“Writing is what I turn to and what helps when that stress and anxiety kicks in,” writes Stephen Medhurst on his blog. “All while attempting to raise awareness towards this rare, sneaky and deadly type of cancer, Neuroendocrine tumours.”
Medhurst wears many hats. He is a husband, a father of two sons, a skilled tradesmen, a ‘novice’ adventurer (as he describes), an amateur runner, and a writer. He is also an advocate for a "rare, sneaky, and deadly type of cancer."
Medhurst was diagnosed with stage four Neuroendocrine cancer in 2020, during the start of the pandemic. Neuroendocrine tumours are a rare form of cancer in the Neuroendocrine system of the body.
What started as journaling in hospital waiting rooms during tests, scans, and everything in between, eventually evolved into the blog, Cancer Won’t Run My Life. He has been writing the blog for well over a year, depicting the up and down days of living with cancer. Topics range from a solo trip to Bandit Lake to musings on the future.
As Medhurst said, his English teachers would probably be laughing if they knew he was writing now.
