Writer Julia Darling was diagnosed with breast cancer ten years ago and now receives palliative care only. Next week's Woman's Hour drama draws on this experience.
Appointments is about a woman who is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and looks at her response to her life and her illness.
Julia Darling talks about her work and her life with cancer.
Appointments by Julia Darling Monday 21 to Friday 25 February 2005 1045-1100 and repeated at 1945-2000
Julia Darling's books of poetry, Sudden Collapses in Public Places and Apology for Absence are both available from Arc Publications