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#CancerCanDoOne podcastCancer in Cameroon: What happens when care is out of reach?What happens when you’re diagnosed with cancer but the nearest treatment is hundreds of miles away — and there’s no radiotherapy machine? When the cost of the most basic of treatment is way beyond what your community can afford.
In this episode, I speak with a quietly remarkable oncologist working in Cameroon. Dr. Sarah Adiang Mouelle explains what cancer care looks like when equipment is scarce, costs are high, and awareness is patchy. As a young oncologist she and a very small number of dedicated colleagues face a near catastrophic cancer situation with numbers only increasing.
B...2025-07-2217 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastThe Cancer System That’s Both Brilliant and Broken: A Norwegian Survivor’s Story.What happens when cancer care is both the best—and the worst?
In this honest, unfiltered conversation, Norwegian breast cancer survivor and doctor Patrycja Buxton (just not the medical kind) shares what it’s really like to go through a system that can be life-saving one day… and completely indifferent the next.
We talk about:
The shock of diagnosis in a country known for universal care
What great healthcare actually feels like when it works
The silence, stigma, and loneliness that medicine can’t fix
Why geography can stil...2025-06-2424 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastWhat Cancer Took—and What Sarah Built in Its Place.She knew something wasn't right. At all. But getting her fears recognised took far longer than anticipated.
Time and again this mum in her 30s who'd just had baby number three was told she should really concentrate on the baby and stop worrying about her breast.
But she went back to her doctor again and again only to hear the same response. Finally out of frustration on all sides Sarah Drake was sent for a scan.
She had breast cancer...
That was 12 years ago and now after a double mastectomy her li...2025-06-0322 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastCancer Tired v Fatigue. Andy knew the life saving difference.Tired versus fatigue. Big difference. Did I know that? Absolutely not.
Thankfully Andy Mullaney realised that his 'tiredness' wasn't just overdoing it, or Covid jab after effects or just getting the other side of 60 years old.
It wasn't going away and he could sleep as long as you like and still feel exhausted. He documented what was happening for a few weeks and so did his wife. So when he did go to the doctor he could present hard evidence of what was happening.
Good job he did. Andy wasn't tired. He hadn't re...2025-05-2823 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastBut what if you’ve never seen breast cancer that looks like you?Breasts are a private matter. Talking about them, touching them, exposing them to examination. Photograph them? No. Absolutely not comfortable with any of that. At all. That’s not what we do.
And anyway. Breast cancer is a white woman problem - so it doesn’t affect me, does it?
Cultural conversations are just one part of the serious cancer conversation issue. The visual messaging relied on by much of the online and print media - even that of some charities - Invariably shows a white woman at a breast screening clinic. Rarely are those stock...2025-04-2224 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastExplain the cancer story to children. The 'Little C' legacy of Jen and Nic.How do you explain what cancer is to children? How to do that with facts they can understand, in an every day way they can follow and without frightening them?
Jen and Nic meet by chance at a cancer convention. Jen is a teacher and designer and Nic a nurse. They hear suggestions made but they're not sure they're the answer. At all, in fact. Anyway, the two women keep in touch and that children-and-cancer thought keeps coming back. There must be a better way?
They had no idea they were about to create a la...2025-04-0822 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastDale's life and family brutally changed by cancer in weeks - twice.Dale was at the top of his game. Literally.
A six foot 3, rugby playing, in-demand career-smashing, fiercely intelligent man with unlimited prospects. The hours were madness and the workload immense but it was all about the future.
And that was on top of having an incredible, wonderful partner and two small children under five.
A family of love in those fabulous years when families slowly build, grow and enjoy new discoveries together every single day.
It would be difficult to better this in many ways.
And then life took hol...2025-04-0125 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastSleep, Cancer And This 'New' Science We’re Still Unpacking.We all know sleep is important. But if you have a chronic illness—or cancer—it's not just about feeling rested.
Sleep plays a direct role in treatment effectiveness, recovery, and overall health. Lack of sleep affects so many of us in the modern world and the working life culture of the West doesn't exactly help. Fancy an afternoon nap at work? Ridiculous waste of time. Except it isn't. The opposite, in fact as you're about to hear over the next 20 minutes.
The problem? Culturally too many see sleep as a waste of time in certa...2025-03-1122 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastCancer Meets Comedy, Autism Meets Medicine: Stories That Challenge With A Blog And A Book.What happens when cancer gets a sense of humour? And when a late autism diagnosis changes how some healthcare professionals see cancer care?
In this episode, we meet two men rewriting the script—literally. One through a fabulously funny, no-holds-barred blog about his incurable cancer experience, the other through a powerful new book unpacking autism, prostate cancer, and the gaps in some healthcare professionals' understanding.
Meet Martin Howell and Mac. Two men, two very different experiences—talking to Robins or taking a TV to bits to make a radio. Why? Well, you'll hear over the next...2025-03-0423 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastDon't Make That First Cancer Decision Today. Here's Why.'I wish I had understood the risks more clearly. My family made decisions they didn't fully understand...'
This isn't a blame game, absolutely not - this is just life. Everyone is doing the very best they can in a horribly difficult moment.
There is a limited time to get a message across, options need to be outlined, recommendations made. And jargon and specific terms can be used, that in clever hindsight, we just didn't understand.
It's a pressure cooker moment when suddenly you face the oncologist for the first time. You listen as...2025-02-0420 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastCan Food Fight Cancer? Prevention, Food Culture, and Choices.What we eat can shape our cancer risk and treatment—and for those undergoing treatment, food can be a lifeline.
In this episode, we explore how diet impacts prevention, why some cancer patients lose weight, and how food traditions in some cultures are evolving.
So, from cultural habits to healthier alternatives, we uncover practical steps to take control of your health.
Gina Geibner is an Advanced Specialist Oncology Dietitian with a clinic in Haddington East Lothian and an NHS job in Glasgow, Scotland, and Nevine Baligh is a Non-Diet Health Coach with an MSc...2025-01-2819 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastWhat Not To Say To A Cancer Patient. And What To Say Instead.'You're looking well. You know where I am if you need anything...'
All statements with the best of intentions from a good place. But they are statements. They're not questions. We accidentally close the conversation down by never having a conversation in the first place. Didn't mean to, didn't want to upset you any more, is perhaps the thinking.
Sharron Moffat will tell you there isn't necessarily a right or a wrong way to have that conversation. But it would be great if that patient - and we must never forget the caregiver - ha...2025-01-2120 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastA quick off-grid look back over 2024. Nipples, topless running, sex and cellos.Stay with me; it’ll make sense in the end. Trust me. Now, I’ve got to be honest. I couldn't have second-guessed some of the topics we've talked about on the #CancerCanDoOne podcast, which only began earlier this year…
I imagined a cancer awareness agenda because you've got to start somewhere, and quite rightly, with audio projects like this, it’s the audience that decides on that agenda. And it transpires the audience that was looking for a voice and support. So we'll refresh our memory with just a few of the conversations over our part of 2024.2024-12-1623 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastHow 'Kryptonite' is 'curing' cancer. Fake news, websites and other stories.
Fake news, websites, 'kryptonite'. There's a sizable list to get through here. And since when has stress been a key factor in our cancer susceptibility?
We're all stressed - a bit or a lot. Life can be a bit of a handful at times, and we know we need a bit of stress to keep us...well...aware; alert.
Bystanders like me who simply don't know, for certain, the how and why answers to the above - and a very long list of other questions - need to get non-sugarcoated facts from the b...2024-12-0223 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcast79% increase in under 50s cancer cases. How the Rathkopfs photographs capture the real story.Anna Rathkopf was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer. She was 37.
She was suddenly unable to express herself, temporarily cut off from the day-to-day. As she puts it, she felt she was 'no longer a driver in my own story.' So she turned to what she best understood. Already an accomplished photographer she began documenting that story with her camera, taking hundreds of images over seven years.
Her husband Jordan - also a highly skilled photographer, had no idea what she was doing initially. Anna's original idea was to capture memories for their little boy...2024-11-2523 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastHow Music Changes Lives On The Cancer JourneyThe extraordinary power of music and how it changes lives.
Music therapy has a massive, positive impact on helping cancer patients find some peace and bring back valuable memories at a very tough time. Alphonso Archer previously worked in sales in IT in the UK, but his own cancer diagnosis shifted priorities.
Now with a Masters Degree in Music Psychotherapy, he helps patients, including those who have never played an instrument before, to create music that means so much, particularly those facing end-of-life...
Once again, hands up, this was a subject I had no...2024-11-1220 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastLingering Cancer Legacy of 9/11 SurvivorsMore than 24,000 cancer cases have been confirmed since the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York in 2001.
And the story is as relevant today as ever. Because new cases continue to come forward, and getting those cases officially recognised is an ongoing battle. A struggle made harder for those with English as a second language.
It's still a raw story to tell for the many who survived the attack and who are now facing cancer. When the first plane hit, Will Rivera was a teenager waiting for a school bus in Lower Ma...2024-11-0418 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastMenopause, mental health...and cancer.As if cancer isn't enough, life throws menopause into the mix. Not always, but it can trigger early onset.
And while we're at it let's increase the pressure on our already fragile mental health.
So...one set of figures I read suggests 'For women under 40, the risk of premature menopause (from chemotherapy) is between 30–40%. For women 40 and older, the risk is greater than 80%.' Now clearly, those figures depend on age, type of cancer and a whole load of variables. But...no consolation if it's you.
Is this a subject still not talked about...2024-10-2920 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastWill I Lose My Job With Cancer?Fear of losing their job, of being a burden to colleagues but needing to work for all kinds of reasons.
Those worries are with someone right now, somewhere. The stark reality is too many businesses have no cancer awareness policy. Zero. And so when a staff member is diagnosed, no one has a clue how to respond.
How to support them, how to talk to them even and certainly not introducing a cancer awareness policy that all staff can benefit from in the long term.
Basically, we're still not having that conversation at w...2024-10-2118 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastHow A Yellow Promise Gave Dr Liz O'Riordan Back Her Identity.Dr Liz O'Riordan, consultant breast cancer surgeon. She was highly respected in what is still largely a male-dominated arena. Now retired, not out of choice. Back in 2015, she was appointed consultant in oncoplastic surgery in Suffolk. Two years later it's Liz who hears the words, you have breast cancer. And that's happened three times.
Now continuing her valuable work but this time through her books, substantial social media presence and TV work. She has a new book out in January next year. She is one very busy, in-demand woman. When Liz speaks, people listen...and they don't alw...2024-10-1432 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastPink cows, pink pilates, pink estate agents.Turn Louth Pink. It just grew and grew...and grew.
This was just a bit of an idea. And then the parish church goes pink. Businesses bathe in pink, shop windows go pink, and another and another and...
Venues become day-long pink festivals of pink fun, friends hurriedly put together pink fundraisers in their homes.
It was a last-minute 'let's see what happens' moment from the Louth Run For Life charity in the small market town of Louth in Lincolnshire in the UK, that became an unstoppable fundraising force. Almost 12,000 pounds raised last...2024-09-3020 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastStories of Cancer and Hope. Celebratory new book.Can a book of cancer stories ever be positive? Uplifting? Now maybe you're sceptical. And if you are then it's my very great pleasure to say that you are wrong, big time.
Because this is a spectacularly positive book in so many ways even though the subject is not an easy one.
Kevin Donaghy has cancer. And over some time he's part written and curated this book essentially told by those who have been there or continue to be so.
Thirty-nine extraordinary glimpses into real life from cancer patients, young and old. No dra...2024-09-2417 min#CancerCanDoOne podcastHow they're easing your family cancer bills burden.Question! Did you know that a cancer diagnosis could mean your household bills increase by anything between £900 and £1,000 every month? That's in the UK and is likely far higher in many countries.
I said 'could' because clearly not everyone is affected in the same way. But those numbers are real, not 'exaggerated-awe-headline-stuff' and have come as a genuine shock to many in the cancer sector.
Because here's the reality uncovered.
There are people right now - maybe in your street - turning off their water supply because they are frightened of the bill. Eat...2024-09-1621 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcast30,000+ people can't be wrong. Why they love Laura's message.When Laura posted her first Stage 4 secondary cancer update on Facebook she couldn't have known what would happen next. It was originally intended to be a way to update her family and friends on her treatment. But very quickly she noticed something unplanned and unexpected.
People from outside her circle were finding her on social media. She took her story across to Instagram and without any planning or marketing she quickly amassed a 30,000-plus following at the time of writing. Cancer patients, survivors, carers - and people totally unconnected with no experience of cancer whatsoever quickly loved h...2024-09-0220 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastMore Than a Survivor: Teenage Cancer Triumphs in JournalismYou'd think all ambition would be finished right there. Dreams gone. Surely that's logical?
If you get cancer in your teens and recover, you're still not going to achieve what you thought you could.
Maybe that's what many think. And maybe that's true for some. But that's not the case for Ellie Philpotts.
She gets exclusives, such as breaking a national covid vaccination story in December 2020.
She’s written for Times Higher Education; The Telegraph; Reader's Digest; Metro; and HuffPost. Credits include Senior Reporter at GPOnline, Haymarket Media Group, and regular free...2024-08-1918 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcast'Stay strong, hun...' Why Imogen feels let down by social media and schools.Feeling bullied. And her anxiety attacks were often not recognised at school. She felt punished for feeling the way she did. Not all teachers reacted this way; she did get some support.
But looking back now, she feels it’s the education training system that doesn't give teachers the skills they need to recognise these situations.
Fast forward and it’s now social media that can be a best friend one day, and then…
This is part two of Imogen’s story. She was eight years old when she was told her mum had leuk...2024-08-1216 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastImogen was 8yrs old when she was told, 'Your mum has leukaemia.'How do you tell a child their parent has cancer? What words do you use...when?
There's plenty of help on the internet. But what about the real world? What is it like to be a child and hear those words? Is there any advice for all of us who may have to sit a child down and tell them at some point?
Imogen was just eight years old when that happened to her. Now 17 she has plenty to say about how the experience shaped her view of the future, how the lack of empathy i...2024-08-0516 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcast'...But I have the voice of personal experience'. How you can shape cancer care.'Patients in my position finish the main hospital treatments then you are left with very little support and many patients feel uncomfortable and not certain how to pick their lives up...'
It's a feeling many cancer patients experience. They know the NHS is extraordinary. The skill, compassion, and relentless work have transformed their lives and restored hope. But...it's when that life-saving treatment has ended that they can feel lost. Now what do I do, who do I talk to, what is my life now...who can help me?
A charity in Lincolnshire, Every-One, h...2024-07-2417 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastHow a bra and Tulips fight crippling cancer costs
Imagine ignoring that bump or that pain because...you can't afford the cost of a test or the treatment.
That's the stark reality for millions. Some British expats are giving up on their retirement in the sun dream and heading home because health care costs are spiralling beyond reach.
That's certainly true in Northern Cyprus currently gripped by 70 percent plus inflation. Bridget Tuxworth runs a restaurant in Lapta in the territory. She's organising an event to celebrate her 60th birthday for the charity Tulips, currently the only cancer charity in Northern Cyprus. It began in 1993 when local cancer care was al...2024-07-1717 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastLouth Run For Life, June 30, 2024. '18 years and nothing surprises me...'1,000 + runners, huge crowds and another record-breaker from this national flagship fundraising group in a tiny town. 18 years ago £3,000 was raised - this time around £30,000 plus gift aid. It's June 30, 2024, 7 am and the team has been there for quite a while already...
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2024-07-1123 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastWhy the prostate cancer test really matters.If you're showing signs of prostate cancer, it's probably too late. That's a stark fact.
The current test for men isn't 100% accurate as it is but it's by far the best option.
I had mine a couple of months ago which is ridiculous. Stupid. Because men over 50 in the UK are entitled to the test and I'm a long way the other side of that.
I just kept forgetting to go to my GP. NO excuses. So I was lucky. The snag is even some doctors are unsure about all this subject.
2024-06-2917 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastLouise Butcher aka The Topless Runner. Topless in Tesco and other stories.
Louise wasn't prepared to sit back and do nothing. After her double mastectomy, she became a well-known campaigner fighting the stigma faced by women in a similar situation.
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2024-06-1916 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastTattoo of a nipple for breast cancerNipples and areolas. For some women who lost nipples and the areola during reconstruction following breast cancer, it can be devastating. In some cases, they no longer feel like a woman.
You can also hear an episode on this podcast from Louise Butcher, The Topless Runner, who opted not to have reconstruction and she strongly supports that choice. But if you do, then what?
Katie Harrington has been a successful tattooist for many years. She knew of nipple and areola tattoos but knew there was probably more to this than she imagined. And she was r...2024-06-1113 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastYou must talk. Or you could be storing trouble.We spoke to NHS Patient Advocate Anna Mamwell before about long-term patient health during and after treatment. It's something she knows all about. Anna also had leukaemia. In hospital for 6 months. And she was terrified.
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2024-06-0515 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastThis is 'uniquely lethal.'It will take laws and social change combined to save lives. That's the view of Gower Tan, a Fundraiser and volunteer Campaigns Ambassador with Cancer Research UK, and more recently employee in the Campaigns team.
He was a long-term smoker and it took many years of trying to finally quit.
He says smokers can't necessarily be solely blamed for smoking. They're stuck with little or no choice and a highly addictive substance while an industry generates huge profits.
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2024-05-2214 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastWe Need To Do More For Patient Mental Health - And For Carers.Are we doing enough for long-term patient health during and after treatment? And for carers..? NHS Patient Advocate Anna Mamwell, in remission herself, isn't so sure...
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2024-05-0112 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcast'If We Don't Do This...Nothing Gets Raised...'Evenings and weekends. We join the volunteers collecting £3,500 of household items in a couple of hours. And the long haul of encouraging locals to sign up for their flagship charity summer run, on windy days in April. If they didn't do it, no funds for cancer research.
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2024-04-1413 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastJust tell us. How Long Have We Got..?Laurence died from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma a few weeks ago. His partner, Victoria runs the Puddle Ducks Day Nursery with her sister at Alvingham in Lincolnshire. They have two children. Keeping busy is how she's dealing with the days. Because what else can she do..?
And she just wishes someone had answered her question: How long have we got?
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2024-03-2712 min
#CancerCanDoOne podcastRuns, Tractors, a Pink Town. That's £100,000.It's never happened before. And no one can quite believe it.
Louth Run For Life isn't just a summer run. Add on Turn Louth Pink, plus a Ball, plus a link with the Christmas Tractor Run and 2023 broke all records.
That's £100,000 raised in ONE year. Relationship Manager Andrea Day from Cancer Research UK and Louth Run For Life Chairman Simon West tell us more...
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2024-03-2609 min
Free Range with Mike LivermoreS2E23: SFI Working Group on BiodiversityThis bonus episode is an impromptu roundtable discussion that was part of a working group at the Santa Fe Institute in February 2024 on biodiversity and the sustainable development goals.
The Santa Fe Institute is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to the study of complex adaptive systems. It was founded in 1984 by a group of scientists, many affiliated with with the Los Alamos National Laboratory. SFI host a range of gatherings at different scales, form public conferences to small working groups.
This working group was organized by two SFI affiliated scholars: Andy Dobson who is a professor of ecology and evolutionary...2024-03-2136 min
Side Hustle SquadEp 5. Retirement and Life after Public Service: Not Always an Easy Transition.In this episode, Mike talks about an article written by Dr. Brian Kinnaird Ph.D., a certified trauma support specialist called Life After Law Enforcement, which was published in Psychology Today. Mike talks about the different struggles police officers and civilians may go through when retiring. Mike discusses some suggestions that Dr. Kinnaird writes about to help with post-separation anxiety. Mike hopes this episode helps anyone that is struggling since retirement due to the change and separation from the profession they loved. Hopefully, this episode helps those struggling to find a new calling. @coastalfertilization @sidehustlesquadpodcast2023-03-2112 min
Rabbitt Stew ComicsEpisode 349Comics: DC Justice League 75 by Joshua Williamson, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Taragona, Matt Herms Trial of the Amazons 2 by Becky Cloonan, Vita Ayala, Michael Conrad, Stephanie Williams, Joelle Jones, Elena Casagrande, Adriano Melo, Laura Braga, Skylar Patridge, Jordie Bellaire, Romulo Fajardo Jr Marvel Amazing Spider-Man 1 by Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, Marcio Menyz Knights of X 1 by Tini Howard, Bob Quinn, Erick, Arciniega Marvel Meow 5 by Nao Fuji Thor 24 (750) by Jason Aaron, Tom DeFalco, Al Ewing, J. Michael Straczynski, Donny Cates, Walt Simonson, Dan Jurgens, Lee Garbett, Olivier Coipel, Ron Frenz, Das Pastoras, Nic Klein, Laura Martin...2022-04-283h 10
Throw The Flag Football160: Coaches Behaving BadlyWe're back with a new ep and actual offseason news! Mike Leach, Dabo Swinney, and Mike Gundy all made news this week and not in the good way -- and only 2 out of those 3 were coronavirus-related! Executively produced, as always, by Darren Kinnaird. We'll be back next week with our look-back at BCS-era games.2020-04-1000 min
The Health & Wellness ShowHealth and Wellness Show - April 15, 2018The deadline to file taxes for 2017 is approaching. If you get a refund, what should you do with it? And what if you owe?
Guest: Paul Ihnatiuk, from BDO Hamilton.
The 8th annual Bike for Mike is coming up. There's three things the organizers want to accomplish.
Increase awareness of the joy and benefits of cycling
Increase the number of active cyclists
Raise funds so that every child in Hamilton can have a bike to ride
Guests: Mark Chamberlain and Brent Kinnaird.
Global News has been interviewing prom...2018-04-1544 min