Tag: Writing

This is a piece I wrote in January 2021 for Macmillan, one of the largest cancer charities in the UK. Macmillan do incredible work for families living with cancer. Cancer is going to affect half of us We all know someone that’s had cancer, but we never really think it’s going to happen to us.  […]

This is a piece I wrote for Cure, the largest cancer magazine in the United States. Cure has around 285,000 readers, and 1,000,000 monthly visitors to its website. You can find the original article here. A cancer survivor writes about how he, like many, was blindsided by his diagnosis and what it was like to […]

This is a piece I wrote about how people can give support for cancer patients. I’ve just listed out some of the big things I needed while I was undergoing cancer treatment. It was written for a magazine in January 2021, but I’m not sure how much of it was published! ​Cancer messes with your […]

This is a cancer blog / story piece I wrote for Sickboy, before I appeared on their brilliant, award winning podcast in February 2020. Sickboy had two million downloads last year, and the show tackles the stigma around serious illness. Sickboy is produced in Canada. I’m a pretty unlikely penis poster boy Of all the […]

This is a blog piece I wrote for Macmillan, a leading UK cancer charity. I wanted to explain about what scanxiety means to me, and how it feels every time a scan comes around. It’s been going on for a while now.  It always follows the same routine.Somehow, subconsciously, I just know it’s coming.  I […]