Below are a series of links to different aspects of looking after yourself provided by both the NHS and our charity partners
Eating well
- British Dietetic Association – Spotting and treating malnutrition
- Food Standard Agency – Food safety
- Food standards Scotland – The Eatwell Guide
- Macmillan Cancer Support – Eating well and keeping active
- NHS Inform – Food and nutrition
- Prehabilitation for Scotland – Diet and Nutrition
Keeping active
- Get your oomph back – A guide to getting active
- Macmillan – Move more
- MOVE Charity – Cancer, Support, Exercise
- NHS Inform – Keeping Active
- Paths for all – Walking for health
- Prehabilitation for Scotland – Activity and Exercise
- We Are Undefeatable – Keeping active
Looking after your body
- Better Health Let’s do this – Lose weight
- Cancer Support Scotland – Supporting you from head to toe
- LA Hair Solutions | Scotland – Hair Loss Specialists
- Look Good Feel Better – A leading cancer support charity
- Public Heath Scotland – Improving Health
- Rainbow Valley – Brave to Bare
- The Pain Toolkit – Pain Self Management
Looking after your mind
- Anxiety UK – Helping you to help yourself
- Beatson Cancer Charity – Relaxation
- Cancer Support Scotland – Guides for your wellbeing
- Cancer Support Scotland – Mindfulness Sessions
- Kingdom Mindfulness – Cancer
- Macmillan Cancer Support – Mind-body therapies
- Maggie’s – Relaxation and breathing exercises
- Mind – Anxiety and panic attacks
- MS Society – Complimentary Therapies – Stranraer
- NHS inform – Five steps to mental wellbeing
- NHS inform – Symptoms and self-help
- Prehabilitation for Scotland – Mental Wellbeing
- Taster-version – I Can’t Be Bothered
Talking to someone
- Cancer Research UK – Financial planning and cancer
- Cancer Support Scotland – Our Befriending team are ‘here for you’
- Cancer Research UK – Welcome to Cancer Chat
- Macmillan Online Community – Online community
- Maggie’s – My way to live with Cancer