Ruth Clemence

writer & blogger

Category: Cancer

  • Have I Got News For You

    Hey everyone! I feel it has been far too long since I’ve updated this blog, much to my annoyance as I would love to write every day, but there hasn’t been much to share. Until now! There is a saying that once you hit rock bottom, the only way is…

  • 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…