Red currant jelly for Christmas

The 1st of November marks the start of celebrations in our family, with birthdays and Christmas. November is the time to bake our Christmas fruit cake and make some red currant jelly (ripsgele), perfect for Christmas time. The red berries are a beautiful reminder of summer! Ingredients approx. 2 kg red currants (I use frozen…

Why patient advocacy is important to me

I believe in the power of knowledge sharing and collaboration and have been a volunteer with the Norwegian Computer society (Dataforeningen) in Oslo for many years. Following my cancer diagnosis in 2021, it felt natural to move my focus from the data community to improving the lives of people living with lung cancer. I joined…

Collaboration across Europe for Lung cancer

Last weekend, more than 30 European lung cancer patient organizations gathered in Budapest for the Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE) Members’ Meeting in Budapest. I had the pleasure of representing the Norwegian Lung cancer association (Lungekreftforeningen) at this meeting. We discussed many important topics like the effects of lung cancer on mental health, equal access to…