Latest Lymphoma action Podcast Episodes
No one like me is talking about this
Lymphoma Voices - May 03, 2024 07:30 - 34 minutesMez talks with honesty about his diagnosis and treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. As a 42-year old Indian Hindu with a wife and 1-year old daughter, he found it hard to find others going through the same experience and wanted to share his story to support others like himself. ...
Wherever there is a medicine there is a pharmacist - the role of the hospital pharmacist
Lymphoma Voices - March 01, 2024 08:30 - 21 minutesTom Kerry is the Lead Pharmacist for Oncology at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay. In our latest podcast, Tom takes you behind the scenes of the hospital pharmacist. He explains how pharmacists work with the wider clinical team, including haematologists and clinical nurse specialis...
Don't walk the journey by yourself
Lymphoma Voices - January 05, 2024 10:26 - 34 minutesIn this podcast Mike and Kasia talk about their diagnosis of cutaneous (skin) lymphoma. Mike has had skin lymphoma since 1999 and Kasia was diagnosed in 2023. Both Mike and Kasia are living with mycosis fungoides (MF), which is the most common type of skin lymphoma. Five years seems to...
A life amplified
Lymphoma Voices - November 02, 2023 14:00 - 35 minutesIn our latest podcast, Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell talks about his career and his diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma. He explains how Marc Bolan of T-Rex inspired him to become a musician and the joy and theatricality of performing with Def Leppard worldwide. Troubled by a number o...
Health Technology Assessments: NICE providing support to the NHS in the best way for the benefit of patients
Lymphoma Voices - September 01, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutesHelen Knight, Director of Medicines and Evaluation at the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), talks to Lymphoma Action’s Policy and Public Affairs Advisor, Tara Steeds. In the podcast they discuss Health Technology Assessments and their role in making new treatments...
Having courageous conversations with your important people
Lymphoma Voices - July 07, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutesDallas and Lesley share a passion to change society’s relationship with death and dying, and to support all of us to have timely conversations about our wishes, should a time come when we can no longer speak for ourselves; through a lack of mental capacity or when we die. Courageous co...
Beating the odds is not without its challenges
Lymphoma Voices - May 05, 2023 08:07 - 38 minutesJohn’s lymphoma story begins almost 50 years ago in the shipyards of Newcastle and a diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma that was kept from him. In a twist of fate, his daughter also received a blood cancer diagnosis. In this podcast John talks about his emotional lymphoma experience which le...
Radiotherapy – offering a targeted approach to treatment
Lymphoma Voices - March 03, 2023 13:38 - 43 minutesIn this podcast Professor George Mikhaeel, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundations Trust, explains what radiotherapy therapy is and when it is used in the treatment of lymphoma. He explains the three steps involved – an initial consultation and consent, the...
With a low-grade lymphoma, I feel like I’m living on countdown
Lymphoma Voices - January 06, 2023 10:33 - 34 minutesLou was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma in 2017. In this podcast, she talks about how living with a low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma can be challenging; wondering when and if you will need treatment again, the impact of living with lymphoma on her mental health, and the value of inform...
Lymphoma Voices Talking about stem cell transplants
Lymphoma Voices - November 04, 2022 10:03 - 43 minutesAngie and John talk to Anne about the role of stem cell transplants in the treatment of lymphoma, when they are used, and the important differences between allogeneic (donor) and autologous (self) transplants, and the challenges in deciding between these two different treatment options....
Two perspectives, one lymphoma
Lymphoma Voices - August 31, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutesLyle was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2021, at the age of 19. In this podcast, Lyle and his mum Julie talk about their shared experience of lymphoma, from diagnosis to treatment and beyond, and how their experience inspired them to fundraise for Lymphoma Action. Lymphoma Voices...
The role of the radiologist in the diagnosis and management of lymphoma
Lymphoma Voices - July 01, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutesManil Subesinghe, talks to us about the vital role radiology plays in the diagnosis and management of lymphoma. This podcast gives an insight into this key role in guiding treatment and decision-making, reviewing treatment outcomes, and in overall supporting individuals with lymphoma. ...
Volunteering: a sense of community
Lymphoma Voices - June 01, 2022 07:30 - 36 minutesTwo of our volunteers Penny and Mark join Carly, Volunteering Development Manager, to share life as a Lymphoma Action volunteer and how their volunteering makes a difference for people affected by lymphoma and their own personal experience of lymphoma.
This version of me
Lymphoma Voices - May 06, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutesShortly after 28-year-old Nia had moved to the UK from the USA, she discovered a lump in her neck. Here she talks about her diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma, how healthcare differs in the UK compared with the USA, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and ways she coped with treatment.
My experience of treatment on a clinical trial
Lymphoma Voices - March 04, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutesKatie was diagnosed with Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia (WM) - a type of lymphoma. When she was being considered for treatment for her lymphoma, she was offered the opportunity to join a clinical trial. In this podcast, Katie describes her diagnosis, her treatment journey, and the dec...
Understanding relapse in lymphoma
Lymphoma Voices - January 26, 2022 09:00 - 23 minutesAdvanced Nurse Practitioner Charlotte Bloodworth explains what relapsing in lymphoma means, strategies for treating and managing relapse, and support strategies for coping with concerns around relapse.
Support is the thing that helps you to cope
Lymphoma Voices - December 09, 2021 10:46 - 36 minutesLord Menzies Campbell, Patron of Lymphoma Action, talks to the Charity's Chief Executive, Ropinder Gill, about his esteemed and varied career, how some of his greatest achievements have been since his diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2002 and the important role that charities play w...
The role of the pathologist in the diagnosis of lymphoma
Lymphoma Voices - November 16, 2021 11:48 - 57 minutesDr Bridget Wilkins, Consultant Haematopathologist, takes us through the fascinating topic of pathology: what it is and the part it plays in the diagnosis and management of lymphoma. This podcast also gives an insight into this important role within the multidisciplinary team, supporting...
Kicking on
Lymphoma Voices - September 02, 2021 08:11 - 34 minutesScotland sevens international rugby union player and Team GB member, Robbie Fergusson, and Lymphoma Action volunteer Mike Taylor both reflect on their experiences with lymphoma. Robbie talks about the impact of his Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis on his career at the time, his recovery post-...
Enhanced supportive care and its role within the holistic management of lymphoma
Lymphoma Voices - September 01, 2021 10:41 - 35 minutesPalliative Care Consultant and NHS England National Clinical Director for Enhanced Supportive Care, Dr Dan Monnery talks about the principles of enhanced supportive care (ESC), the benefits to this approach and how it differs from other types of care, and his wish that ESC be offered to...
The last living sperm in the facility
Lymphoma Voices - July 06, 2021 16:14 - 40 minutesPoet, author and illustrator Giles Andreae reflects on his lymphoma experience. He talks about an extraordinary initial diagnosis (3:32), his determination to preserve his fertility (8:43) and his treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma (19:36). He explains why he only wants to write about love ...
'The last surviving sperm in the facility' Lymphoma Voices… In Conversation with Giles Andreae
Lymphoma Voices - July 06, 2021 16:14 - 40 minutesPoet, author and illustrator Giles Andreae reflects on his lymphoma experience. He talks about an extraordinary initial diagnosis (3:32), his determination to preserve his fertility (8:43) and his treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma (19:36). He explains why he only wants to write about love ...
Being in the company of people
Lymphoma Voices - March 22, 2021 09:08 - 35 minutesIn this podcast, Bridgerton and Derry Girls star Jamie Beamish talks about his experience of Hodgkin lymphoma, the impact his diagnosis had on his career at the time and the stem cell transplant he received as part of his treatment.
'Being in the company of people' Lymphoma Voices… In Conversation with Jamie Beamish
Lymphoma Voices - March 22, 2021 09:08 - 35 minutesIn this podcast, Bridgerton and Derry Girls star Jamie Beamish talks about his experience of Hodgkin lymphoma, the impact his diagnosis had on his career at the time and the stem cell transplant he received as part of his treatment.
Little rocks and lollipops
Lymphoma Voices - February 10, 2021 06:09 - 34 minutesIn this podcast, Emma talks to us about her experience of supporting her sister, Sarah, who has a diagnosis of lymphoma.
Lymphoma Voices…Little Rocks and Lollipops. In conversation with Emma Forbes
Lymphoma Voices - February 10, 2021 06:09 - 34 minutesIn this podcast, Emma talks to us about her experience of supporting her sister, Sarah, who has a diagnosis of lymphoma.
Lymphoma Voices…Looking to the future and the kindness of strangers. In conversation with Sarah Standing and Emma Forbes
Lymphoma Voices - February 10, 2021 06:07 - 30 minutesIn this podcast, sisters Sarah and Emma talk to us about Sarah's diagnosis of lymphoma in 2020, and the emotional challenges of supporting a loved one at a distance.
Looking to the future and the kindness of strangers
Lymphoma Voices - February 10, 2021 06:07 - 30 minutesIn this podcast, sisters Sarah and Emma talk to us about Sarah's diagnosis of lymphoma in 2020, and the emotional challenges of supporting a loved one at a distance.
In conversation with Angela Waind
Lymphoma Voices - December 16, 2020 11:14 - 29 minutesAngela Waind talks to us about emotional wellbeing and mental health, the links with physical health, and strategies to help support positive mental wellbeing.
Lymphoma Voices...In conversation with Angela Waind
Lymphoma Voices - December 16, 2020 11:14 - 29 minutesAngela Waind talks to us about emotional wellbeing and mental health, the links with physical health, and strategies to help support positive mental wellbeing.
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