IN PRAISE (Instagram Post (Square)) (1) In Praise of Our NHS Words by James Cormack & Photos by Caroline Finn Most of us have mixed outcomes when we need to use our National Health Service. In my experience, the treatment from the beginning to the end was wholly positive. It was in September 2020 I was diagnosed with urethral cancer. My Clydesider Editor • Health & Wellness
IMG_7962 Edit My Cancer Story Words by John Donnelly photo by Katie Kennedy The year was 2007, I had just started the best job I’d ever have. After 17 years working as a prison officer, I took a huge gamble and joined Renfrewshire Council’s Joint Commissioning Team based at Dykebar Psychiatric Hospital in Clydesider Editor • Health & Wellness
DSC_8012 Wild About Swimming Words and Photo by Jim Duncan It’s May and early morning sees a hardy bunch of souls gathering to get ready to go open water swimming aka ‘wild swimming’ or ‘cold water therapy’ (we used to just call it swimming), at Duck Bay in our National Park. Swimming is Clydesider Editor • Health & Wellness
https://clydesider.org/2022/07/19/on-yer-bike/ ON YER BIKE by Annie Jordan Photos courtesy of the Vale of Leven Trust “On your bike!” has taken on a whole new meaning for me after seeing what’s on offer at the Vale of Leven Trust Active Travel Hub. Bobby Dorrian, Development Manager of the Hub, explains the Trust was set Clydesider Editor • Community
A4F5E8AB-C048-48B5-8E31-465C94815D45 Cycle For Life By Amanda Eleftheriades Photos by Marie Murphy “The fear of imminent death motivated me to change.” Marie Murphy arrives at our office clad in tight-fitting cycling shorts and top, looking the very picture of health. But her athletic physique hides a daily battle to control blood sugar levels which have Clydesider Editor • Health & Wellness
The start 1 Come Rain or Shine By Annie Jordan Photos by Chris McCaughey Rendezvous: Levengrove Park, Saturday 9.30am sharp. It's a dreich Saturday morning but the parkrunners are out in force, and so are the army of volunteers in their fluorescent pink high-vis waistcoats. My Dad used to famously say: "It' Clydesider Editor • Health & Wellness
