I think it might just be a generational shift. This time round I’ve met a new generation of doctors coming through, half my age nearly, able to communicate sensitively and with suitable…

How did this poem find me today at exactly the moment I needed it and how have I never seen it before? It said everything in my heart before I had articulated it. I gave me comfort.  To die is perhaps no stranger than being born or falling asleep each night to journey who knows…

I don’t really know how to do sadness. I’m a chipper sort of person and I try and make the best of things. To stay cheerful. Optimistic. It’s hard to find from moment to moment. We ride on the momentum of daily life. Barely stopping for a minute to check in with ourselves. Maybe today…