Cold weather can cause extra challenges to Cancer patients, due to the side effects of Cancer treatments and physical limitations as a result of a Cancer diagnosis.
In this article, we share some tips to help Cancer patients stay safe in cold weather.
Help us to rebuild the lives of families affected by Cancer by joining Team Purple House in the SSE Airtricity Dublin City Marathon & Dublin Race Series 2018
I spent my 60th birthday in hospital. I had experienced problems with my leg but an x-ray seemed to confirm that it was just wear and tear. Then a fall at work led to further investigation and eventually a diagnosis of bone cancer.
This week is Cervical Cancer Awareness Week and our Board of Trustee Member & Oncology Nurse Lizzy Kilkenny shares some useful information and answers the common questions below.
What is Cervical Screening?
Cervical Screening tests women for changes in the cells of the cervix. Its aim is to detect early cell changes, this is the really important point as cervical cancer takes 7-12 years to develop in most cases.
It’s important to note that it is not a test for Cancer. It’s a test to check for abnormalities in the cells of the cervix which may lead to Cancer.
This February we are asking you to support people living with Cancer by picking up a Purple Heart pin badge for 2Euro. Wear your Purple Heart on Valentines Day Tuesday 14th February and show your support!
Three years before I came to Purple House, I was diagnosed with Squamous cell carcinoma at the base of the tongue and in the right side of my neck.
At that time, I was also diagnosed with a separate cancer in kidney. They decided to deal with the major cancer first and that kicked the hell out of me. They fitted me with a peg before I started the treatment because they knew I was going to be tube fed. I ended up in hospital half way through and after I finished, I was in hospital for three months. Three months after I came out, I then had to go back in to a different hospital to get the kidney done. So I didn’t get a chance to recover and after that recovery took three years. It was three years that I was in and out of hospitals; mentally I was a basket case. I asked myself “Why am I here? What’s this? Three years and I’m still not recovered.
Please see our new January 2018 class timetable below. Please click on image to view. If you wish to book for any class, please contact us on 012866966 or email info@purplehouse.ie
To download the timetable click here Classes Timetable Spring 2018 Preliminary
Our Cancer Support Centre and services will be closed from 1pm on Friday 22nd December until 10am on Tuesday 2nd January 2018. We would like to wish all of our clients, friends and supporters a very Happy Christmas and every good wish for 2018.
Thanks to your support, we have helped 184 families so far this year through the services provided in our Cancer Support Centre in Bray, Co. Wicklow and outreach support service in Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin.
Christmas can be a very difficult time for anyone affected by Cancer and there are a number of ways in which you can support our work.
As part of our support programmes for children and teenagers affected by Cancer, we are holding two separate events during the Halloween Mid term break.
