Liz O’Riordan – Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion)

For want of iron my blood was low.

In 1978 the American writer, Susan Sontag described in her book ‘Illness as Metaphor’ the language people at the time used in relation illnesses, particularly cancer and earlier TB. When I was young, several of my parent’s friends died prematurely of cancer (Sidney, Leslie, Ivor, I remember you guys). At the time, the stigma associatedContinue reading “For want of iron my blood was low.”