Charity / Awareness Archives - Crazy With Twins

Let me try and tell you what it’s like. The fear I mean. The fear of Cancer returning, when you’ve already beaten it twice. When it feels like the more battles you win, the more the odds stack against you. Most of the time, I’m optimistic. I make the most of every day that I […]

Who else watched Stand Up To Cancer on TV last night? People ask me why I watch Stand Up To Cancer? Knowing I have had had two cancers so far and I have a predisposition, which means I am likely to develop more cancers at some point in my life? Twitter was eerily quiet from the […]

I have blogged many times about Cancer and it’s no secret that I have had two cancers as well as a scare and pre-cancerous cells being removed too. I know that when you have cancer or any serious illness, people rally around you, asking how they can help. Friends, family, acquaintances and even total strangers […]

So I recently got THE LETTER. The letter I get every year, telling me the results of my annual Thyroglobulin test. This is the test that tells us if I am still cancer free or if my cancer has returned. They also do TSH and free T4 tests to see if I’m on the right […]

I thought it was about time I blogged about life after thyroid cancer. I’ve not really blogged much about Thyroid Cancer since I announced I’d been given the all-clear from my consultant back in December 2013. I’m now 3 years cancer free and every December I share the video I made on YouTube about my cancer […]

Doctors, midwives and health visitors have an obsession with telling breastfeeding mothers that “if it hurts, then your baby isn’t latched on correctly”. For first time breastfeeders, this is quite often true. This is sometimes even true for mothers who have done it before, but sometimes, there are medical reasons for why breastfeeding hurts. It […]

As someone who has suffered childhood Cancer myself, I often wonder how I’d cope if one of my own children fell ill. How would I cope financially if I wasn’t able to work? This post, written by Max Robinson, head of ChildMax addresses that exact issue: From the equivalent of 33p a day insurance […]

I’m currently 16 weeks pregnant, but this is the post I wrote when I was 10 weeks pregnant. I am no longer with (or in contact with) SD, but I wanted to share the whole of my pregnancy journey, so I have left it as written at the time and you can follow my story… I’m […]

For readers who missed the announcement, I’m currently 14 weeks pregnant, but I wrote blog posts throughout my pregnancy – these are being published now – to share my story. This is the post I wrote when I was 5 weeks pregnant… The news hasn’t really sunk in yet. Neither myself nor SD know quite what to […]

Where would you be without an education? If you hadn’t ever gone to school or learnt to read and write, add up, have a basic understanding of the world… would you be where you are now? Would you have the job you currently work? Would you have your home? Your car? If you’re a parent, […]