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GAG | eating life with head & neck cancer Ep 60 - 120

GAG | eating life with head & neck cancer Ep 60 - 120

著者： Yvonne McClaren
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 GAG.| eating life is a weekly newsletter about resilience, reinvention, and reclaiming life after challenges.

yvonnemcclaren.substack.comYvonne McClaren 個人的成功 自己啓発
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  • Welcome to GAG.| eating life

    Welcome to GAG.| eating life
    2025/02/04

    If cancer gave me anything it was a hot cup of tea and a good talking to.

    I wanted to read stories from people who had a clue.

    I wanted to get some sort of idea about what it was I was going through and what others had experienced.

    I didn’t want to get unsolicited advice from a thousand people on social media about the dodgy looking ulcer on their tongue.

    Not helpful, non of it.

    …and so GAG.| eating life was born.

    This is a documented life journal told in story format of my setbacks and comebacks after surviving head and neck cancer.

    Now I am a writer and international hiker.

    A story teller and still, after everything a foodie at heart.

    May it provide the inspiration and clarity you need.

    Eat Well.



    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yvonnemcclaren.substack.com/subscribe
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  • Survivorship is a big battle too.

    Survivorship is a big battle too.
    2025/01/22

    Wow survivorship. The second battle - I didn’t see it coming.

    There are people who actually do their PhD’s in this so I’ll leave the details to them.

    I guess the nuance of what I write is now based on “survivorship” and as I have documented my journey from day 1 - it’s becomes a useful resource, for not only me but those that unfortunately are coming up the rear of which there are many.

    This next stage is where I need your help. Your thoughts, comments and ideas publicly written if possible, that way it doesn’t just become because “I said”.

    You know what I mean, so if you can make a comment here on Substack, Linkedin, social media or even just send me an email - and being comfortable with me using your words in the public arena is all super helpful.

    Please share this publication - it helps get the message out there …

    Becoming a paid subscriber also super helpful. 😉

    GAG.| eating life is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

    Eat Well.



    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yvonnemcclaren.substack.com/subscribe
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  • For the love of all things spicy.

    For the love of all things spicy.
    2024/12/23
    I still, very occasionally, get gifts from unsuspecting givers. Two such items arrived this past week via a flustered delivery driver.I know both givers, one quite well the other I have spoken only via the telephone and only ever on a professional footing. The trouble I face is I look as though not much has happened to me, although if you peer closely you can see the tell tale signs of radiotherapy, the neck dissection, that ever so slightly drawn look only head and neck cancer patients have, that sort of landed fish look. Crooked teeth (my once prized possession unbanded) so unless you listen oh so carefully to my speech, or happen to be in the sneeze zone of sharing a meal, you’d likely not know what I have been through. So you can forgive the uninitiated when they send you a full box of Charlesworth mixed nuts as a Christmas thank you gift. I know, I know it’s the thought that counts, but I am (and say this with hand on heart) really surprised anyone gifts food of any description in this day and age when every second person seems to have allergies to gluten, peanuts, avocado, fruit, vegetables, Mariah Carey you name it. Don’t get me started on school canteens and the fact that one is allergic to peanuts we all are allergic to peanuts rhetoric. I think the giving of food to anyone in the head and neck space is a very bold move. I recall back when I was still navigating my PEG and trying to work out how to actually eat real food when someone (who absolutely should have known better) presented me with a bottle of sweet dessert sauce. My guess in their thinking was “it’s a sauce” “it has no bits” - “it’s … add in the reasoning and the seasoning”. I opened it with trepidation and sure enough, whatever was in it made my sinuses swell up and burn my mouth and throat to within an inch of its life. That bottle stayed open in my fridge for the next 18 months and only then I could manage to consume it. Anything that lasts that long (I don’t do expiration dates - Brie, Camembert, Mariah Carey point in case, are always better after their due date) I am always dubious about, but when you can’t eat or swallow a thing you tend to ignore the obvious red flags.Here’s a list of what I think is pretty safe in the head and neck cancer gift giving space. * A cotton Japanese Handkerchief (male or female) those things are big beautiful and soft and make excellent stylish wipes.* Vitamin E Laden moisturiser / cream with aloe vera - I use Tri -Natural Products * An enriched lip moisturiser with SPF 50 - great for those small spots in the corner of your mouth (angular cheilitis) * A Spotify / Audible audio subscription * A meditation app like - WAKE UP/Head Space * Scented Candle* A linen tea towel - a nice one that grown ups have* Buff (head cover - for sensitive ears) * An experience - insert zoo / museum / game to attend / race track / lap around a circuit * A travel gift card (that might be a me thing 😉)* Warm gloves (again male / female) * A tray of mangoes if you feel the need to do food or insert “avocado “ pending the point above * A good water bottle or drinking vessel with the correct opening for drinkingAnyway you get my drift. A quick list off the top of my head to get you thinking.I arrived home after 6 weeks walking to two very fat cats, but otherwise a very dishevelled house. My favourite Japanese lacquered spoon (gone), my Nutrifleur toothpaste (all used), pots, pans and lids just shoved wherever and not in sets. Mouldy towels, unwashed dishes, a dead garden - shall I go on? Still, the cats were happy.The one thing that they did leave for me was a huge (and likely very expensive) food hamper, the contents of which I could not eat… none of it - I could just manage the Pukka caffeine free tea bags. It contained the following items :- * Bag of mixed nuts - No* Tin of Cadbury Favourites (Chocolates for my non Aussie readers) - No ( FYI - cheap chocolate burns like the all get out and is in no way pleasant to consume) if you are a Chocolate person I do eat dark Haighs at 70% cocoa but that’s taken me years to get to that point and even then it is hit and miss. * Some slab of indescribable salted Caramel Rocky Road - No * Chocolate dipped Almonds - Double No * Trail Mix - for the love of all things spicy - NoI would have prefered they put the money toward a house cleaner, there you go, what an idea, maybe a gift certificate of a clean house.My point is - know thy market, dont think because its soft, runny, smooth it will work - it likely won’t unless you know the person really really well. Because a gift received that completely alienates you as a human is not fulfilling its intended purpose. You can forgive those that simply don’t know, but when something is explained in agonising detail and still ignored, you have to question the sincerity of the trail mix. Eat Well.Enjoy this post ? You can share it and help more people and caregivers … thanks 💜 This is a public ...
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