Sam Alexandra Rose

If you’d like to support me during my 4th cancer diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer, it would make my day if you bought one of my books or shared them with others! I have memoirs on my cancer experiences, and poetry collections: writersam.co.uk/books 🙏💖 #LynchSyndrome

It's time for my annual (ish) reflection blog post on setting goals for the next year! This time, I only have one. writersam.co.uk/goals-for-2026

Hello, I don't really come here anymore but here is my latest blog post, a rather late update post-breast cancer treatment this year: writersam.co.uk/life-update-po… *cough* follow me on Threads for more frequent posts *cough*

Very sad news. I only met Neil a couple of times through my work at Bowel Research UK, but appreciated his insights and commitment to patient and public involvement. At the ACPGBI annual meeting last year especially, I saw he is clearly deeply respected and beloved by many. RIP.

“But I still need to earn money and get my #studies done and life doesn’t stop for #cancer. Which is annoying because cancer is basically a second job”: buff.ly/qhlU3w8 by @writersamr #spoonie #ChronicIllness #NEisVoid

New blog post! My lumpectomy date is set, let's gooooo writersam.co.uk/bumpys-evictio… #BreastCancer #CMMRDlife #CMMRD

@HorganRoberta Thanks Roberta, I'm doing as well as I can but it does suck!

@writersamr Oh Sam 😞 I'm so so so sorry. It's really not fair you're in this situation again. CMMRD is a beast. I hope you're doing okay. Here for you xx biggest hugs lovely 🫂❤️

New blog post about my recent breast cancer diagnosis (cancer number four! We're really racking them up.) writersam.co.uk/cancer-4-breas… #CMMRDlife #LynchSyndrome #CMMRD

Also I'm not really here anymore, come find me on Insta/Threads for more regular updates.

"Breast cancer, surgery, potential treatment after that, bowel/gastro checkups, brain and full body MRIs, Florida holiday under threat, potential increase in travel insurance costs, work, PhD studies, and day to day life in general. All through a late-diagnosed autism lens!"

IT FINALLY HAPPENED Wordle 1,290 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

And I know it's just a TV show, whatever, I'm just trying to give some real life context and representation.

I'm 3 episodes behind on Corrie but can we talk about how the stoma support group facilitator assuming Bethany had cancer is a bit weird? Plenty of people get bowel cancer young, but you can have a stoma for loads of reasons, like IBD, so it'd be odd to assume cancer is the cause

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

I haven't watched any Mission Impossible movies so the Aldi Christmas advert was slightly lost on me, but for some reason the briefcase with a false bottom made me laugh until I cried 😂 @AldiUK #KevinTheCarrot 🥕

@smethwickmon Thanks!

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I need to know where Noel got his UFO jumper #GBBO

Bake off x Apprentice crossover: This is the worst pastry I've ever seen, you're fired Or You sold the most donuts in the market square and won the task, here's the Paul Hollywood handshake #GBBO

I'm writing the context for my PhD and this quote from James Downar always makes me smile: “Patients are not soldiers, and doctors are not generals. Cancer does not have a geopolitical agenda or an army; it is not even intelligent.” Throwing shade at cancer - you're not smart bro