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Why it's called Love for Now

Anthony Wilson wrote 1 day ago: Love for Now did not begin with an idea but an illness. As I have written elsewhere, there wasn … more →

Tags: Cancer, Blood cancer, Presence, Life Lessons, Family, Anthony Wilson, health, gratitude, NHL

Losing my ambition4 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 3 days ago: Towards the end of my treatment for cancer in 2006 I had one of the most profound conversations of m … more →

Tags: Ambition, Blood cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, health, Jean Sprackland, Life Lessons, Lymphoma, NHL

Review of Love for Now and Riddance

Anthony Wilson wrote 5 days ago:   Tomorrow the Church Times publishes a combined review of my memoir of cancer Love for Now and … more →

Tags: Poetry, Poems, Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Dying, Life Lessons, Anthony Wilson, NHL

Lifesaving Poems: Billy Collins's 'Morning'4 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 1 week ago:   In February, 1999 I was sitting in a car park with Naomi Jaffa when she asked me what I thoug … more →

Tags: Lifesaving Poems, Poetry, Poets, Poems, Cancer, Life Lessons, Jaan Kaplinski, Naomi Jaffa, Billy Collins

The 'rollercoaster ride' of cancer: an Interview with James Landale4 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 1 week ago: It was great to hear the BBC’s Deputy Political Editor James Landale’s interview about h … more →

Tags: Cancer, riddance, Life Lessons, NHL, non-hodgkins lymphoma, Remission, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Lymphoma

I am Fighting6 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 1 month ago: I wrote here a couple of days ago about my aversion to using war metaphor to describe cancer. Judgin … more →

Tags: Poetry, Poems, Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Life Lessons, non-hodgkins lymphoma, War Metaphor for cancer, Anthony Wilson

Cancer isn't a battle, it's cancer8 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 1 month ago: A friend of mine drew my attention via Twitter this week to an article detailing Robert Peston … more →

Tags: Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Life Lessons, non-hodgkins lymphoma, war metaphor, twitter, health, Cancer as a battle

When they told me I would live8 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 1 month ago: Nine days after I was told that my chemotherapy treatment was not working in April 2006 the doctors … more →

Tags: Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Presence, Anthony Wilson, Jorn Cann, non-hodgkins lymphoma, writing, Lymphoma

Relapsing from cancer...by mistake2 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 1 month ago: Seven years ago this is what happened halfway through my treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I wen … more →

Tags: Lifesaving Poems, Poets, Poems, Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Life Lessons, non-hodgkins lymphoma, Patrick Kavanagh

Diagnosis anniversary 74 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 4 months ago: Today is the seventh anniversary of my diagnosis with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL), an aggressive ca … more →

Tags: Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Life Lessons, Anthony Wilson, non-hodgkins lymphoma, Lymphoma, Remission, NHL

When I knew I had cancer1 comment

Anthony Wilson wrote 4 months ago:   Seven years ago today, the date in the photograph above was the day I knew had cancer. By thi … more →

Tags: Blood cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Life Lessons, Lifesaving Poems, Lymphoma, non-hodgkins lymphoma, Poetry, Poets

The Next Big Thing: some questions about Love for Now

Anthony Wilson wrote 4 months ago: The Next Big Thing I have been been tagged by poet and blogger Abegail Morley to answer set question … more →

Tags: abegail morley, Anthony Wilson, Blood cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Chris Southgate, Family, health, Life Lessons

5 Common Responses When You say 'I've got cancer'11 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 4 months ago: When I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma nearly seven years ago the aspect of telling … more →

Tags: Cancer, riddance, Life Lessons, non-hodgkins lymphoma, Dying, Remission, health, Blood cancer, Diagnosis

8 great books about dying7 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 5 months ago: The chances are, more of us are mortal than have multiple orgasms -Violet Weingarten, Intimations of … more →

Tags: Cancer, death, Dying, gratitude, health, John Diamond, Julia Darling, Life Lessons, Mitch Albom

Together we can beat war as a metaphor for cancer4 comments

Anthony Wilson wrote 5 months ago:   If there is one difference I hope to make with Love for Now book it is to challenge the overw … more →

Tags: Cancer, Blood cancer, Life Lessons, Family, health, NHL, non-hodgkins lymphoma, writing, Radiotherapy

Why I wrote Love for Now

Anthony Wilson wrote 5 months ago: I began writing Love for Now, my journal-memoir of diagnosis and treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphom … more →

Tags: cancer, Lymphoma, Blood cancer, non-hodgkins lymphoma, Riddace, Cancer, Remission, memoir, bloodcancer

2012 in review

Anthony Wilson wrote 5 months ago: The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an … more →

Tags: Anthony Wilson, Blood cancer, Cancer, Education, Life Lessons, Lifesaving Poems, non-hodgkins lymphoma, Poems, Poetry

Cancer, I found no poetry in you

Anthony Wilson wrote 5 months ago: I was formally diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, on Valentine … more →

Tags: Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Life Lessons, NHL, non-hodgkins lymphoma, writing, Chemotherapy, Lymphoma

When Your Friend is Diagnosed with Cancer

Anthony Wilson wrote 6 months ago: If you have a friend who is diagnosed with cancer, the best thing to do in terms of what to say (or … more →

Tags: Cancer, Blood cancer, riddance, Presence, Dying, Life Lessons, Family, Anthony Wilson, NHL


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