by Nicole Cooper | Oct 23, 2018 | Cancer, Exercise
On 16 October I was lucky enough to be invited to share the stage with Prue Cormie at the Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium Forum Dinner, to talk all things exercise and cancer. I wanted to share my speech with everyone, which talks about the outstanding...
by Nicole Cooper | Sep 13, 2018 | Cancer, Survival
Do you remember? When everything you ever wanted in this world was exactly what you have right now? I came across this statement last week. It rang in my head with such a haunting echo that I had to read it twice. So hey, why not. Do you remember? When everything you...
by Nicole Cooper | Jul 21, 2018 | Cancer, Survival
There is a particular intersection in Melbourne that simply reeks of cancer. For me. I guess it wouldn’t for most people. For most people, it is where an unremarkable local street meets an endoscopy centre and a cemetery. For me, it is the beginning of all of this....
by Nicole Cooper | Apr 30, 2018 | Cancer
“Who the hell do you think you are? Your cancer has been eliminated and now you can just get on with it? A splash of life threatening illness to remind you of what is important, and now for happily ever after? It’s back to the fairy-tale, is it? That’s a joke, Nicole....
by Nicole Cooper | Mar 22, 2018 | Chemotherapy
I should have known. I had been waiting for this news. I had given myself permission to accept it could happen. I dared to be believe that it would. So it follows, naturally, that it wouldn’t. I should have known. I looked down at my hands and interlocked my fingers...
by Nicole Cooper | Jan 9, 2018 | Surgery
The first time I actually got a real glimpse of the intensive care unit was as I was leaving. Until then, I had seen nothing more than a revolving roster of nurses. The white walls and ceiling. Knowing nods from my doctors. Warm smiles from my beautiful family. As the...
