AfterThoughts
64 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -Every day, 34 young people in their 20's and 30's are diagnosed with cancer.
These are the stories of what happens afterwards.
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The Teenage Years Thoughtcasts: Difficult Conversations
September 06, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back to bring you some extra special episodes to say ta'ra to Series Six - our Thoughtcasts. Bitesized episodes exploring three themes that some of our storytellers touched on. We're kicking off by looking at difficult conversations, something Yami, Maddie and Poppy all talked about in their episodes. Yami chats about talking with her boyfriend about being ill, Maddie...
The Teenage Years Thoughtcasts: Mental Health
September 06, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back to bring you some extra special episodes to say ta'ra to Series Six - our Thoughtcasts. Bitesized episodes exploring three themes that some of our storytellers touched on. We often hear how going through cancer leaves us focusing on our physical health - but we forget about the other, just as important part of our health, the mental and emotional side of things. ...
The Teenage Years Thoughtcasts: Hair Loss
September 06, 2023 07:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back to bring you some extra special episodes to say ta'ra to Series Six - our Thoughtcasts. Bitesized episodes exploring three themes that some of our storytellers touched on. We're looking at one of the most visible impacts of cancer treatment - hair loss. For more advice on hairloss, check out these resources: My afro was my pride and joy I didn't let weight gai...
The Teenage Years: Wrap Up
August 30, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. THE WHOLE GANG IS BACK TOGETHER. Join Aiden, Shaumya AND Toby and Alice as we take a look back over some of our favourite stories from this series. We take it theme by theme and try to agree on the best bits. It ain't always easy, but we get there in the end. And what a series it's been. We've talked about long term impacts, feeling psychic, chicken nuggets, getting back...
The Teenage Years: Amber - Cancer Connections, BC and AC and Long Term Impacts
August 16, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. For the final episode of the series, we're joined by Amber. Amber's from Ballymena in Northern Ireland, meaning we've ticked off England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with this series. Feels like a pretty cool achievement. BUT ENOUGH ABOUT US. This is about Amber. She was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour (which she initially thought was a ...
The Teenage Years: Yami - Angel Lights, Feeling Psychic and Chicken Nuggets
August 09, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. For Episode six, we're joined by the brilliant Yami (aka Yamikani). Yami was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma when she was 18 and underwent chemotherapy, radiotherapy a stem cell transplant and was part of a clinical trial. Yami tells us about her "Angel light" mum, her youthful looking dad who was mistaken for her boyfriend (more than once!), a delivery...
The Teenage Years: Connor - Getting Back to Work, Panic Attacks and Family Ties
August 02, 2023 07:45 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Erm. Can we talk about the fact it's EPISODE FIVE already?! This series is FLYING BY! We're joined by Connor for this episode, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer which had spread to his lungs. He was 18. He tells us stories of building up his strength and changing his path after cancer treatment, going through it all when his Grandad was having trea...
The Teenage Years: Poppy - Cancer with a newborn, Navigating Fatigue and Finding Hope
July 26, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. For episode four, we're joined by Poppy for her incredible stories of being diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma when she was 23. Not only is being diagnosed with cancer at 23 rare, Poppy was pregnant at the time. Her daughter, Bella (who she calls her boss) was born two days after her diagnosis, six weeks early. She spent over 130 nights away from her daughter...
The Teenage Years: Maddie - Knowing Who to Tell, Writing a Will and Ending Poo Shaming
July 19, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Joining us for Episode Three is the brill Maddie. Maddie was diagnosed with Alveolar soft part sarcoma when she was 18. Shortly after she had primary tumour removed from her left shoulder, it was discovered the cancer had spread to her lungs. While her disease is currently stable, it is incurable and Maddie will be on treatment for life. She joined us t...
The Teenage Years: Lauren - Crying About It Later, Prank Royalty and The Power of Words
July 12, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. It's episode two! Aiden and Shaumya are back and this time they're joined by Lauren. Lauren was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when she was 22. She chats seizing the moment and going clubbing with her pals before treatment began, meeting people on the TCT ward and how words have helped her heal - during treatment and beyond. ______________...
The Teenage Years: Jak - Facing Fears, The Best Job In the World and Being the Odd One Out
July 05, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. WELCOME BACK to AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years and the VERY FIRST EPISODE of Season Six. The first with brand new hosts Aiden and Shaumya. And kicking off the series, we're joined by Jak. Diagnosed with melanoma when he was 21, Jak joins us to chat about his best friend Carly, moments during in treatment of wishing himself back to normal and surviving ...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Time for Change
May 31, 2023 09:09 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We'll be back for another series very soon. But there are some changes afoot. And we wanted to share them with you before the new series begins. Because if you hadn't noticed, Toby and Alice aren't teenagers anymore...
10000 Downloads - A Celebration
January 11, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBAlright. We know in the grand scheme of podcasts, 10,000 downloads isn't that many. But for a niche podcast of stories about cancer, created by two people who just want to do their bit to change some of the narratives, it felt like something worth celebrating. Let's face it, we don't need an excuse to celebrate. So we got in touch with all of our previous podcast guests to reflect on where they were and take stock of where they're going. And the result is pretty special. Like what you hea...
AfterThoughts: Connection
September 26, 2022 07:30 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. For our final shortcast, and thus our very last episode of Series Five, we're looking at connection. Because if there's something that's come out of every chat we've ever had on AfterThoughts, it's just how important it is to connect with other human beings when you're in the throes of cancer. Whether they're people you've known your entire life who show up for you, people ...
AfterThoughts: Intimacy & Cancer
September 23, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. It's another shortcast and we're looking at some of the most intimate stories there are. Sex and cancer. And you can't talk about sex and cancer without talking about fertility and cancer. Krista, Nat, Reielle and Jay share their stories about sex, fertility, relationships and so much more. For more information about intimacy and cancer, check out: Sex and Cancer - Treks...
AfterThoughts - Exercise
September 20, 2022 07:30 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back to bring you some extra special episodes to say ta'ra to Series Five - our Shortcasts. Bitesized episodes exploring three themes that some of our storytellers touched on. To mark #NationalFitnessDay on 21st September, we're kicking off by looking at exercise, something Sukhy, Sean and Jake all talked about in their episodes. Sukhy chats about running, Jake talks ...
Series Five: Wrap Up
September 07, 2022 07:30 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. As ever, we like to end a series by taking a look back over some of our favourite stories from the series. We take it theme by theme and try to agree on the best bits. It ain't always easy, but we get there in the end. And what a series it's been. We've talked about sex, leg funerals, stomas, body image, raising tiny humans, 'dumping out', survivors responsibility, having a...
Natalie: Proposals, Invisible Illnesses and Sex and Intimacy
August 31, 2022 07:30 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Well. We've made it. It's the very last storyteller of the series. But you know we'll be back for our usual wrap up and all that other business in due course. Before that though - we've got Natalie for you. Diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer aged 36, Nat's had quite the cancer ride. She had a pelvic exenteration as part of her treatment (meaning surgeons removed her ovarie...
Sean: Navigating Finances, Body Image and Giving the Need to Knows
August 24, 2022 07:30 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Our storyteller for episode SIX (!!) of series five is Sean. Diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2016, Sean went from being a self employed personal trainer (not personal trainer trainer) to a cancer patient in the space of just a few words. He tells us about navigating the benefits system as a result, chats about how everything always seems to be lumped back to can...
Sukhy: Running, Returning to Work, Cancer and Tiny Humans
August 18, 2022 07:55 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. For this episode, we're joined by the brill Sukhy. Sukhy was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 37. She joins us to talk about being a single mum and going through cancer during Covid (FUN), breaking down taboos around mental health and illness and navigating going back to work (or not - as the case may be) after a cancer diagnosis. Find AfterThoughts on Facebook, ...
Jake: Leg funerals, Paratriathletes and Controlling Your Own Narrative
August 10, 2022 08:25 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. For episode four of AfterThoughts, Series Five, our storyteller is Jake. We didn't intend to have two people diagnosed with osteosarcoma back to back, that's just how it happened. But it's pretty interesting to hear these two stories alongside each other. Jake joins us to talk about saying goodbye to his leg with an incredibly unique leg funeral, going through treatment du...
Krista: Connection, Being Both Doctor & Patient and 'Dumping Outwards'
July 27, 2022 07:30 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. For episode three of AfterThoughts, Series Five, we're joined by Dr Krista. Krista was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in one of the wildest diagnosis stories we've ever heard (it involves Wimbledon tickets and being abroad but we'll say no more than that). Although initially she received the coveted status of NED (no evidence of disease), in 2020 she was diagnosed as Stage 4, ...
Jay - Body Image, Survivor's Responsibility and Preempting Chaos
July 20, 2022 07:30 - 51 minutes - 47 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. In this episode, we're joined by the wise and wonderful Jay (they/them) who Zoomed in all the way from Pisa in Italy. Jay was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma and relapsed a few years after their first lot of treatment. They told us "I like cancer like I like my men. Treating me like shit and coming back when I've just got over them". We chat being Queer in the most hetero...
Reielle - Rare Cancer, Comedy Siblings and Feeling Held Back
July 13, 2022 07:30 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back! Can you believe it? We're back for another series of AfterThoughts and we're making our return with the brilliant Reielle. Reielle was diagnosed with Stage IV adrenal cortical carcinoma in her 20s. We chat about finding connection, the opportunities that cancer can afford you and the physical adjustments we have to make in the wake of a cancer diagnosis. All fe...
We're Back
July 08, 2022 07:25 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MBWould you believe it, it's Series Five (!) and we're back with more stories of what it's like to be diagnosed with cancer in your 20s or 30s. And what an incredible lineup of storytellers we've got for you. Episode one of Series Five - coming Wednesday. Don't miss it. Find AfterThoughts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram AfterThoughts is supported by Trekstock. Trekstock gets young adults moving again, physically, emotionally, socially and psychologically, after cancer has stopped them in...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Friendship
February 23, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back to bring you some extra special episodes to put Series Four to bed - our Shortcasts. Bitesized episodes exploring three themes that some of our storytellers touched on throughout the series. Today we're looking at friendship. If dating's a wily beast, friendship can be just as tricky to navigate and equally as difficult to grasp hold of - espec...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Fertility
February 16, 2022 08:06 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back to bring you some extra special episodes to put Series Four to bed - our Shortcasts. Bitesized episodes exploring three themes that some of our storytellers touched on throughout the series. For our final Shortcast of the series? Fertility. For most young people, being forced to think about their fertility when they can't even decide what to h...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Dating
February 09, 2022 09:36 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back to bring you some extra special episodes to put Series Four to bed - our Shortcasts. Bitesized episodes exploring three themes that some of our storytellers touched on throughout the series. First up - dating. Because let's face it, dating's enough of a minefield, let alone when you throw cancer into the mix. Get an insight into what relation...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Wrap Up
January 05, 2022 08:32 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. This time, Toby and Alice look back over series four to pull out some of their favourite stories from each of the storytellers on each of our themes. They managed to agree on the best bits of what has been a remarkable series. AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years is always special and Series Four has been full of incredible tales from some brilliant storytellers, and if you hav...
The Teenage Years: Phoebe - Cancer and Covid, Maturity and Hazards in the Tudor Home
December 22, 2021 08:30 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Phoebe is the youngest storyteller we've ever had on AfterThoughts and she brings with her a brilliantly unique perspective. Diagnosed with osteosarcoma when she was 13, she joined us to talk about going through cancer treatment at the very start of the Covid-19 pandemic, how her missed diagnosis affected her in a non-medical way and the impact of her dia...
The Teenage Years: Tegan - Post Treatment Care, Making Sh*t Happen and The Power of Storytelling
December 15, 2021 08:30 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. For the penultimate episode of Series Four of AfterThoughts, we're joined by Tegan. She might have got in from work at a ridiculous hour of the morning but Tegan brought the energy to the podcast to tell us the stories that came from her diagnosis of Non-hodgkins Lymphoma. She was diagnosed with NHL at 18 and came on AfterThoughts to talk about her Wicke...
The Teenage Years: Kaleb - Christmas on Treatment, Playing the Cancer Card and Entering Your Mind Palace
December 08, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're back for episode FIVE! And we're joined by Kaleb. Kaleb was diagnosed with a pilositic astrocytoma (bless you) aka a brain tumour when he was 14, and experienced tumour regrowth when he was 19. Although we don't ordinarily talk about diagnosis on AfterThoughts, we do reference it in this episode, so we'll let you know Kaleb was diagnosed after a bra...
The Teenage Years: Shaumya - Medicine After Cancer, Opportunities, Meeting Your Idol
November 24, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Episode four! Already! We're over half way through this series. Would you BELIEVE! But this week's episode is with another phenomenal storyteller. And another storyteller who decided to go into medicine after having cancer. What a legend. This week we're joined by Shaumya. Shaumya was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma when she was 18. Shauumya joi...
The Teenage Years: Freddie - Losing Friends, Patient Advocacy and Clinical Trials
November 17, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We're here for episode three, and we're joined by Freddie, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when he was 16. Neuroblastoma is typically seen in babies and toddlers, so Freddie found himself even more stuck between the phases of childhood and adulthood than most teenage cancer patients do. He joined us to chat about losing old friends and making new one...
The Teenage Years: Aiden - Body Image, Fertility and Diagnosing Yourself (Successfully)
November 10, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. It's episode two of Series Four and we're joined by another incredible storyteller. Aiden was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma at 18. He joined us to chat about toxic positivity and its long-term impact on your mental health, the impact of his hair loss on his self-confidence (something we don't talk about enough when it comes to guys!) and his completel...
The Teenage Years: Natalie - Navigating fatigue, facing your mortality and dealing with dating
November 03, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Would you believe it! We're back for Series four and another series of The Teenage Years. We're absolutely bloomin' delighted about it too. Our first storyteller Natalie was diagnosed with follicular and papillary thyroid cancer at the age of 17. She joins us to talk about making phone calls to tell people you've got cancer, writing letters for loved on...
Series 3 Wrap Up - Best Bits
September 29, 2021 07:56 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. This time, Toby and Alice dip back in to season three to pull out some of their favourite stories from each of the storytellers on each of our themes. As ever, picking out the best bits is a CHALLENGE. This series has been full of incredible tales from some brilliant storytellers, and if you haven't listened to their episodes yet, you definitely should. You'll laugh, you'll...
Ryan Brovin - Lost time, appreciating the rain and catheter farts
September 22, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Once again, we’ve made it to the end of another series of AfterThoughts and while we won’t say we’ve saved the best til last (because how could we when we’ve had such a great series of storytellers), you’re certainly in for a treat today. In this, the final episode of Series 3, we are joined by the inimitable Ryan Brovin - the second northern Ryan we’ve been lucky enough to...
Philippa Kaye - Doing Hard Things, Honesty, fear and Doctors Get (bowel) Cancer Too
September 15, 2021 09:12 - 51 minutes - 47 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. When you’ve spent your life working to care for others, what’s it like when you suddenly find yourself on the receiving end of the care? When you’ve spent your career advocating for other people’s health, and your own suddenly hangs in the balance? Well in 2019, Dr Philippa Kaye faced those realities when she was diagnosed with bowel cancer. She said she saw the cancer on t...
Miranda Ashitey - Bladerunner, a Royal garden party and Stage IV Breast Cancer
September 08, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. We’re almost half way through another series and today’s storyteller is the brilliant and funny Miranda. Miranda was diagnosed with primary breast cancer in August 2014. In August 2019, she was re-diagnosed with secondary breast cancer - breast cancer that had spread to other parts of her body and become incurable. Miranda joined us to chat about the information overload th...
Luke Grenfell-Shaw - Bristol to Beijing, “More than Nothing” and Stage Four Sarcoma
August 25, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Hello Baku, it’s London calling! No, despite Alice’s occasional propensity for bursting into song, we’re not entering Eurovision, but for this episode we’re joined all the way from Azerbaijan by Luke Grenfell-Shaw. Luke is currently cycling from Bristol to Beijing (yes, actually. It’s a really long way!) and joined us to talk about his experience of being diagnosed with Sta...
Karen Hobbs - Comedy, Celine Dion and Cervical Cancer
August 18, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. There are not many people in the world who can make cancer actually, genuinely funny, but Karen Hobbs does it. Being diagnosed with cervical cancer when you're 24 is far from a lol-fest, but Karen took those mutated lemons and turned them into lemonade. If you don't know Karen, she's generous, brilliant and she cares a lot about cancer education. She will also make you lau...
Lauren Mahon - Family, chemo brain and breast cancer
August 11, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. You might know her as Lauren Mahon, founder of Girl vs Cancer, host of You, Me and the Big C, Trekstock Young Adult Ambassador, cancer gamechanger and all round legend. To us, she's all those things, but she's also just our Lozza. We've known Lauren for a couple of years now, and we were chuffed sideways when she said she would be happy to join us for Episode 2 of the new s...
Charlotte Crowl - lymphoblastic lymphoma, determination and infectious optimism
August 04, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. WE’RE BACK WITH A BANG for another series of AfterThoughts and to kickstart the series we’re joined by the brilliant Charlotte Crowl. Charlotte was diagnosed with lymphoblastic lymphoma when she was 17. We chat about maturing beyond your years, navigating grief within the cancer community and finding your voice after it is taken from you. Expect laughs, determination and an...
AfterThoughts x Alike with Brad Gudger
April 01, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBAfterThoughts was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. One year on from the release of our very first episodes, we wanted to give you a little gift while we prepare for Series Three. For this BONUS EPISODE of AfterThoughts, we're checking back in with our pal Brad Gudger to hear a few stories about his idea baby Alike. Alike is a peer to peer support network for young adults who've had cancer and it's powered by friendship. We ...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - The Wrap-Up
February 03, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. In this wrap-up episode, we revisit stories of the kindness of strangers, getting waaaaay out of your comfort zone, identity, the menopause, the mind-body connection and hallucinations involving a dog called Randall. Can you help us #FindRandall? Find AfterThoughts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram AfterThoughts : The Teenage Years is supported by Teen...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Borys
January 20, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. This week, Alice and Toby are joined all the way from Hawaii by Borys. Borys was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma when he was 20. He joined us to share his stories and chats meditation, exploring with his dad after chemo, maturing like a good cheese and fertility. Find AfterThoughts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram AfterThoughts : The Teenage Years i...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Gloria
January 13, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. Our storyteller for this episode is Gloria. Gloria was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia when she was 14. Now, she's 24 and coming up for 10 years since she was diagnosed. She joined us to reflect on what she's learned in those 10 years and chats terrible haircuts, the mental health impact, labels, NG tubes and making friends who go on to die. Fin...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Debora
January 06, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. In this episode, Toby and Alice are joined by Debora. Debora was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was 18. We hear stories about mince pies, proton beam therapy, missed diagnosis and the trauma of uncertainty. Find AfterThoughts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram AfterThoughts : The Teenage Years is supported by Teenage Cancer Trust. Teenage Cancer...
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Loz
December 16, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBAfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community. In this episode, Toby and Alice are joined by Loz who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma when they were 13. They tell us stories about exam pressures and studying with cancer, navigating fatigue, identity and fertility. Find AfterThoughts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram AfterThoughts : The Teenage Years is supported by Teenage Cancer Trust. Teenag...