"Run for Cover" in the Irish Times Magazine

The Irish Times Magazine featured Feelgood Scarves on Saturday 30th January - see the link below. We had a surge of activity on the website all day, proving that there is a need for an interest in what we are offering! http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2010/0130/1224263183552.html

Gail Porter recovering from Alopecia

On a lighter note for Alopecia sufferers, I see that Gail Porter (model-turned-TV-Presenter) is recovering after 4 years of suffering from alopecia. She is only 38 and her hair loss must have been devastating for her but she has kept a brave face and managed to get herself a 24 year old boyfriend! Check out some photos on this link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1246142/Gail-Porter-finds-love-rock-singer-Jonny-D-14-years-younger.html

Exciting possibilities in treatment for Breast Cancer

Sheffield University has made what could be a great discovery, the result of which would be to greatly shorten the time need for chemotherapy. It will be great if, in a few years, we can look back and shake our heads at the idea that a patient had to have 6 months or more of chemo.
Here is a link to the full article http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2010/1476.html. Basically they have found that giving 2 chemo drugs in a particular order can quickly reduce the size of tumours.

The tyranny of Positive Thinking

For anyone who feels more than slightly frustrated at the suggestion that they must should be thinking positively, while they are undergoing scary and unpleaseant cancer treatment , I recommend this article which appeared in todays 'Guardian' newspaper: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/02/cancer-positive-thinking-barbara-ehrenreich

It is a good-humoured view of a thorny issue - does positive thinking affect your prognosis?

Well, that's Christmas over!

Like many women I know, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer at Christmas time, in my case 14th December 2007. This means mixed feelings about Christmas as it now will always take me back to 'THAT' Christmas, coming out of hospital on the 23rd etc.

On a positive note, once you've had a cancer diagnosis, life is all the more precious and every Christmas is one to be enjoyed!

Welcome news on Breast Cancer screening!

How fantastic to read in The Irish Times (front page 22nd December 2009) about a breakthrough made in NUI Galway, which may mean that within a couple of years, a simple blood test could be used for Breast Cancer screening.

Not only would we avoid the discomfort of a mammogram, but this test might be a lot more accurate in detecting the presence of breast cancer. I would love to think that before long it could be used on cancer survivors as part of our annual screening - wouldn't it be comforting to get an 'all clear' result. It would certainly put my mind at rest.

Congratulations to Prof Michael Kerin and his team, what a wonderful achievement, something that will certainly put Ireland on the map for all the right reasons!

Its Live!

I sometimes think it would have been quicker to have a baby than to produce my website www.feelgoodscarves.com !
But after lots of work and great input from everyone who worked with me on it, its LIVE!

I hope that women who have lost their hair through chemo or alopecia, will find something they like on the website and that having something nice to wear will make them feel a little better.