Client Story Archive - Nightingale

Alastair’s Story

In the same week that Alastair (MBACP (Acred)) started counselling at The Nightingale he received his cancer diagnosis. Now, four years on from when he first started and now in remission, we wanted to see how he found having.....

Alastair’s Story

Dawn on the Horizon

We often ask our clients to share their story, predominantly through a chronological story. Fiona used a different way to express herself, through art and poetry.

Dawn on the Horizon

‘Can you come and see me at the end of the week? I’ll push the results through and we’ll be able to know for sure. Oh, and don’t come on your own.’ Well, he had told me everything I.....

Amanda’s Story

When we went into lockdown in March 2020, I was ok just busy at work. I had a bit of an upset stomach and diarrhoea. I thought I was stressed, drinking too much beer, not eating right. Lockdown was.....

Colin’s Story

My first sign of a problem was when I went to the toilet and noticed blood in my urine. My urine had always been dark as I was on medication for ulcerative colitis and dark urine was one of.....

One Diagnosis, Two Stories

Laura and Alan became Nightingale clients in 2022 after Alan was diagnosed with lymphoma. Their interview shows the different impact a cancer diagnosis can have on two people. What led up to Alan’s diagnosis? Laura: At night Alan started to.....

One Diagnosis, Two Stories

My first encounter with cancer came out of the blue when I was 28 and a few weeks away from my wedding! I’d had a niggling discomfort, bloated tummy and an urgency to jump up in the morning for.....

Julie’s Story

Bowel cancer is a life-changing illness but it’s my new normal and you just have to get your mind-set right. I would say to anyone if you feel something is even slightly wrong just go straight to your doctor......

Marina’s Story

Nurse can miss the signs too My background is in nursing so I am always making sure I look after myself. I always examine myself and question if I am feeling something different. I never thought I would get cancer......

Louisa’s Story

I spent my 40th birthday alone in hospital. Not exactly the celebration I had expected! I was lethargic, exhausted, out of breath. I just wasn’t myself. I’m a mum of two young boys with lots of hobbies, an active.....

How Bowel Cancer Affected Me

I was supposed to spend my 65th birthday in Florida celebrating. Instead, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer and rushed into surgery.

How Bowel Cancer Affected Me

John’s Journey

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer back in September 2017. At the time I could remember feeling like the loneliest person in the world. Everything that was outlined to me thereafter seemed to be communicated in slow motion.

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