AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Loz
AfterThoughts
English - December 16, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBMedicine Health & Fitness wellness lifestyle brain tumour mental health health wellbeing happiness mental wellbeing support cancer awareness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
AfterThoughts: 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.
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AfterThoughts : The Teenage Years is supported by Teenage Cancer Trust. Teenage Cancer Trust support those diagnosed with cancer when they're 13-24 and provide specialised nursing care and support to get them through treatment.
As ever, AfterThoughts deals with some conversations you may find tricky to listen to. If you need any further support, please don't hesitate to reach out to a friend, or find support from any of the brilliant charities online.
Due to the social distancing restrictions we're all under at the moment, this episode was recorded via Zoom, so the sound quality might not be as good as we'd usually hope. We hope you'll forgive us, given the exceptional circumstances.
AfterThoughts is produced by Toby Peach and Alice-May Purkiss from Beyond Arts. Sounds by Kieron Lucas.