It was 7.30 pm.
I just finished the Prostate Cancer talk and as the audience were leaving I saw a familiar face in the crowd, the very same manager.
What are the odds…..Read More »
Category: Prostate Cancer UK
53. Are the boxes half full, empty or VIP?
Today, Friday the 5th of July marks the 1st anniversary of the day that saved and changed my life. That would be the day that I was wheeled down to surgery for my hot date with the sexy Da Vinchi machine and ‘de-prostated’.Read More »
52. Knowing me that light at the end of the tunnel, might just be lighting.
Between my last blog entry, which was only two weeks ago, things were being thrown at me thick and fast. All just a few days apart…
New Job
At the new job, on the first Friday of every month the newbies have to tell the rest of the teams a little about themselves. They also have to present two truths and a lie for the teams to try and guess the lie.
Mine were the following…Read More »
50. If You’re Lying, I’ll Be Back
Elisabeth Kuber-Ross was a famous Swiss-American psychiatrist, specialising in working with terminally ill patients. Her most famous work was her book ‘on Death and Dying’. Within it she devised the Kubler-Ross model which was originally intended to describe the emotional states experienced by terminally ill patients. It is popularly known as the five stages of grief. The five stages are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. That has since been revised and Shock has been added as the first stage.
The Bucannon-Ellis model (have to make it sound scientific and posh) has eight stages. They however differ considerably from the Kuber-Ross model. They are: Shock, Cuss, Evaluation, Nothing, Lie and Believe, Binge, Plan & F-youRead More »
