[SPEAKER] Digital Theology: The Big C #PremDac19

November 2, 2019October 29, 2019 by drbexl

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Here are the slides from this afternoon's forthcoming session at the Premier Digital Conference, with Rev Dr Joanne Cox and I, talking about faith, community and cancer... 'Living faith-full community in the face of trauma. Explore how digital community exposes a God who calls us to campaign, collaborate, and care.' Digital Theology: The Big C #PremDac19 from Bex Lewis

[CANCER] Completing the @MaggiesCentres ‘Living with Stress’ Course

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 by drbexl

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So, yesterday I finished a 6-week course at Maggie's on 'managing stress'. The course is designed for those who have had a diagnosis of cancer (or those close to them), as diagnosis, surgery, treatments, and ongoing treatment are all 'difficult and testing times' - leading to extra stress, intense emotion, tiredness and irritability: Week 1: Stress and Breathing We talked about theories around stress, and the fact that cancer leaves you at a 'higher…

[CANCER] Lymphoedema Appointment

October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 by drbexl

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So, this morning it was time for another appointment, this time to sort out my lymphedema/lymphoedema (apparently the first is America, the second the English spelling - my phone as decided it recognises the former!): View this post on Instagram It’s #waitingroomfeet to sort the Lymphedema ... A post shared by Bex Lewis (@drbexl) on Oct 28, 2019 at 3:10am PDT The breast unit has only just moved to The Nightingale Centre, and this…

[CANCER] Developing Lymphoedema/Lymphedema

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 by drbexl

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So, all our bodies have a lymphatic system, draining all 'the nasties' out: 5/32 of my lymph nodes, however, were already infected with cancer at my mastectomy, so they removed all of the ones on my left side (leaving no lymphatic system on that side). This left me at a 25-30% risk of developing lymphoedema (various people seem to spell this different ways). For the last few weeks I have felt pain in the back…

[CANCER] Talking about #WaitingRoomFeet and Radiotherapy with @YBCN_UK

October 17, 2019 by drbexl

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With October being 'Breast Cancer Awareness month' and so much pink and fluffy stuff - Younger Breast Cancer Network has been sharing stories from its members via Facebook all month - today is a piece from me - I was asked to talk about radiotherapy as part of it. So here's my entry:

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