What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
When a friend’s daughter lost her leg, Helen Wright knew what to do and went into full on fundraising mode to make her garden accessible. Annie was diagnosed two years ago with an aggressive form of cancer (osteosarcoma) in the bones and muscles of her leg. Her treatment has included
Scores of Beeston residents and businesses are rallying to the aid of an ‘active and loving’ local community stalwart, Val Duggan – who recently was suddenly and unexpectedly struck down with terminal cancer and paralysis. And they are now calling on the wider community to help them push on towards
The Yorkshire cancer patient forum held its second meeting on Monday 5 October. It was very well attended and friendly and although as a patient I did not know anyone it felt very welcoming. The diverse nature of the group including the cancers suffered from was amazing. It is organised
The family of a Hunslet man, now living in Sarlat, France is carrying on the fight against cancer whilst commemorating a father lost to prostate cancer last year. The late Roy Bowen, educated at Leeds Grammar School, is buried in Sarlat, the town he loved best after Leeds. After school
I was first diagnosed with depression in the year 2000, millennium year. I still have it today 14 years on. Major depression in the UK at any one time is about 5%. Many as one person in three may experience an episode of depression in their lifetime. The
World Cancer Awareness Day 4th February 2014 I have lost 6 Family members to Cancer. I’m also awaiting for a Biopsy to rule out Cancer myself. This will be 3rd time I’m under investigation for Cancer in 13 Months. So although a South Leeds blog, Cancer is a Global
My in-laws’ next-door neighbour has died so we’re off to Preston for the funeral on Tuesday. I seem to be going to too many funerals these days. I guess it’s just a phase. The great marker points in life are birth, marriage and death, or “hatch, batch and dispatch” in