THESE past few days I have once again been reminded how amazing modern health technology can really be.
Last week, it was time to get yet more tiny brain tumours zapped.
I can say this so nonchalantly because it was the fifth time in my life I have been strapped to a bed and had tiny bits of my grey matter nuked by invisible forces.
If I think about it, I have had my noggin’ treated more often than I have been to the dentist over the last six years.
A stage 4 “lifer” has better things to do than get her teeth checked (my ex-dentist uncle who is an avid reader of this column will be hanging his head in shame – sorry Mike!).
I won’t even try to explain to you how gamma knife radiosurgery works but I will tell you it’s bloody clever.
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Thankfully for me, the technology has got so smart I didn’t even have metal screws bolted to my head this time.
You may remember I was traumatised by this back in July, so the team at the Gamma Knife Centre at Queens Square in London did everything in their power to make this session as trauma free for me as possible – and I am so grateful.
Two days prior to my treatment I had a special mask moulded to my face and head which would act as a sort of restraint.
My tumours are tiny, so avoiding any kind of movement is crucial.
The machine now has a clever sensor that will know if I move even a millimetre. The game “sleeping lions” didn’t exist in Germany when I was a child but if it had, I would have been the champion of it.
When Friday came I spent three one-hour sessions trying my very hardest to drift away to much nicer places, imagining the tumours getting melted away.
Visualisations can be very handy for cancer treatment and I am a bit of a pro now. I was accompanied by a couple of amazing friends on treatment day who ensured the whole event was a far cry from distressing.
I have seen the gamma knife team more than I see some of my pals and they are some of the kindest, most dedicated people I have ever met.
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It was nice to feel like I had made the right decision in finding this treatment back in February.
Novel cancer treatments exist. Your oncologist may not point you in their direction, but that doesn’t mean you can’t access them.
Be your own health detective, your quality of life may depend on it.
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You don’t have to pack away your bikini just because you’re the wrong side of 20. These body-beautiful stars reveal their secrets to staying in shape and prove you can smoulder in a two-piece, whatever your age. Read on and be bikini inspired!
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Hayden Panettiere
Size: 8
Age: 18
Height: 5ft 1in
Weight: 8st
To achieve her kick-ass figure, Hayden – who plays cheerleader Claire Bennet in Heroes – follows the ‘quartering’ rule. She eats only a quarter of the food on her plate, then waits 20 minutes before deciding whether she needs to eat again.
Hayden says: “I don’t have a model’s body, but I’m not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they’re fat. I’m OK with what I have.”
Nicollette says: “I don’t like diets – I see it, I eat it! I believe in eating healthily with lots of protein, vegetables and carbs to give you energy.”
kim cattrall
Size: 10-12
Age: 52
Height: 5ft 8in
Weight: 9st 4lb
SATC star Kim swears by gym sessions with Russian kettle bells (traditional cast-iron weights) and the South Beach Diet to give her the body she wants. To avoid overeating, Kim has a radical diet trick – squirting lemon juice on her leftovers – so she won’t carry on picking.
Kim says: “I am no super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.”
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