The Teenage Years: Maddie - Knowing Who to Tell, Writing a Will and Ending Poo Shaming
AfterThoughts
English - July 19, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 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.
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 to tell her stories about dealing with stomach side-effects at Swiftogeddon (don't let the poo shamers win!), how writing a will can be empowering and how she became more confident talking openly about her cancer over time.
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AfterThoughts is hosted by Aiden Grant and Shaumya Kularajan
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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.
AfterThoughts is produced by Toby Peach and Alice-May Purkiss from Beyond Arts. Sounds by Kieron Lucas and Dinah Mullen.