Ruth Clemence

writer & blogger

Category: Blog

  • Dad Life Rap

    My mum showed me this video called Dad Life, which is suitable as Father’s Day has just gone! It’s really awesome and shows that Christians can reach out through humour as well as the Sunday service 🙂 Happy Belated Father’s Day to all pop’s, pappy’s, dad’s, daddy’s etc etc 🙂 I…

  • Microwaves, Take That and Sssshhh!

    It’s been two days since chemotherapy. I was so tired yesterday. I blame one of my anti-sickness pills. It can knock me out cold. I fell asleep in the chair when having the chemo – that’s how good it is! Anyways, my neck, shoulders and back feel like they are…

  • ABVD (Another Brave Victorious Day)

    The first time I went to the Oncology clinic I was nervous. I knew I was one step to finishing my treatment, but I had no idea what would be in store for me these next few months. I cried a lot. In the waiting room, in the toilets, in…

  • Bruce Almighty

    When I was first diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in January 2011, my world was forever changed. I had just settled in with some wonderful flat mates, my course at university was challenging but I was getting through the assignments with much success, my course mates were legendary,  I lived independently…

  • Have You Got A Bucket List?

    I have just read an article in The Sun about a 15 year old girl – Alice Pyne – who has been battling cancer for 4 years. She has Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, the same as me (although there are so many sub-types etc. that it is most likely not exactly the…

  • Aroma

    Well, I suppose I should get more acquainted with this ‘blog’ so here goes my second attempt at a ‘post’. I’d like to start writing something worth writing about, but at the moment I really haven’t got a direction… I have finished my first assignment for a creative writing course…